Dog I don’t want and never asked for that I’m scared of

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Basicallly I don’t know what to do with a dog that I’m scared of and don’t want in my house.
My partner got the dog without asking because his friends dog had puppies. I’ve never owned a dog in my life and first as it was young it was fine.

then the dog got older and it’s a large dog, I don’t want to say the breed, but it’s big. I’m more of a cat person although I don’t have cats atm.
anyway my partner works away. Often I’m alone with the dog and my 3 youngest kids.

My eldest boys don’t live away but they’re often out wirh friends especially at the weekend.
They do come home in the evening obviously as they’re only 14 and 12. But then home they do the dog care because I am scared of the dog. They do the feed and walk etc. but weekends from around 11am to 11pm it’s all on me.

The dog isn’t super aggressive but he’s had his moments. I’m rambling I’m so sorry I’m just not sure what to do and where I can go. Partner doesn’t listen, my eldest kids like the dogs, youngest 3 are scared but may be because they’ve picked it up from me.
i don’t want the dog to be put to spew he’s only bitten twice within the family. No where will take him when I ask and say theyre full.
please can someone give advice and options I asked on FB groups and got bad things said and even mocking of my account photos and children which were just day to day photos and really unjustified thabjs

Police, then get the officers to tell your partner why you can't keep the dog. Please, it's an accident waiting to happen

I'm not answering it

I hate to be the person that points this out but police won't generally take a dog to be destroyed after one or two cases of biting. They'll try and give guidance. Like training or the dog being advised to wear a muzzle in public. Cases where police tend to take dogs is where owners have been reported and then there are issues around the breed - owners fighting to get their dog back. If the OP phones the police and says my dog has bitten my teenagers twice do you think they are going to drive to the house and take the dog away to be Pts?

Given the likely breed, size and bite history, coupled with the fact no-one will rehome it, I'd consider PTS.
Maybe you can tell your partner it ran off or got hit by a car or something.

What a horrible post. That dog has been neglected - that's the word for it. Completely neglected because the OP doesn't want to go near it - and the partner works away. It should go back to the family they got it from

It has other siblings. I hope they are being better cared for and this is what happens I am afraid when people buy animals from mates. No welfare checks. No home checks. Just pound signs from selling dogs.

I hope the person that this dog was purchased from has a licence to breed.

Who on earth thought combining the bite power of a staffy with the temperament of a chihuahua was a good idea? Those things are Begbie in concentrated miniature form; the last thing you want is to make them bigger and stronger.

I did not think you would. A dog that bites needs to be PTS. Not doing so might result in a child or indeed anyone being killed or seriously harmed. But we are supposed to think that the dog will definitely be rehabilitated into an absolute angel.
It seems that the dog matters more than human beings.

No it's not horrible. It's realistic. OP can't cope with the dog, doesn't like the dog, the children are scared of the dog. If that's not sufficient we also know the dog has bitten people.
Bitten. Vile.
OP probably has enough going on running a family and working without a dangerous animal on baord.

Go to police and dump the dog and tell them that you've neglected it and left them with two young kids five days a week and that it's bitten them - see what they say. Your kids are under 16. They are minors.

I really hope you take this as a wake up call going forward - not just the dynamic with your dog but leaving a dog that you say you are scared of with two kids and then deciding to get a 17 month pup pts or dumped because it's bitten without trying anything to resolve the issue. The puppy has had no proper socialisation clearly. No training. No attempt to find out what's causing the behaviour. Nothing.

As for rehoming on Facebook. People do it all the time. If someone had taken your dog it might have ended up with an OK family but you don't know that - it could have ended up being used as bait - dog fighting. There's no way to know

The first thing you should have done when the dog first bit was to call the breeder and let them know and ask them to take it back. It's their responsibility. Not post on Facebook asking anyone to take it.

Have people learned absolutely nothing from that case in Essex where dogs were rehomed and then dozens of them killed?

A random person who's irresponsible enough to let their dog have puppies and give them away to uninspected homes will not take back a troublesome near-adult dog over a year later. 'Responsible breeder' rules don't apply.

Yes... even in the supposedly "cute" mugshot, it has a distinct "Did you spill my pint?" look about it.

Agreed. As I said upthread, I've rehomed dogs that were considered "aggressive" by their owners. They weren't. They were untrained and in the wrong environment with owners who didn't know what they were doing and had no idea how to manage young dogs and young children. I doubt the OP has actually tried that hard to rehome, since she's already abdicated responsibility for the dog to a 12 and 14 year old.

The dog in this case is better than the adult humans involved, certainly. And probably easier to retrain into a decent specimen. I feel sorry for the children and the dog, they are innocent victims of two stupid, irresponsible "adults".

You might want to take a chance on it, but some of us don't.

It's not up to anyone on here to make a decision about whether a pet should be put to sleep. I personally don't think this kind of thread should be allowed. Particularly as she's planning to offload the dog somewhere and then tell her partner later. And the suggestion that she just dump it at a police station could lead to her facing charges. This is the kind of ridiculous advice you get on forums.

It is also entirely possible that a vet would refuse to put to sleep. Even if the dog has bitten twice. Some vets might but others would try and rehome or get the dog into rescue.

Oh and by the way OP if you do decide to put the dog to sleep have the decency to stay with it till the end. It's been failed and it should not just be dumped somewhere - police or vets and left to it.

As for your comment that a dog that bites needs to be put to sleep. That is abject nonsense. There have been cases where dogs have bitten out of fear or stress and have been successfully rehabilitated by rescues and rehomed or where court orders have not been granted to euthanise a dog that has bitten someone. That is your opinion. It does not make it fact that every dog who has ever bitten someone needs PTS

Eh? This is affecting you personally how?

Let me guess, it'll be you the dog directly bites in the street for no reason. Just randomly out of the blue.

Let's just not give the barely grown dog a chance then.

Idk why we have rescue centers when we can just put all the animals to sleep instead

You have your opinion, I have mine. If you want to try to rehabilitate a dog that's bitten that's your choice. However if I was bitten by a dog that had previously bitten I would involve the police. No hesitation.
As I said up thread I had to have a dog PTS as he became aggressive. He had not been trained at all by the previous owner, the vet agreed that it was better to PTS because she felt he could not be trained out of his aggression. I felt that I wasn't prepared to have a dog who had to wear a muzzle constantly, and who behaved aggressively for absolutely no reason. I have had dogs all my life, I didn't take the decision lightly, but my responsibility to actual human beings outweighed my responsibility to an aggressive dog. No agency would assist me, the police told me to take him to the vets, the RSPCA told me they could not help, to contact the police or take him to the vets. Dogs Trust felt that euthanasia was my only option.
I would not have been able to live with myself if he had harmed anyone, but especially my neighbour's small child.
So sorry if I think that aggressive dogs should be PTS. I just value human beings more.
Edited to add I discovered after the dog had been PTS that he had been aggressive before I rescued him.

Well then it's good that MN isn't a court of law and random posters on the internet have no power to compel the OP to do anything at all isn't it?

Your partner must be some guy if you’re willing to risk the lives of your children just to be with him.

Why don’t you offer to take the dog, oh holy one?

You do realise that in the actual real world no private individual or charity can - or, arguably, should - take on this dog?

All you seem to do on this thread is wave a fucking carrot but no actual input of an actual plausible resolution.

Don’t respond by saying ‘training.’ It’s obvious that OP can’t facilitate that and that OPs partner won’t facilitate that. And that in the meantime (should it ever be 100% successful) that these children are in danger.

Craaaaaaaazy idea but perhaps @loislovesstewie doesn't want a child, even one they don’t personally know, to be dreadfully injured by a known aggressive dog?

Oh bundle, you clearly have your mind made up so I'm not even going to bother trying.

Let's just stick with your 'resolution' which is kill the dog because the owners decided to fail it.

17 months old, 17. Shocking.

What an idealistic response. That breed of dog with that kind of history is very unlikely to be responsibly rehomable. Unless the whole family are fully committed to working with a dog behaviourist, there’s really no hope. And the OP is clear that she didn’t want a dog.

Regardless of how this behaviour began, this dog should be PTS. Because, quite clearly, children are more important. I so hope you don’t have children.

Edited to add - as I said to the other carrot wielding poster, perhaps you can start the orderly queue to adopt this dog? It’s entirely unrealistic to suggest a secure future for this dog. I am not disputing that it has been failed.

Only bitten twice!!? You're leaving your family at risk. That dog needs putting down. You can pay the vet to do it as it's bitten.