toboldlygo - over 'ere please matey!

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Bit of advice wanted please.

Can you tell me what IYHO the SHWA's actions would be with a 5 month old pup with some aggression issues towards other dogs in the home? (I know, I know... 5 months old plus aggression = bull... :o ... but this bugger is grabbing smaller and bigger dogs by the neck, tossing them around, shaking, it's the devils own work to part them apparently).

I've only got the info on this dog 3rd hand, from a fellow volunteer. She knows the owner and the family just aren't in a position to keep the dog and work on the problem. SHWA has been mooted as one to approach but as you can imagine no-one wants the dog to end up as a statistic in a black bin liner. So, if SHWA miraculously had a space what would his chances be of A being accepted and B staying alive, do you reckon?

Thanks matey! :)

Sorry to butt in and tell me if not appropriate but my experience with the SHWA has been ok EXCEPT with aggression issues. Usually they refuse to take the dogs full stop.

I look and see if I can find more info but I am sure they state that they will not take any aggression issues dog on dog or dog human.

Found it - from website

"AGGRESSIVE DOGS

If the dog which you wish to rehome has aggression problems towards humans or is unusually aggressive towards other dogs, we will not be able to take possession of and rehome him/her.

At this time we do not have a secure rescue kennel, nor do we have access to canine behavioral therapists. All the dogs we take in are fostered by our volunteers in family situations and we cannot take the risk of our volunteers, their families or their dogs being attacked.

We recognise that the stresses within the family leading to the dog being given up for rehoming can have an effect on the dog's personality, so we do assess each dog that comes in over a period of time to "push their buttons" and assess their temperament. Some are understandably frightened by the changes in their lives, or have an issue that is solvable. Those who are scared or have an issue that is solvable, we work with and allow them time to adjust and overcome their fear.

Occasionally however, owners relinquishing their dogs have lied to us about their dog's temperament and once the dog has come in, we quickly realise that we do not have the resources to undertake the necessary long term, therapeutic work needed to change its behaviour, or that its behaviour has an insoluble medical cause. In such cases, unfortunately, we have no option but to put the dogs to sleep. Some people think a welfare/rescue that euthanizes aggressive dogs is horrible, but the reality is, without a dedicated secure kennel and a dedicated staff of behaviourists (all of which are well beyond our meagre resources) we simply have no choice! "

Humm working with rescues myself I think they do have a choice

"Humm working with rescues myself I think they do have a choice "

Too damn right!

Thank you notmeagain - and thank you too for checking what you feared out for me.

Oh... and oh bollocks, it looks like it's back to the drawing board for this little mite. :(

Cheers matey! :)

Yep, SHWA are not equipped to take an aggressive dog, unfortunately. It's annoying because in situations like this with such a young dog it's unlikely to be true aggression at all and would probably be manageable after a good time in foster with a balanced pack and good management - if the owners are already mooting giving the dog up, it probably hasn't had a stable environment with decent training for some time.

However I can totally understand why, as they state they don't have any kind of kennel system, the dogs go straight into family homes and the nature of huskies mean that that's usually a multiple-husky home. Most of the people doing this are volunteers and though they are all highly husky savvy they've not necessarily got any experience in rehabbing aggressive dogs. Huskies by their nature are gregarious, friendly, sociable dogs, genuinely bad 'uns (and not just underexercised ones, which are very common) don't crop up often.

Not anywhere near Shropshire, is it? I'd sort the little shite out.

Can I suggest Anne de Berry's rescue? www.snowdoniaanimalsanctuary.com/index.html