Bloody dog just bit dh on the face.

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I'm in bits, I really thought things were getting better.

We've done everything, behaviourist, etc. only had the dog since May and he's been aggressive since we got him home. Initially with me and dh, now he's fine with me but still nips dh. Though its always been on the back of the leg before. Dog has always been fine with dd, always.

Dh bent down to pick a Pringles tube up off the floor and says the dog just launched himself at dh. I didn't see it happen, dh is dripping blood.

My head tells me this is the end of the road for the dog.

There wasn't just one - there were numerous threads at one point, by several different posters who had had bad experiences with a particular dealer ( though actually I think more than one dealer was mentioned......I can't remember now!). Although they were relaying there own experience they were deleted. Posters were being careful not to libel, but that was not enough.
Maybe because this has been in print elsewhere it will be different....I hope so.....as this breeder is certainly unscrupulous, and if she has that many litters, can be in t for nothing more than the £.

Now that you've spoken to a Podengo expert I think it would be sensible to have the dog pts. You have obviously tried your best and none of this is your fault. Please don't wait another week though, there's just too much risk that one of you will be badly bitten & you would never forgive yourself if it was your DD.

I was going to post the same thing about your dog have a "screw loose" so to speak. The behviour sounds way beyond fear agression.

Poor dh had a cat like that and it just got more and more vicious over time, particularly to his sister teh cat used to stalk her and allsorts. The vet said in the end that there was definitely something just not right with the cat but obviously they didn't do a post mortem to see if it was a brain tumoure or something. Everyone apart from dh was terrified of the cat (they have always had cats) and even he was incredibly careful around her and has the wounds to show for it!

Sadly it is sounding increasing likely that PTS is going to the only solution.

I have been in this situation and, if it helps for me to admit my deepest guilty secret, here goes: We tried everything and a similar event happened. We knew that we had reached the end of the road and the vet kindly came to us, sedated him and pts calmly and without drama. i was absolutely devastated and feel I had let him down. But...I am going to admit something that sounds absolutely awful. After a week, I felt a tremendous sense of relief. We had been walking on eggshells for over a year and as wonderful, kind and enthusiastic he was, he was not coping with the terrible start he had and our house was revolving around him.

I will always remember him with love and affection but I hate to tell you what a weight off my shoulders it is to be able to walk around the house without segregated areas and potential fights.

I am not suggesting pts as a solution, I am in the ME and there is no alternative but there are some rescues that may give him a chance. Many Tears rescue are absolutely lovely and can help you make a decision.

Just to add, i think rehoming him via Gumtree would be criminal. Taking advice from an experienced and respectable rescue is not.

Hope you are all OK today

Thinking of you (not sure what you decided).....

Thinking of you too xxxxxx

This must be absolutely horrible for you. To have had to make that decision and read people telling you that you've still not done enough. Get a grip, she'll be gutted enough without you lot adding a load of "what ifs".

I always wanted a Labrador. Eventually we got one. We were stupid and naïve and didn't see any of the warning signs that this was a puppy mill.

She wasn't right from day one. Hid under the table for days and couldn't even be coaxed out with food. Eventually she warmed to us but she was really fear aggressive. Would go for any adult she didn't know that came to the house. She was almost five months when we got her and it clicked; that barn we first saw her in was all she'd ever known in those five months. She'd totally missed the crucial socialisation stage.

She'd fling herself at walls while barking really aggressively and she just so clearly wasn't happy. After 18 months of behaviourists etc...we were lucky enough to find a specialist Labrador centre that took her in.

There is loads of hope for a great family dog. I've not got the stupidest, loveliest, soppiest big mutt sitting at my feet. You sound like an amazing dog owner actually and stuck it out for way longer than most would.