We had to recently rehome a dog we got from an online ad. We had him for about 2 months and he was great at first, training was going great, he got along with the kids and our other dog. He had some resource guarding at first but we were making great strides.
As he got more and more comfortable here, he began getting aggressive with our youngest child until it got to the point where if our child came near him, he would get growly and snap. He bit him a couple times but not hard enough to draw blood, just leave a bruise. He was never unsupervised around the kids and always made sure the kids were behaving approximately with him.
He bit me once. Left a hefty bruise.
He was getting more aggressive with our other dog as well.
We tried all sorts of training and things to help this behavior. He was getting worse.
We really loved him but decided that the best thing for everyone was to find him a new home. We did. A nice person, with no kids or other pets.
I felt awful having to rehome him but it was a huge relief on our entire household.
I've been looking around at puppies. Not rushing into anything, just looking.
I mentioned it to a couple friends who thought it was too soon to be looking for another dog. Is it? We did everything we could to not have to rehome him, but that ended up being the best solution for not only us, but him too.
As he got more and more comfortable here, he began getting aggressive with our youngest child until it got to the point where if our child came near him, he would get growly and snap. He bit him a couple times but not hard enough to draw blood, just leave a bruise. He was never unsupervised around the kids and always made sure the kids were behaving approximately with him.
He bit me once. Left a hefty bruise.
He was getting more aggressive with our other dog as well.
We tried all sorts of training and things to help this behavior. He was getting worse.
We really loved him but decided that the best thing for everyone was to find him a new home. We did. A nice person, with no kids or other pets.
I felt awful having to rehome him but it was a huge relief on our entire household.
I've been looking around at puppies. Not rushing into anything, just looking.
I mentioned it to a couple friends who thought it was too soon to be looking for another dog. Is it? We did everything we could to not have to rehome him, but that ended up being the best solution for not only us, but him too.