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Location: California USA
Joined: Apr 2017
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Mom thinks my pup is "aggressive" and needs to go
So please excuse this long post! But it's a bit of a story:
My husband and I got a pit/heeler/catahoula female pup who is now about 10 months old. We also have a very senior chi/min pin male. My parents have 2 corgi/terrier mixes- 1 male 1 female about 4-5 years old. Since the day we brought our puppy home, there dogs have been very aggressive toward her- going after her face, growling and snapping at her. They scared to the point she came through their front door every time on her belly and would pee herself the second she saw them.
Fast forward to this past weekend. My mom and I took the dogs to the beach. Her two dogs were running off leash to the beach and got into a couple scuffles with each other that my broke up. The female nipped at a man walking. At the beach, I let my two off leash and I could instantly tell something was off. All four dogs were running and my puppy had one dog on either side of her (my old guy was way behind) and both dogs were growling and snapping at my pups face. The male snapped at my pups face and got her- so my puppy turned and grabbed him by the neck and flipped him on his back. My mom instantly starts screaming and grabs at my puppy's collar. I yelled at her no- grab your other dog that is attacking from the other side. My mom gets her fingers twisted in the martingale chain and starts yelling her thumb is breaking. Again I told her to let go and grab her other dog who is still attacking going after my puppy's face and neck. At this point my puppy is trying to shake off my mom and dog attacking her face and the male starts screaming in her mouth. My starts yelling "she's killing my dog!!" I had my puppy's shoulders between my knees and had her by her scruff and I told her "drop it" and instantly she did and laid down. My mom dragged her dog away but wouldn't let go of my puppy. I told her again to let go and she refused for whatever ever reason. I put my puppy back on the leash and said "mom I need you let go. I need you to grab my phone and call my husband" she let go but started getting hysterical that she doesn't know how to use my phone. At this point I realized I didn't have service so I told her to take the 3 small dogs back to the cars and call my husband. She was hysterical and I was pissed so I wanted his level head at that moment. She gathered her two dogs nd my old guy and hurrried back to the car. I plopped down on a rock and took a good look at my pup. She had a bloody bite on the side of her face which I am 99% sure the male did and that's what started this. About 20 minutes pass and my mom comes back still hysterical and forgot to call my husband. So we head back to the car. I put my pup in my car and get my old guy from my moms car and put him in mine. I checked both other dogs and besides a ton of slobber they had no marks. We go our separate ways but not before my mom gives a parting shot about me needing to "figure what I'm going to do" with my pup. I kept my mouth shut.
I got home and was telling my husband what happened when my mom shows up to show us a bruise she has forming with small puncture marks. My husband inspected it and told her to get ice it. He felt the bites where way to small to come from our 65 lbs pup and was probably her female dog.
Tonight my mother came over and suggested we get rid of our puppy. My husband and I said "no" instantly. We feel we have been very clear that we are not happy with her dogs behavior up to this point. We have put both our dogs through extensive training and plan on more. Only one of their dogs knows sit. We have expressed our concern to them before- at some point a big dog is going to have enough of their dogs behavior and will snap at them. It unfortunately was my dog. I in no way feel that any one dog was at fault- it was a bad situation from the get go, but I don't think all the blame should be on our dog. She reacted to a bite to the face. My husband told my mom he plan on being there anytime we plan on having her off leash. More classes are on the books. Her spay appointment has been set for months (now 2 weeks away). But we feel they need to do something about their dogs too. They need to stop attacking bigger dogs faces. Up until that day she had never shown any aggression- we have exposed to every situation we could. Loud outdoor festivals, kids parties, every type of farm animal, dog parks and all we get is tail wags.
Needing a few unbiased opinions on where to go from here! Thank you ❤️