Or do what they do here - drive to the nearest Moshav, Kibbutz or Army Base, dump the dog and drive off.

I just hope the Daily Fail and tabloid witch hunt of the poor kennel owner doesn't add another tragedy to this already horrible tale

Indeed, especially as it now seems they had a warning sign saying the dog should not go to a home with small children. I understand why the grandparents are angry but they are ignoring the parents made this choice. The only innocents are the child and the dog. Both of whom have paid the ultimate price.

KYes

REALLY I mean really????

Go look it up in a dictionary or Google for goodness sake. Stop splitting hairs and making something out of nothing jeeeeezzzzzzzzz

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Couldn't agree more.

My boy was found as a stray - no idea about his background. The pound/rescue centre whatever you want to call it, did as good a job as they could given their resources but it wasn't enough for my high energy, anxious boy. It took such a long time, in fact up to the present day really, to get him to trust us and interact with us.

It breaks my heart to see them passed around from pillar to post to people who have no idea how to treat them.

Agreed.

I don't understand all the blame for the rescue.

So many people think that a dog listed as "good with kids" means it can put up with any old treatment from children. We don't the circumstances surrounding the attack and therefore a fair and accurate account of what happened is unlikely.

[QUOTE=Baxter8;2755252]KYes

REALLY I mean really????

Go look it up in a dictionary or Google for goodness sake. Stop splitting hairs and making something out of nothing jeeeeezzzzzzzzz

I won't take offence as you seem to have got end of stick so there is no point both us personaliising it

actually Ididn't even see your original quote the same way jodeeuk did, I just thought it a small by the way comment as part of a bigger list.post

however I was interested in your further comment where you return to jodee and maintain you think most rescue dogs have come from a "bad background" whereas I know this to be different as high proportion rescue dogs are handover from families due to domestic reasons or they just realised it wasn't for them. So most of these dogs have not. been mistreated or traumatized etc just well balanced dogs . But then I thought maybe what I think you mean by bad background isn't what you actually mean, therefore my sentence is absolutely literal and has no slant

Incorrect . stray dog no history = never home with small children. you just dont do it full stop as any proper rescue will tell you as the dogs trust said today . this wasn't a proper rescue they are missing several of the standard ethical professional procedures another one being you never home to rented accommodation without written permission from landlord . its all that simple . my freinds in rescue often get grief from customers when they refuse to home stray dogs to homes with small children. And this is event is why its a risk assessment issue

never rehome a stray with kids ever,,,,,,,,, incidentally I have helped to rehome lots of dogs that have had no issues, I have also been bitten badly twice, both dogs had been with other rescues in kennels and been fine, both became unpredictable monsters in a home environment, neither were rehomed,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,

They are now saying its an aylestone bulldog,same as our roo...such a tragic chain of events..


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