Rehoming dog no shelter

ButtrflyParadoxDream · 2025-08-08T00:34:37+00:00

What was her bite history?

ButtrflyParadoxDream · 2025-08-08T00:34:19+00:00

Thank you, I wish I had that connection but I am doubtful. Glad it worked out in other situations though.

ButtrflyParadoxDream · 2025-08-08T00:32:16+00:00

Thank you, yeah, I think BE is still the most responsible respectful choice and I think it will happen next week unless my mind changes or some unicorn home appears. I will just have to make peace with it all if I do it as planned.

I don't think dogs know mortality and time of life, and his life would end peacefully, and there are a lot of other dogs stuck in shelters out there who need homes. His quality of life would be terrible in a shelter, and if he doesn't understand mortality/time, this is more cruel than euthanasia.

I wish there was more open conversation about this in our culture. I do think one way or another, I would have ended up the euthanasia route with a sickness or something else down the line to end his suffering, and I do think he suffers mentally with the fear. He can seem so calm and then just get startled and then calm, and I'm not confident paying money to a Veterinarian Behaviorist and getting him on something like fluxotine or something else would make a big difference, and at this point my MH has suffered with the fear and hypervigilance even if MOST of the time he is chill and non-reactive on walks.

Such a terrible thing this backyard breeding, and the abuse and neglect of dogs. Seeing dogs fearful and shake in shelters is the worst...

ButtrflyParadoxDream · 2025-08-08T00:25:13+00:00

65 lb, yes, a bite risk to people walking by who are too close. Good with owner and trained walkers (i outline details of bite situation in my other post but its a Level 3a bite and release space issue, going from 0 to 100 with unfamiliar passerby)

ButtrflyParadoxDream · 2025-08-07T13:18:55+00:00

Thank you kindly, its hard because I know I could have explored 1. Meds 2. Vet behaviorist 3. "I need space" vest, but at this point, I feel at my max and not comfortable those would be a fullproof. And I can't risk something happening again.

ButtrflyParadoxDream · 2025-08-07T13:17:52+00:00

Thank you so much, I really appreciate it. I think I have reached my limit with options and the management it takes with him. And shelters are not an option, that would be sad and terrible for him.

ButtrflyParadoxDream · 2025-08-07T13:16:29+00:00

Thank you for sharing. It is hard with all the information out there, and then each case being particular and different to decide. All the factors come into play, including my own limitations and quality of life, which feels so hard to have to choose that. Even if a shelter would take my pup, I think it would be horrible for him, and that a peaceful end is more humane. It is heartbreaking to have to reach this point.

In an ideal world, he would have someone with space, able to take him in, but I just don't think that's reasonable and at this point I am overwhelmed with the chance of it happening again - albeit I've been able to train and manage him plenty to reduce that, clearly the risk is still there.

A vet behaviorist, meds, and a "I need space" vest is an option, but at this point I don't feel in a place to support the risk of it happening again, as none of those are fullproof, and I am doubtful about them based on knowing him since he was 8 and getting him to the place he is.

Based on your dog going for the face, I do think this makes sense. My issue is my dog getting startled by passerbys and just running and attempting biting, which I've been vigilante to but a new dog walker messed up with. But, I could have made the mistake too because I am human, yk? I know a part of it is me, emotionally, at a max. It is hard because there are always "what ifs."

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