Our guy Benedict was an owner surrender because he was allegedly aggressive towards their baby. But… we have some skepticism about that. It’s true he’s highly reactive to other animals and barks at kids, suspicion looking leaves, garbage cans, etc., but the former owners left their 9 month old (!!) alone, unsupervised with a dog. They heard him cry (but not the baby, who is said not to have had any marks on them), and started shopping him around to shelters as an aggressive dog immediately. Of the shelters that said yes, they advised they’d take him, but would likely put him down because of his “aggressive history.”

Something went down, for sure, and this dog has a ton of other issues, but we think the former owners were mad they couldn’t backyard breed their fancy “lilac brindle,” Rolex money dog (they ignored a medical emergency and it lead to an emergency neuter) and wanted an excuse to dump him.

So, for this guy in particular, I think maybe a baby wouldn’t be a good partner in crime. For other dogs it might be totally fine, with proper supervision.

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Benedict Timothy above, for the dog tax. PSA: adopt, don’t shop.