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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]OP, I rehomed a dog that was aggressive towards my child and I have no regrets about that.  Even I think you should euthanize this dog.

I only rehomed my dog because I [u]knew[/u] he would be happy in a child free home.  We'd adopted him when he was around 2 years old (so the critical socialization period had passed) and he had so many issues.  But we finally got him to a point where he could function and honestly, he was very loving with DH and I so long as we kept his environment well controlled.  But when we had a child, that all went out the window and he because miserable, self injurious, and aggressive.  We tried for months to acclimate him, train him, desensitize him, to no avail.  So we worked with a breed specific rescue and rehomed him to a child free, quiet home with retirees.  I say all this to show that I'm not a person that thinks a dog who hates kids should always be euthanized.

But your dog is miserable.  He's aggressive to everyone, including you and DH, and has apparently always been this way (yes there may be some recent illness making it worse but he's apparently always been aggressive from what you've said here).  Putting him down would be the right thing to do.[/quote]

Thanks for your response.

I wanted to clarify that I'm not trying to make excuses for him regarding the possibility of him being sick. I guess I'm trying to convince myself that euthanizing him would be best for more reason than one. [/quote]

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