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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]I have a mixed rescue that was written down on paper as being 3,  and with some infected ears, skin, and in need of a dental. He growled at my husband when we went to foster home, but nothing aggressive.  We took him home, started medical treatment  for skin and ears, and his dental turned out to be a 5 hour surgery.  .so infected that he was probably in real pain.  And he was about 10,  not 3. He was likely abused..evidence of past broken ribs.

Wrap to the end..yes, he loves us, trusted family members, but no one else. Yes, he will bite those ( people and dogs) he thinks are threats to us. His demeanor really improved, though,  after he started feeling good, and he's living his best life with our 2 other dogs.  We keep him away from others, that's all. He does fine in a kennel that gets him -with our other dogs, when we have to travel. It's not for everyone, but it's been a privilege to earn his trust and to care for this sad little dog. If we had little kids coming in and out of the house all day, no, we couldn't do it, but we are well suited to do this now. Glad we took him home. 
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If I had a friend living like this with a person, I would advise her that she was living in an abusive relationship and try to help her to get out of the relationship.[/quote]

Really?  If I had a friend that took an abused person from a shelter into their home, got them medical care and treatment, and took care of them, I would think they were a saint.  I don’t get doing it with an a dog though.  
Also, if that abused person turned out to have a serious mental illness that didn’t respond to treatment, and they occasionally attacked other people with a knife, then they would have to live in a locked facility.  
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Yes, really. They live in a situation where they are on eggshells, waiting for a violent outburst and scrambling to try to prevent one ahead of time (and if one happens despite all their scrambling, they will blame themselves). Their lives are limited because the abusive family member prevents them from seeing friends and engaging in normal life activities in their own home. They can't travel for long. They minimize the harm of the situation so as to justify putting up with it. They accept that the family member will never change and so circumscribe their own lives to accommodate the potential violence.

If that family member were a human not a dog, this would be an abusive living situation.[/quote]

Many people who foster or adopt abused children end up in this situation.  I don’t know that I would consider it abusive, but I understand that it’s a difficult life.

But I guess I consider people who take in a child to be wonderful, selfless people.  I consider people who do this with a dog to be useless and insipid at best, and criminals at worst.  
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