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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Op, here.  Thank you for all the responses, some have been quite helpful.  I didn’t want to get into the reasons we need to re-home the dog because WHY is irrelevant to my question, and just invites nastiness.  I love this dog, but we’re just not the right family for it.  Ideally, I would help the rescue place it in a new home because I know all the dog’s issues and know what sort of environment would be best.  I don’t want it to go to a shelter, I want it to go from my home to its new forever home.  I’m going to try some other ways to contact our rescue (foster mom is a great idea!) but if that doesn’t go anywhere, I’ll try some other rescue groups.  Thank you again!

I will say, the dog has not bitten anyone (yet) and I will absolutely be upfront with all the issues to hopefully ensure that it’s next home will be forever, with people who are equipped to handle all that comes with it.[/quote]

Hi OP, would you mind explaining what you mean by the dog hasn't bitten anyone [b]yet[/b]? Its so ominous - I really hope if you genuinely believe this dog to want to bite you consult a behaviorist before rehoming. It may be that this dog should not be rehomed.

As I understand it if you do rehome and know the dog to want to bite, the liability remains on you if it eventually does. With that in mind, I would urge you to please make sure to evaluate the dog objectively - if there is only a miniscule chance the dog will be able to live in society (if the [b]owner is single, child-less, dog-less, and lives on several acres[/b]) please consider humane euthanasia.

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Op here. The bolded would be the ideal situation.  I really, really don’t want to euthanize (I feel nauseous just thinking about it). The dog is really very sweet to it’s family, but is a large power breed and reacts negatively to other dogs and people. It needs an experienced dog owner that does not interact with children on a regular basis.  Has not bitten anyone yet, but based on what I’ve seen and experienced, has the potential to.  I want to give the rescue a chance before taking drastic measures-and according to our adoption contract, they could take legal measures against us if we don’t return it to them.[/quote]

You need to euthanize this dog, anything else is simply outsourcing euthanasia to someone else. The only people that are capable of handling this dog are capable because they have dealt with this dangerous mess before, and likely do not want to again. That is why you ended up with the dog instead of a dog trainer, people who are experienced with dogs saw this disaster from a mile away and said "No thank you!". [b]What single person lives on several acres, miles away from anyone else, doesn't have any other animals, doesn't want children, doesn't have friends, and isn't planning on getting married? People move to the country and buy several acres to buy animals and raise children, have little hobby farms and try to homestead. They do not move there to wait for a chance to adopt one broken, dangerous, antisocial animal.[/b] And even if they do not have children, what is to prevent something like this from happening again https://patch.com/new-jersey/woodbridge/mom-pit-bull-attack-fighting-life-boy-buried-thursday   That kid was in his own yard, the dogs broke through the fence to kill him.  So what if the new owner doesn't have dogs, how do you prevent this  https://www.counton2.com/news/local-news/dorchester-county-news/two-dogs-mauled-by-group-of-pit-bulls-in-summerville-neighborhood/  ? The two innocent dogs were on their own back porch, four pitbulls broke through to kill them. And this goes for any breed, any vicious, dangerous dog should be put down. I don't care what type of dog it is, you don't wait until your dangerous dog mauls or kills someone to make that decision. No sane person blames you for the way your dog is right now, you didn't create this. People will blame you though, if you decide to give a dangerous animal up rather than do the right thing. 
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Seriously, this is a unicorn. The single hermit who wants to commit their life to a dog that may maul them or others is a myth. [/quote]

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