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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Our dog snapped at our 2yo son when he startled her from her sleep (barking, snarling, growling and a bite, thankfully not hard enough to break skin - sounded like a dog fight). She's been very ill with a treatable, but chronic and uncomfortable disease that we haven't yet got under control. Never has she ever shown any aggression of any kind to anyone or anything, even when clearly provoked. She's almost 10. I think it's entirely possible that once we get her symptoms under control, she might not ever nip anyone again. But I could not live with myself if she did. (God forbid if she caused harm.) So, we're putting her down. It is one of the most agonizing decisions I've ever had to make.[/quote]

teach your child not to wake a sleeping dog.[/quote]
+1. Why are you punishing the dog?  Punish yourself. What is this desire to kill dogs because of human stupidity? She trusts you with her life, and you are so quick to take it. What a shame.[/quote]

What ? You are putting down a dog that had enough self control to not actually bite a 2 year old who woke the dog from a sound sleep? Please, never get another animal. [/quote]

PP here. Our dog has a progressive, chronic, and incurable disease, the primary medicines for which she can not tolerate due to a congenital defect. At best, she has a year or two to live - if the alternative treatment works (possible, but not a high probability). During this time, she will experience daily nausea, and eventually pain, vomiting and bloody diarrhea. She is already too fatigued to go on walks she used to love. Her diet has been severely limited, which has taken away one of her greatest pleasures (cheese). And now we know that her discomfort - even with treatment - has gotten so bad it has made her aggressive, a trait she has never before displayed. To keep her alive under these conditions, and our household safe, including children and other animals, she will have to be quarantined for large portions of the day, which will take away her final pleasure, companionship, and make her feel she's being rejected by the family she loves.

If you truly think it's in our dog's best interest to live out her final years of life this way, then perhaps you are the folks who should not share your lives with animals.[/quote]

Then make putting your dog down about her illness and not about how a sick, hurting dog snapped when startled from sleep. No wonder people are jumping all over you for saying that if that’s your characterization of the problem.[/quote]

Perhaps you should a) improve your reading comprehension, and b) ask a few questions, before you jump down someone's throat over something about which you know nothing.

Do you always blame the people you attack for "causing" your inappropriate reactions? [/quote]

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