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Originally Posted by Don Plumley
I've started, and stopped, and started replying to this thread five times now. Each time I pause and can't finish.
I'm a huge dog lover, and pittie breed advocate. You'll find no greater defender of Dog, and particularly of bully breeds, on the planet.
But this one is really hard for me to opine. I have respect for the diligence you are putting into this, the strong, well-expressed opinions in the discussion.
But if a dog of mine was unreliable around people, I keep searching my heart to know what I would do. It's so easy for me to say, "I'll put him down." But one look into his eyes and knowing how close I am to dogs, I don't know how I could do it. Certainly it is a better fate to go down peacefully than under violent circumstances. And I'm with Vash that I could never forgive myself if I had a dog that in any manner traumatized a child.
But I wish I could say with confidence what I would do. My mind says one thing, my heart says it is unsure. I don't blame a dog for defending itself against an idiot adult. I do blame the dog owner for a repeat offense of any kind. I started to write many times that I would absolutely put the dog down. But when I searched my heart, it was less certain. I don't envy your situation nor ever hope to find myself in it. Good luck.
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Perfectly stated and reflect my sentiments as well. My current dog (Dane/GShepherd mix) is completely trustworthy with kids - I can only hope my luck remains with future critters.
He he is with my [then] 9mo old niece. He gets all upset when she is over and doesn't come play with him now (she's 3 1/2 today).
And since that was a terrible picture of him, here he is waiting for his foyo celebrating his 9th birthday.
