From the articles I read on the situation, the woman feared that the dog may be adopted into a family with young kids etc and she didn’t trust Bela’s behavior. Having large, breed dogs over the years.. there is a different “fear” if a larger dog is adopted. For one thing, you don’t ever want them to be used as a fighting dog. You may not want a newbie to the breed decide on a whim that a Doberman/GSD/Rott would be a great addition without prior knowledge or experience either. The owner decided the dog was to live out her life in a sanctuary or be euthanized as a means of preventing injury/harm to others or her dog. I can only imagine she loved the dog or she wouldn’t have gone to the trouble of expressing her wishes in her will. IMHO.
Three of my dogs, including Odin, could probably adapt to another person, if necessary.
Seven, I’m not so sure, which is an upgrade from not that long ago when I’d have said “Oh, hell, no.”.
She’s getting better as she matures.
She used to loathe every living human except us but since I’ve started training her as a support dog, she’s suddenly decided that when “on duty”, humans are to be tolerated.
I never would have imagined she’d ever get this much “sense”, apparently of her own accord.
[Why? Why? Why?]
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