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To: LADY J
It would NOT be an option for me. This dog has lived in this world & is & has been able to cope. I don't believe that he is a hopeless case to train.

Then get in your car, right now, and go get this dog. And if you have some reason you can't, don't hold someone else to your standards that are very easy for you to dictate, from a distance.

87 posted on 03/31/2012 10:25:25 AM PDT by HairOfTheDog
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To: HairOfTheDog
And if you have some reason you can't, don't hold someone else to your standards that are very easy for you to dictate, from a distance."

Right!!! YOU are the only one here allowed to do that!!

89 posted on 03/31/2012 11:12:00 AM PDT by LADY J (You never know how strong you are until being strong is the only choice you have. - Author Unknown)
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A follow up to my earlier post, because I have to admit that I high expectations of my own, that I hold animal owners to.

And that is to keep the animals in our care well, and deal with whatever issues they have to the best of our ability, till the end. I’ve taken in my share of rescued/lost/unwanted high-maintenance dogs, and rescued/unwanted/high maintenance horses.

And I saw them through to the end. Till the day I could no longer do that. And then I was there for the end. It’s not the worst thing in the world. Sometimes it’s the best thing, for your life, and theirs.

You have to weigh the chances of this dog finding something that you can guarantee is just exactly the the right home, in the next 3 days. A home where the dog will not be a danger to people or other animals, a home who has not just the right intentions, but the right skill and environment to keep this from going very wrong.

And weigh that against the peace of being there till the end so you know he wasn’t hurt, and he didn’t go on to hurt someone else, because in haste, a bad decision was made.


90 posted on 03/31/2012 11:14:28 AM PDT by HairOfTheDog
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