[NorCalRepub]

I"m no dog expert whatsoever but sometimes animal's brains are wired in such that they can become aggressive or reduce themselves to non domesticated behavior.......I owned a St Bernard for several years with no problems but was fully aware that that species at times in later years would sometimes actually kind of go whacko for no reason whatsoever.

[Duchess47]

Do the dog, yourself and anyone who might come in contact with him a favor and have him put down.

I had a beautiful German Shepherd, male but neutered who thought the sun rose and set with me. He was 120lbs and one day had a seizure. I saw him leaning against the house with his eyes looking sort of glazed and slapped my leg while saying, Bear, heel. He knocked me down and went for my throat and face and only didn't seriously injure me because I put my hand down his throat. All the time, calling his name. Suddenly it was over and he was frantic because I was hurt.

It took only seconds but in those seconds he could have killed someone, would have killed a child. After the attack, he was gentle as a lamb again, but I had no choice but to have him put down. Rescue or a pound would have put other people at risk, and I couldn't bear the thought of him being abused.

[passionfruit]

As difficult as I think this will be for you, it sounds like he needs to be put down. We used to raise English Mastiffs, and they became aggressive too. It broke our hearts, but we had them put down before they had the opportunity to kill or maim someone.

Later that year the case in San Francisco where a lady was killed by a big dog in the hallway of her own apartment happened, and the owners went to prison. No dog is worth that. I don't know where you live, but I took my mastiffs to the County animal control center, and they only charged $15.00 per dog. I had a good cry in the parking lot, but I know I did the right thing.