Posted on 06/14/2021 8:55:06 AM PDT by yesthatjallen
Last Christmas morning, I patted my bed, inviting my newly adopted beagle, Bonnie, to jump up and cuddle. My boyfriend, still under the covers, reached out to pet her soft little head, which was now wedged between us. I turned away to grab my phone, and it happened: a guttural bark, followed by a human scream. I whipped around to see my boyfriend’s hand covered in blood. Before I could figure out how to help him, he was out the door on his way to urgent care.
It was Bonnie’s second bite in the week since I’d adopted her.
Like many others last year, I was thrilled to adopt a dog. The so-called pandemic puppy boom made for what felt like stiff competition at the time—according to one Nielsen survey, pet adoptions between March and July 2020 rose more than 15 percent from the same stretch in 2019. After months of filling out applications, I was eventually contacted by an animal shelter in New Jersey: A 6-year-old beagle whose photo melted my heart was ready to meet me. Some friends and I drove down from New York City to pick her up, and when we got out of the car, Bonnie trotted up to me immediately. Timid but curious, she allowed me to scratch one of her velvety ears as she sniffed my jacket. When she leaned into my hands like the beagle I had growing up used to do, it seemed meant to be.
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Sounds like this moron expected three month behavior within a day or two of arrival.
I have owned a few cats, do at this moment, but am admittedly a dog person.
Cat’s are too much like women... to damn fickle.
I don’t hate cats, I have appreciated them in their own way, but I will never feel the way about any cat like I have about my dogs.
Adult rescues dog or cat, often come with baggage... and you don’t always have any idea what that baggage is.. and the baggage doesn’t always have to be abuse.
A cat that was doted on by the 80 year old woman its entire life, and never was around children or other animals is likely going to be a horrible choice for someone who has children and a busy/active home.
HUGE difference between adopting an adult animal and a puppy/kitten.
The way I read it and from the picture I posted some women think nothing of doing away with an inconvenient life.
As I said women supporting women.
I don't know this woman and if this dog was beyond trainable but I have to wonder if this woman jumped on the pandemic bandwagon without considering the long-term obligations.
Adopted a dog for the pandemic. Sheesh.
It’s as dumb as pretending your dog is an Emotional Support Animal so you can take it everywhere.
““Behavioral euthanasia”, that could be a good euphemism in criminal cases where capital punishment is justified.”
I sure like that term. Also like “post-birth abortion” for these criminals.
We adopted a 2 year old collie mix from the local shelter. Dog was a psychological mess and no amount of obeidience school would help him. He ended up escaping from our invisible fence and got hit by a car. We did not shed a tear.
We have golden retrievers and English setters bought from reputable breeders and they are all a treasure.
My wife is a veterinarian- she always says pound dogs end up there for a reason. Many pound dogs are fine but many should not be around people and especially kids. As mentioned above many were abused
Exactly right. My next door neighbor who already had an Australian Shepherd adopted a border collie last September from a rescue. Was told the dog was "shy" around other people but that she quickly adapted.
Boy, was that ever wrong! This poor sweet little border collie had been so abused she was deathly afraid of people. The only reason she took to my neighbor was because of my neighbor's Australian Shepherd, which quickly befriended her.
When I met Sasha (the border collie) she panic barked, hid behind my neighbor and then made several attempts to nip at me. It was pretty bad. So I did some research on how to break Sasha of her behavior, which was to ignore her.
The second meeting with Sasha went like a charm. As she panic barked behind my neighbor I sat down on the ground and ignored her barking and didn't once look at her while I talked to my neighbor.
Within 5-7 minutes she was next to me, sniffing, looking and started wagging her tail. As I reached out slowly she let me pet her for a minute before going back to my neighbor. I continued sitting there, ignoring her and let her approach me on her terms. It didn't take long for her to come back to me, sniff, let me pet her and she licked my face. We've been best buddies since (she runs to me when she's outside) and I've helped introduce her to other neighbors to get her accustomed to them.
It's been a long haul correcting Sasha's behavior and she's a sweetie now. Some days my neighbor brings her over and I have her for the day while she works. Sasha is my "therapy" as I've been without my Teddy for the last 3 years now. I love this little girl Sasha like she's my own. Dammit, she stole my heart.
I guess I'm more patient with dogs than people. I've had them all my life except for the past three years now and I somehow relate to them better than most people. I'm definitely a dog person.
Definitely.
Good post. And see my post 18. Boyfriend should NOT have reached out to pat Bonnie.
No wonder he got bit.
*** Unlikely. Dogs which are known to bite are put down by shelters. ***
My neighbors adopted a black lab from a local shelter. It bit two children on their faces. Adults were present. The biting incidents were unprovoked. When they returned the dog to the shelter, the shelter lady admitted the dog had been returned before for biting young children.
The hysteria surrounding this so-called “pandemic” has divided people into two camps:
1) Those who are easily manipulated into all sorts of new reactive behaviors, like adopting a “pandemic dog”, or wearing a mask in your car, or eagerly lining up for a government shot of who-knows-what, or hating a wonderful President because CNN told them to.
2) Those of us who never did anything in response to this silly “pandemic” that we weren’t forced to do…and who judged our America First President based on his many merits… and who know the 2020 election was stolen.
In other words, the fake pandemic and the Trump Presidency was an IQ test which revealed who is a moron and who is not.
It worked for you! Patience is the key
Certainly not, if I'm reading the story correctly, when she had brought the dog home only three days before. The dog didn't have time to adjust to her when she's introducing another stranger. No wonder he got bit is right.
I adopted a rescue dog last year, a year after losing my labradoodle. He's an Australian cattle dog mix and did need time to settle in. I never had a problem with biting, but he had a tendency to snap at you on occasions. It took love and patience and understanding but now he's the most mellow, laid-back, loving dog I've ever seen. He's definitely found his forever home.
As I posted videos of Bonnie gently snoring on Instagram, I didn’t mention she was wiped out from a day of gnawing on her own paws so much that they bled.
Side issue: Don't believe what people post on social media.
Unless the previous owners do not tell the shelter about it.
A very common thing, as people are afraid the shelter won’t take the pet they’re abandoning if the truth be told.
I used to volunteer at my county animal shelter.
Dogs have masters.
Cats have staff.
Did anyone else notice that the dog bit her boyfriend to puncture wounds and was...given a TREAT??!
that’s how you train a dog to bite. Honestly
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