But I soon learned the shelter where Bonnie came from wouldn’t help me. A volunteer explained that Bonnie was too dangerous to adopt out again, and their affiliated sanctuaries—including several beagle-specific rescues—declined to take her. Another dog rescue organization in New York City told me that her bite history—seven bites at the time, though that number would grow—was too extensive for her to even qualify for a special rehabilitation program. Both conversations ended on the same topic: “behavioral euthanasia.”
Shelter knew the dog was a bitter and was negligent in adopting the thing out.
I tend to agree with you on that. The shelter had to have known.
Heck, I’m a cat person but I know quite a bit about dogs having grown up with so many. Even just understanding animals…there’s more to this story that wasn’t told. But also I strongly believe it is our obligation to research very carefully any breed or mutt or shelter or breeder before you take the plunge. It’s work but these are lives important whether feline or canine or human.