I have to get this off my chest! I can't believe what happened yesterday but I saw it with my OWN eyes!
I rescued my first shelter rescue for ytnr on Feb 23 and he is a male yorkie that is unaltered. So you know that males can sometimes become aggressive but
yesterday was a nightmare! There is a 10yr old male s**tzu here owned by a rmmate and she is pissed because Rocco (my rescue) has been aggressive a few times with her dog. The aggression has been inconsistant but I get Rocco by the nape of the neck so he is not hurt nor is the other dog hurt in breaking up this scuffle.
I have explained to my rmmate that altering will help immensly plus you don't know what this dog faced as a stray or in the shelter. I have been working with Rocco with crating him and other things to avoid this conflict. Actually Rocco is a love, sweet, gentle and my husband & I adore him. He is fine with the other dogs in the household.
Well the s**tzu owner & her daughter have been increasingly hostile to me over Rocco's issues. I have shown her how to deal with this without kicking Rocco out of the way or grabbing him anywhere except the nape of his neck.
Yesterday a scuffle broke out in the back yard and I was at the the kitchen window....What I saw was Rmmates daughter ( 23 yrs) grab Rocco by his hair on his back which in turn the dog snapped at her in self defense because she hurt him by pulling his hair and then she threw him at least 4 ft into a metal dog crate that I had on the deck where this happened. He yelped and was limping.
I flew outside in a new york min all over her about "
throwing & abusing my dog" her unacceptable behavior and what went down was a scream fest on her part about how Rocco was a piece of s**t, vicious and bit her and on and on. I told her if she yanked my hair like that I would have bit her too! All the excuses well the dog did this and this....Abuse is never ok. that is like the husband who beats his wife but says he does it because she deserved it. I told her she was not welcome on the property ever again had a discussion with my rmmate about her & her daughter and said she could hit the road if she can't deal with this because I won't allow her to touch my dog EVER!
I have talked to her repeatdly on how to work with this situation in the proper manner so the dogs are diciplined but in a healthy manner. How would they feel if I threw their dog (not that I ever would EVER) but she would have had me arrested if I hurt her dog like that.
Rocco was ok but was he Shook Up. It is my job and responsibility as his foster mom to protect him, work with his character defects and keep him safe until he gets re-homed. If this dog is vicious I am the president of the US I think their attitude toward him is encouraging his dislike of them and their dog....
God help either one of them if they EVER touch Rocco again I will be on the 11:00 news in an orange jumpsuit for aggravated assault.
Any thoughts I would love to hear them........
Foster Mommy to Rocco
