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Originally Posted by lamc  YorkieSue,
Though I have never personally dealt with a dog like this, I do not believe that giving her up would help this poor baby. It would do the exact opposite, your dog has ovbiously either had something completely traumatizing happen to her BEFORE you picked her up and it scarred her to say the least. I commend you for loving this dog, I really do. Has she seen a psych (i know you mentioned prozac) but maybe its just how she is. To the poster above me, how do you think a new family is supposed to bond with a clearly aggressive dog. 8 and a half years with one person, a new family isnt going to change that many years of "doggy insanity" (if you will). YorkieSue, you truly are a saint. |
Your partialy right, she can't just give the dog away to just anyone, it needs to go to a rescue organization that has highly skilled trainers who know how to rehabilitate a dog like this. Simply re-homing is not going to help, you're right, but niether the dog, the OP or the other two dogs in this house can go on living this way. Behavior this bad from a dog indicates SEVERE insecurity. Although I do commend the OP for keeping the dog as long as she has and not giving up on her, she's not doing her any justice by just carrying on the way she is. Of course I can't be positive since I've never met either the dog or the OP, but just from reading her post and the emotion and frustration she has about the situation, she's not in a state of mind to be able to "fix" this dog unless someone who REALLY knows what they're doing comes into the home to help. This isn't normal behavior, this dog is STRESSED every single second of every day, staying where he is in the state of mind he's in is not what's best for him (or the OP or her other dogs), but you are right, simply going to a new home won't fix the problem.