[ladyjane]

Originally Posted by concretegurl

It's apples to apple just two different opinions.

Yours is compensating for the dog's needs and mine is to fully rehabilitate if possible.

My initial experience in rescue was with pits used as fight dogs. I had a freidn who was a specific breed trainer who worked in rescue privately with them in evaluation. He actually trains police dogs for a living.
Less than 10% can be saved, the issue with fight dogs is not that they are ever aggressive towards people in fact even in full on death locks they won't bite a person sticking their hand between them, their issue is specific to dog and prey aggression. So I do fully understand how dog to dog aggression is often a lost cause to try and cure.
However we're talking about what seems to be a very fearful Yorkie, not a dog bread in linage specifically and then trained specifically to show dog aggression.

My second experience was working with a wolf breeder, as a friend learning about them while considering if I wanted a wolf myself. Admittedly my general knowledge is there however, I was just a helper and I'm not trying to say I'm an expert on this in anyways. Wolfs by nature have dominance, territorial issues with both people and other animals, as well a high prey drive.

I wouldn't count my work with the humane society as all that comprehensive because I did it many years ago as a child and teen and later my volunteer work was more specific to find raising and behind the scenes not working with animals directly.

I have limited experience with a few other types of rescues as well, transport, fostering advocacy etc.


With Scoobers I was first suggested to just keep him as an only dog and to keep him from socializing as a normal dog. We couldn't even go for a walk around other dogs.

I was completely in over my head with the needs of dealing with a pup mill rescue and Scoobers and I learned as we went. I get the idea you have, however I respectfully disagree that until all efforts are exhausted the solution of being an only dog is a permanent solution.

Scoobers used to try to break through the neighbor's fence to get to their boxer who was about 5 times his size as a pup, although I'm lucky Scoober was under a year and it did take about a year to make progress. However he is still grumpy with other dogs coming on his bed at times he will snarl, but he is so much happier being in a pack now that we've dealt with his aggression issue.

Apple to apples just differing opinions.

Sorry you don't get my perspective I just feel anything-less is obtuse to effort, liek to say it's not complete rehabilitation.

Nevertheless is being a single dog in a home is what works for Joli then who cares she;s in a functioning situation and that's all that really matters in the end.

That is/was my point all along.