Big doggy no-no
So there is this girl at work I don't like very much. I'm good with interacting with her but we don't always see eye to eye on most everything work related. I have a work ethic, she doesn't. Anyway, she has two dogs. One she adopted over a year ago and a new dog, about 6 months ago. Now this new dog of hers has behavioral issues. It had been adopted twice before and given back. Now the issue is biting. According to her the dogs bites everyone and everything. She and her husband are worried about this dog getting loose and biting another person, or a child. I get that, that can be a big concern. Right now they have the dog in a muzzle most of the time to try and break the bad habit. Okay, I can see that. But then she mentions that if they can't break the habit, they'll have to put the dog down. That's when I had an issue. The dog has not bitten someone outside of their home, the dog is simply aggressive at this point to people visiting. But to say that if they can't simply break the habits they'll but him down is just wrong. I gave her options, better options than that. 1, give the dog back. The local shelter is a no kill. Tell the the issues and they can work on it or at least give the dog a place to live out the rest of it's days. According to her, that seems wrong since the dog has already been given back so many times, she feels she is this dog's last resort. 2, find a shelter that dedicates itself to animals that can't be adopted for whatever reason. There are places for these dogs. She didn't go for it. 3, get private training lessons. It's expensive, but if she truly feels she can't give up on this dog, but she can kill it, then classes should be okay. But no, she doesn't want to spend any more money on training. So to sum up her mind, the dog is out of control and the only fix is death. Not okay in my book.