The Exit
I think I may have to give up Exit (my dog) = [
Its always been the most adorable dog, but has always had a wild/crazy side to him. Since moving to CT its only seemed to have gotten worse. The landlords here think he's this huge ferocious monster based on the fact that he doesn't get along with the 2 workers at the barn here. He's non-seriously bite them both, but at the same time they've made no effort to be nice to him, one apparently has gone so far as to hit him with in the face with a torque wrench and the other now throws stones and rocks at him if he gets loose and they expect that to help? Just today my brother lets him run loose by accident and he's out there just running around with our 2 other dogs. The landlord's dog is there and they're all playing fine, but I'm still getting bitched at my his wife since she's "scared to death of that monster" even though he's exhibited nothing towards her and the other person with her (who watched matt this week the night I was in NYC) experienced his good side and she saw how cute he his most of the time.
Well they're just playing and then our little puppy (who's now like 40 lbs so isn't so little) comes barreling into Exit, who gets knocked into my landlords dog, who in turn doesn't like that and snaps at Exit, thereby causing a little dog skirmish. Nothing happens; I break it up, its all fine I get an earful while I was trying to calmly explain that Exit was the one that just got snapped it and of course that's not the base because he's a "terror". Well a little while ago I get a call from my mom's landlord saying the dogs gotta go after "almost killing my dog today". I tell him that's a little extreme and Exit wasn't even the aggressor, but he didn't care citing the aforementioned stuff and said that they all now think he could attack them at any time.
I could hasten my move to NYC (which I'd rather not do since I'm now owed like 2k by my mom since she's been financially struggling with a foreclosure and starting her own business), but i just don't see that solving the situation. It will only put him in smaller quarters and around more people he's likely to perceive as "not supposed to be there", which seems to be his major issue.
So me and my mom are going to explore some options this weekend. Obviously we can't compromise her living situation because of him, and with my living situation in flux for a bit I was planning on keeping him hear for a bit, but that's not an option. This is honestly hitting my kinda hard, he's been my stay-at-home companion for about 2 years now, and I don't really think I can keep him at all.
Anyone ever have to deal with something like this before?
Its always been the most adorable dog, but has always had a wild/crazy side to him. Since moving to CT its only seemed to have gotten worse. The landlords here think he's this huge ferocious monster based on the fact that he doesn't get along with the 2 workers at the barn here. He's non-seriously bite them both, but at the same time they've made no effort to be nice to him, one apparently has gone so far as to hit him with in the face with a torque wrench and the other now throws stones and rocks at him if he gets loose and they expect that to help? Just today my brother lets him run loose by accident and he's out there just running around with our 2 other dogs. The landlord's dog is there and they're all playing fine, but I'm still getting bitched at my his wife since she's "scared to death of that monster" even though he's exhibited nothing towards her and the other person with her (who watched matt this week the night I was in NYC) experienced his good side and she saw how cute he his most of the time.
Well they're just playing and then our little puppy (who's now like 40 lbs so isn't so little) comes barreling into Exit, who gets knocked into my landlords dog, who in turn doesn't like that and snaps at Exit, thereby causing a little dog skirmish. Nothing happens; I break it up, its all fine I get an earful while I was trying to calmly explain that Exit was the one that just got snapped it and of course that's not the base because he's a "terror". Well a little while ago I get a call from my mom's landlord saying the dogs gotta go after "almost killing my dog today". I tell him that's a little extreme and Exit wasn't even the aggressor, but he didn't care citing the aforementioned stuff and said that they all now think he could attack them at any time.
I could hasten my move to NYC (which I'd rather not do since I'm now owed like 2k by my mom since she's been financially struggling with a foreclosure and starting her own business), but i just don't see that solving the situation. It will only put him in smaller quarters and around more people he's likely to perceive as "not supposed to be there", which seems to be his major issue.
So me and my mom are going to explore some options this weekend. Obviously we can't compromise her living situation because of him, and with my living situation in flux for a bit I was planning on keeping him hear for a bit, but that's not an option. This is honestly hitting my kinda hard, he's been my stay-at-home companion for about 2 years now, and I don't really think I can keep him at all.
Anyone ever have to deal with something like this before?