Need immediate help with a tough rescue decision - Page 2

Bubba,
The rescue just can't collect the dog. It has to be legally surrendered to the rescue...we have paperwork that is involved with that also...for liability and help with evaluating, although I never believe all the people say or don't say...
Only after it is legally surrendered can we get the dog fixed...
Yes, please pass on this one and let an expert handle it...
Thanks for thinking of a rescue dog...
STephanie
Montana GSD Rescue

 This reminds me of a story:

I once was given a pup that someone found along the road next to a bag of puppy food(i,d love to find the dropper) took it to vet before it even went home paid vet bills to make sure it was healthy, Friends come over fall in love with dog they have 2 young teenage kids they proclaim they have to have the dog dog goes home with them, Dog grows to 2 years old never has a problem is large and strong lives in house and I helped them with basic obedience (dog works on german commands) looks like shepherd chow mix. friend calls me one nite "woow(dogs name) has just bitten a friend of the oldest child hard in the arm oh my god i can,t keep him you have to take him back(after 2 years)" So I put cloths on and rush over, kid is still there holding towel on arm 4 K9 punctures (I,m pictureing much worse) there is the dog laying in it,s cage asleep I let him out and he comes to me very sociable jumps up and gives me the useual face slobber, all I hear from the mother is the boy was just walking by the cage and the dog went off and struck, this dog is large and has big deep bark and growl but is fair so as i watch the kid walk around the dog stays focused on the kid while others roam aimlessly, So I ask the kid what did you do to the dog his answer nothing, again what did you do to the dog answer again nothing now another kid pipes up and laughs and says Ya he did nothing to day but everytime the day before the kid walked passed the day cage while the dog was closed in he slpped the cage and jumped around making the dog go off all the teenager thought it was funny at the time, so I look at my friends wife and told her never to call me again after her kids friends do stupid shit to the dog and whine about it the dog was completly in the right protection him self... dog still lives in home and is getting old now kids have grown and moved out dog is just fine. moral of the story " always give the dog the benefit of the dought" or stupid people should,nt breed stupid kids" when i left the house that nite I had a talk to the offending child after i squeezed the bite for a little bit and made him undertsand what stupid was I went home...      

Thank you for your help and your concern, everyone, your words made us come to our senses.
We're not taking this dog and will be looking for another one to adopt (yes, I check out petfinder.com regularly).

Again, I appreciate your time, experience and desire to help out.

Hey Bob,
A man after my own heart....
Thanks, Steph

years ago our intact male gsd was sleeping on his back on the couch - private parts open to the air....  a friend came over - completely drunk, 3 sheets to the wind, before anyone could stop him, he, for reasons no one could understand, grabbed the dogs testicles and shook them like he was shaking someone's hand - "heya Max, how are ya doing?!"   unbelievable...  the dog made a noise like Scooby Doo, and scrambled out of there - never once thinking of biting the guy...   what a good dog. 


 

luvdemdogs...You're a lot nicer than I would have been about the guy and your intact GSD...It would have been a case of forget the dog, beware the owner!

And Bubba,

I agree with your decision not to take a chance on this dog.  I hope he can find a good home with someone.  Good luck with your search for the perfect rescue. 

Crys

LuvDemdogs There would have been a fist fight at my house if some one did that to my dog . I had a drunk guy make a remark about my cat and after telling him to knock it off or get out he kept it up . Well I beat his drunk ass when he sat next to my cat . I could care less what he says about me to his friends . He never came back . My friends who were here and saw it happen were horrified at the way I jumped on him  . I think I choked him . LOL.............. With my dogs when people act the fool , I tell my dog to "GET AWAY FROM THAT ASSHOLE" .I Know I need some manners but what about the idiots who don't know how to act with someone elses pets . Once the line is crossed the manners go out the window .......... GEEEZ

Here's what GSDs with really good temperaments do with little kids: My first two GSDs (both rescues) and I were visiting a friend with a 2-year-old boy. All was calm while we enjoyed a fine summer day in the back yard, until the boy suddenly grabbed his plastic baseball bat and started swinging it madly at my GSDs. Did they bite him? Growl? Snap? No--they ducked and bolted away from him. My friend and I growled plenty and dove for the kid, who was immediately banished to the indoors.

A GSD with a proper temperament is hardwired not to hurt small children. This is not the result of socialization, but the result of excellent breeding.

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