Woman Puts Down Aggressive Family Dog That Bit Her, And Her Son Can’t Forgive Her For Not Consulting Him First

"If it comes down to that, I will take the dog and take care of her."

Damjan

• Published in Interesting
• November 1, 2022

Owning a dog brings on a lot of responsibilities. Besides giving it a dry and warm place to sleep, food and water, and proper veterinarian care, you also have to devote a lot of time to training it.

There is no denying that dogs are the best friend in the world and sometimes much better than people, but they are animals. And they need training - just like a child is taught about rights and wrongs.

Dogs can do pretty big damage when they are aggressive. Let’s not forget that they carry weapons on them at all times- their teeth.

We have an interesting story today. It is about one aggressive family dog.

OPs family has had a dog for the past eight years or so, and even though OP moved out of his parent’s house about a year ago and wasn't living with the dog, he still lives close by and visits pretty frequently, and cares about the dog.

OP shares a backstory: “My dog had been having some behavioral issues, and would sometimes snap at our two other dogs, as well as people, growling and barking at them, and occasionally trying to bite them. But usually, if you left her alone she'd just lie down and be okay after a few minutes.

It was like she had a mini psychotic break and forgot where she was. For context, she was a terrier/beagle mix and was about 15 pounds, so not a serious physical threat in my opinion.”

However, his parents had a different opinion - during one of OP’s visits, his parents initiated a conversation about putting the dog down.

So one day a few months back when I was at my parent's house, we had discussed how the vet suggested putting the dog down when my parents told them about the outbursts she was having, to which I said that I didn't agree with it, and actually clearly stated, "If it comes down to that, I will take the dog and take care of her."

One day, our OP got some bad news...

OP asks:

OPs family has had a dog for the past eight years or so:

The dog had some behavioral issues. It was a terrier/beagle mix and had about 15 pounds, so OP thought it was not a serious physical threat to anyone

However, his parents had a different opinion - during one of OP’s visits, his parents initiated a conversation about putting the dog down.

However, his parents had a different opinion - during one of OP’s visits, his parents initiated a conversation about putting the dog down.

OP said he will take the dog if it comes to that

OP got a call from his mom

He feels betrayed

He doesn't necessarily think their decision was bad, but he wishes he was consulted first

Now he asks:

Redditors agree that it was a difficult situation and decision to make

Parents did what they thought was the best solution at the time

They could've called...

Vets are very careful about suggesting euthanasia. So, if they have suggested it, they probably had a good reason

Dogs are family

The bottom line is:

Dogs have different personalities, just like people. And for aggressive people, we have courts and jails.

However, that wouldn’t really work on dogs because they can’t understand the idea of punishment for a crime. Unfortunately, the only way to deal with aggressive dogs is to put them down.

Vets wouldn’t recommend it without carefully considering all other options, so they must have had valid reasons.

Damjan