My Dog was PTS this Week

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My beloved dog was put to sleep on Tuesday. Over the last six months she had become increasingly aggressive to people and dogs she did not know. It started with snapping and growling and culminated into biting really nastily. Although I'm sure she would never have bitten any of the family I couldn't trust her with my children's friends or anybody who came to the house. At home she was a lovely, affectionate and happy dog. We have had dog behaviourists and trainers but none of it made any difference.

I know it was the right decision but I am heartbroken and unbelievably sad.
 
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Hi there, sorry to hear this, my mum PTS her best dog, for the same reason, he would have fought to the death for us but couldn't discriminate and thought every one who came near us was a threat.
It was a theme in his lines from his grandsire and my dad had just left, I was tiny (he was super with me, by all accounts) so he was too much for my mum to cope with, and she couldn't have lived with herself if he had gone on to really hurt someone, either with us or in a new home, so the decision was made.
I understand and well done for trying your best to sort it.

You have your memories and your conscience is clear, she never really badly hurt anyone and she had a humane death, you have done nothing wrong x

Did she have a PM? It would be interesting to see if it was a tumour or a pain issue.
 
Totally agree with your decision, hard thing to do but you would have never forgiven yourself if he hurt a child badly.
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Must admit, first thing i thought of was some kind of pain or tumour in his brain.

So sorry though, you must be heartbroken
 
Thank you for your kind support. I just feel so sad and I feel that I must have let down by doing something wrong for her to behave as she did. I'm OK during the day because I keep myself busy. Managed to top twenty acres of fields in the last couple of days on my little tractor lawnmower!! but at night it all goes through my mind again and I am distraught and but most of all I really miss her.
 
No, this guy was a GSD. A lot of edginess/intensity was traced back to this one dog (his grandsire) who was a working police dog.

You didn't let her down, don't worry, they're animals at the end of the day, we don't know what goes on in their minds sometimes and sometimes breeding (like our guy) and pain/neurological issues can be just as big an influence on their behaviour.

You'd have let her down more by ignoring the issue and having her be destroyed at the instruction of the authorities if she'd ended up badly hurting someone, or passing her on to an unknown future.
A painless, quick death is definitely not the worst thing that can happen to our animals.
 
So sorry to hear this, but you made the right decision. It is hard enough to have a dog pts, worse when it is for this reason, I have been there and it does prey on your mind but sometimes it has to be done, it sounds like you gave her every chance, try and take comfort in that fact.
 
So sorry to read this. Well done on doing the most responsible and kindest thing for her. You did your best but unfortunately not every dog is fixable. Big Hugs xxx
 
Just to echo what others have said. My heart goes out to you but the hard part is over now - hopefully you can remember her as the lovely,happy girl she was at home :)
 
Sounds like you really tried to get her sorted, sometimes it's just not meant to be. Having sick dogs PTS is hard enough so I can only imagine what you are going through, but you absolutely did the right thing for your girl.

Big hugs

JDx
 
NWalker said:
My beloved dog was put to sleep on Tuesday. Over the last six months she had become increasingly aggressive to people and dogs she did not know. It started with snapping and growling and culminated into biting really nastily. Although I'm sure she would never have bitten any of the family I couldn't trust her with my children's friends or anybody who came to the house. At home she was a lovely, affectionate and happy dog. We have had dog behaviourists and trainers but none of it made any difference.

I know it was the right decision but I am heartbroken and unbelievably sad.
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So sorry for you. But as others have said you did the right thing and sounds like you gave her every chance.
 
Huge ((hugs))

I went through the same thing last year, it was the hardest thing ive ever done. I still feel guilty now, but i know i did the right thing, i couldnt risk her biting anyone else.

Thinking of you xxx
 
I admire what you have done. I think you have done the right thing. We currently have a staffie and 3 other dogs. Our staffie is a very lovable dog to humans but he really doesn't like other dogs (he's ok with ours). We also have a little girl - which i do not believe he would ever hurt, he adores her. A couple of weeks ago we were thinking of rehoming him but no rehoming place or charity would take him in, because of two things really - his breed and also that he has bitten a dog before. I was contemplating putting him to sleep but cannot do it, i am now trying to control the issue. He now is never let off a lead and is always muzzled when out. We also never leave our dogs alone with our little girl because they are animals and you just never know, can't be too careful. We are going to see if it works for us - i am hoping with all my heart that it does. Otherwise it may be the same as you.
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Thank you everybody for your support. It's the hardest most distressing thing I have ever done and I'm not sure I will ever forgive myself. The only consolation I have is that for her short life it was a perfect life for a dog. We adored her. She spent her days out all day with me and the horses running around and playing with our two other dogs. She was one of nine puppies I rescued and I have had her since she was 3 weeks old. At the time I said I wasn't going to keep her because her parentage was very suspect but the owner of the Mum wanted to give her to one of his friends to breed from her so I insisted on keeping her. For the first two years she was a perfect dog but when she reached maturity something changed and all the problems started. I am wracked with guilt that somehow I have done something wrong but I have two other dogs who are perfectly behaved. Just something I have to live with. x
 
Thank you everybody for your support. It's the hardest most distressing thing I have ever done and I'm not sure I will ever forgive myself. The only consolation I have is that for her short life it was a perfect life for a dog. We adored her. She spent her days out all day with me and the horses running around and playing with our two other dogs. She was one of nine puppies I rescued and I have had her since she was 3 weeks old. At the time I said I wasn't going to keep her because her parentage was very suspect but the owner of the Mum wanted to give her to one of his friends to breed from her so I insisted on keeping her. For the first two years she was a perfect dog but when she reached maturity something changed and all the problems started. I am wracked with guilt that somehow I have done something wrong but I have two other dogs who are perfectly behaved. Just something I have to live with. x
 
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