URGENT - Help rehoming weimaraner

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My friends sister urgently needs to find a new home for her 5yr old weimaraner, pedigree, spayed etc. Needs an adult only home though.

PM me or Prudence for the number to call
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The breeder was her sister Prudance i think and they have tried the rescue centres but because there is a risk with children they wont take her and the vet wants to PTS
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Sad as it might be, if the dog can't be trusted with children, unless you're going to send it to the North Pole, can you categorically say it will never come into contact with a child - ever? I think the answer would have to be no and if I was in that position I wouldn't dare risk an accident.
However well meaning people are, to me, the risk would be too great and I would do the decent thing, for the dog as much as anything else; it is a disaster waiting to happen in my view, sorry.
 
I see your point but there are many dogs out there that can't be trusted with children that get on ok, you can't give up on them all! Maybe you could find a working home? Tell your friend not to give up hope, there'll be someone out there!
 
i wish i could take her. although her being a bitch would disagree with the dalmation i walk. my vizsla bit achild so isnt trusted around most children. also it really pisses me off how its always the dogs fault. hope you find a home for her
 
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i wish i could take her. although her being a bitch would disagree with the dalmation i walk. my vizsla bit achild so isnt trusted around most children. also it really pisses me off how its always the dogs fault. hope you find a home for her

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My Vizsla also bit a child, my young grand daughter as a matter of fact. I saw the incident, knew that there was no fault from the child, the bite was unprovoked but fortunately not serious. The dog is now caged EVERY time my grand daughter is in the house, even for a minute. My dog has a home with me but if for any reason I could not keep her then she would be PTS, there is no future for her anywhere but with me. As a representative of a breed rescue, doesn't matter which breed (not Vizslak though), I would not put a dog which is not safe around children into a home. There are too many dogs out there who are safe to risk other peoples children with a dog which is unsafe. My dog has had some good hidings before she came to me and I love her even though she has her failings but she will never, ever be passed on elsewhere.

I am sorry that this dog has been PTS, however this is infinately better than being passed from pillar to post which is what could have happened. Now running free and safe at the Rainbow Bridge Weimy girl.
 
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also it really pisses me off how its always the dogs fault. hope you find a home for her

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Its not always the dogs fault, but parents cant risk a dog that isnt A1 around young children.
I know you are going to come back with "then the children should be taught how to behave around animals" and its true, they should, but a lot of normal childish behaviour can set a dog off.
Maybe its a load screaming laugh, maybe its a clumbsy child falling onto the dog.A child is far more important than any dog.

So very sorry a suitable home couldnt be found
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It is generally the owners fault as much as the dogs. People have romantic ideas about animals sometimes. We see people living in little terraced houses with 2 or 3 big dogs - there is a man near us with a Japanese Akita and now a Rottie pup. How stupid is that? No land , no time, out all day...surely asking for trouble? His current dog is untrained and aggressive.
Perhaps people should think before they purchase a dog. We have a small Lhassa and it is hard enough to keep him happy, exercised and trained (ish)!!
Dogs are so often seen as status symbols too.
In terms of danger, surely any responsible owner should not leave a dog with a small child? It is asking for tragic consequences, like the little girl killed on New Years day who I was reminded about on the TV tonight. The uncle got 4 years in jail I think...not long enough. An eye for an eye?........
 
So many understanding people and a few not. The dog did not want for nothing she ran free over our land, loved to run with horse's and had good food to eat, she loved the children but in the 3 yrs we had her there had been a few times when she snaped and went for my 9 yrs old friends daughter, lucky the court yard gate was between them at that time, I have had a dog behaviourist around to have a look at the dog, But what happend on sunday is a memory i will not forget, she attacked my 6 yrs old in the face leaving 3 small puncher wounds, with the dog attack noise, (dog fighting noise) he did not provoke the dog just put his face next to her's to kiss and cuddle her as he has done many times in the past (also to my sisters dog who also has a weimaraner). I keep telling him not to as one day you may get bit..it happends and it did, but he says i just want to kiss her because i love her so much, and i trusted her around my children. I phoned the weimaraner resuce services who was very supportive and the vets, but over the days they kept telling me that it would be the best thing, as IF i was lucky to find some one to take her and IF it happend again i could get prosecuted by the police for ignoring their advise...Also I faxed over the dogs papers and it turns out that the dogs brother got put down also her grandmother...It was THE HARDEST thing i have done as we all loved her so much.. she is now burried at my field as she loved to run about down there...I felt I did the right thing even thow others may not...I gave her chance after chance and my 6 yr old paid the price for my mistake
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Don't feel guilty. You gave her every chance. By the sound of it your 6 year old is not badly injured, he was lucky. Please make sure that your son does not carry the guilt too. There was obviously some trait running in the family. You are not responsible for that.

I do hope the breeders are not breeding from this line anymore. Please do all you can to ensure this is the case before there are more problems.

I didn't reply originally as my gut feeling was that she should be PTS. I have always had dogs and I have children, my lurcher bit twice, but on each occasion was provoked by a child trynig to climb into his bed whilst he was asleep, he responded with a snap. We decided to give him a chance and he is now an old dog. However your dog made an unprovoked attack and I'm afraid there is only one answer to that.

Well done for being brave enough to make what must have been a very hard desision. Hugs to you.
 
We had a very similar problem with our Weimaraner making a totally unprovoked attack on our daughter
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. It does sound like some lines of the breed seem to carry unpredictable temperaments.
 
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