“We rescue and foster dogs and I can say without a doubt that a rescued dog is likely to be the most loyal companion a person could ask for. “
1 rescue dog was a disaster,
Multiple breeder dogs, all wonderful.
So, I completely disagree with you that it takes a rescue dog to be the most loyal.
Yeah, my bro took in a rescue that lunged suddenly and attacked a home worker. Thank goodness it was a surface scratch and she didn’t sue. Could have been MUCH MUCH WORSE. Got rid of the dog that day. It is far too risky to get a rescue dog as far as I am concerned.
Have to agree with baynative. I have had great luck with rescue dogs. My purebred westie is a pain in the butt (just not nice to other people or dogs and yes she was socialized all her life) and other ‘purebred’ dogs I’ve had have seemed to need more vet visits, it seems breeders are breeding less hearty dogs than the mixed breeds. I’ve wonder if that’s part of the designer breeds like labradoodle, peekapoo, whatever else kinds there are, that maybe the purebreds of yore have just been overbred and are not hearty.
Having said that, I think the law is stupid.
I agree with you. Our last rescue dog was a disaster. We had to put him to sleep just before Christmas after he bit his 5th person. He was a German Shep mix that caused me nothing but stress. All the bites were unprovoked sneak attack types.
No shelter would take him as they said he’d be un-adoptable. It really sucked as we had him since he was 3 months old, no abuse, loving home. My wife and I work from home and live next to a 600 acre nature preserve. It’s a dog paradise. This dog just couldn’t be trusted. He liked about 10 people and that’s it. He was great around our three boys but would growl and act menacing around other kids. We always had to have him secured when people came to the house.
We’re lucky we didn’t get sued. He was on leash with my wife in front of our house when a guy walked by, said nothing to my wife, just minding his business, didn’t try to pet the dog, nothing...he was a yard past my wife when the dog turned and lunged and bit him on the calf hard. My wife was distraught, and the guy was rightfully pissed.
That was it for me. Went to 2 shelters that day and had him put down the next day. Put a damper on Christmas and my kids hated me for a few days.