Reply #5: as much as I love dogs and believe most bad behavior can be changed [View All]

[havocmom]

there are a couple of dogs I would see put down owing to being untrustworthy despite the best care. Some are just too far gone or have temperaments which make it unsafe to keep them near other dogs or any persons not a member of the household. If the dog can live with someone who has no other animals around and never gets visitors or neighbor kids
who might amble into his area, maybe he would be OK. But this dog does not sound like a candidate for expatiations of good social behavior.

Much as we hate to give up on a dog, sometimes a dog is just too dangerous. Weigh your love for the dog with your love for your children and their friends. Do not let emotion cloud your evaluation of the threat this dog could be to a child, especially if it has a temper. Once a dog starts an attack, even over a small thing, things can get very serious very fast. If the dog makes little mistakes in 'nipping' it could go to full kill mode too easily. Dogs are very wonderful critters but also very capable killing machines. Do you want to see a child shredded? Do you want to lose you home in a lawsuit? Those are considerations for you to include in your evaluation of the problem.