MEME'S
Boxer Booster
It's with a heavy heart that I sit here and write this. Our poor sweet Griffin (male husky 6) has gone to the bridge.It's a long heartbreaking story but I'll try to give just the facts to keep it short.About 2 years ago Griffin became extremly withdrawn and only wanting to be in his crate. This was around the same time that my skin kid was born. So we let him be and figured he would come around and adjust, and he did to some extent. Well fast forward to 6 months ago when for no apparent reason he started getting extremly agressive (while in his crate) toward myself, husband and boxer. He was checked out vet wise and the all clear was given with his health. He started nipping at us thruogh the crate and growling. He never wanted to come out of his crate except to eat and go to the bathroom which sadly by his own choice got to be only once a day towards the end. We had to move his crate down to the unfinished basementof my houe for the protection of my 2 year old because he had become so unpredictable. Well as time went by and he was not improving the decisoin had to be made as to what to do with him. The final straw was a week ago we went out of town overnight and had a neighbor come over to let him out, he almost attacked this person (whom he knew and liked at one time) and it scared this man so badly that he left Griffin uncrated in the closed basement. At that point my husband and I came home to a destroyed door a torn up carpet and alot of poop and pee (all forgivable) but what was not fixable was the fear we now had of this dog. So we took him to the humane soceity here in madison which is really an excellent place not like most meaning the work with rescues and DO give the animal a chance, and explained what had happened and why we were surrendering him. So with tears we left in hopes that mabe there was something they could do for him.
Well yesturday we got the call that they had put him down because he was SO aggressive that nobody had been able to get into his crate to even let him out or feed him. I guess he was lunging at the door,growling, and biting at them! I was shocked,saddened, and feeling really guilty that I had done this to him. Does this pain ever go away? All we can do is cry about it even though I know that the dogfights would have escalated to the point that it would have ended with Dutch being severley injured or even dead I still feel as though I have let him down. I am a huge animal advocate when it comes to the dumping of animals. I feel if you chose to take on an animal that it is your responsibility to care for them and if the time comes and you can't to re-home them., but how could I have given him to somebody with him acting so agressive? I guess I'm just looking for a little encouragment and support with this heartwrenching decision we had to make. I hope he will fogive us and wait for us at the bridge. God bless and thanks for your time.
Well yesturday we got the call that they had put him down because he was SO aggressive that nobody had been able to get into his crate to even let him out or feed him. I guess he was lunging at the door,growling, and biting at them! I was shocked,saddened, and feeling really guilty that I had done this to him. Does this pain ever go away? All we can do is cry about it even though I know that the dogfights would have escalated to the point that it would have ended with Dutch being severley injured or even dead I still feel as though I have let him down. I am a huge animal advocate when it comes to the dumping of animals. I feel if you chose to take on an animal that it is your responsibility to care for them and if the time comes and you can't to re-home them., but how could I have given him to somebody with him acting so agressive? I guess I'm just looking for a little encouragment and support with this heartwrenching decision we had to make. I hope he will fogive us and wait for us at the bridge. God bless and thanks for your time.
