Dog bite
He is extrememly stubborn and jumpy and not the best overall good dispositon/ perfect personality (vs. our first OES that loved people and never showed agression or reacted to moving objects (ie., our dog chases bikes, anyhthing on wheels) Last night however, my daughter was trynig to pet his face and he jerked around and ended up biting my daughter- ON THE FACE and there was a deep gash in her cheek requiring stitches and a 6 hour stint at the ER. I am torn - I don't think anyone would take him in since he is 8 and has this history, we are considering defanging him - but I need to figure out something to do today that will be the most humane thing and least upsetting for the dog and our family. We live in [town removed by request] California. Any advice you can give would be greatly appreciated. Laurie [last name and email address deleted by request] |
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| Laurie,
I am not qualified to make any recommendations, but if you decide not to kep your dog, Sheepdog Rescue may be able to help. They may also be able to answer your questions. Contact Rescue of Southern California at: http://www.oesrescue.com/ or Chris Bunsick-Pesche 661-821-5004, or Jane Dempsey oes@bnis.net If you still have any questions, let me know. I'm in Boston, but I'll see if I can help. -Ron. |
| Does anyone know what happened to Laurie's dog???? my mom's oes was kind of the same way - she too bit my niece on the face - (which was the 3rd time) but she was used to being in a quiet home - and cassie would startle her - the last time - during a thunderstorm while we were camping - and chelsea had just calmed down - cass went to hug her - startled her and stepped on her foot at the same time.
we never let anyone around merlin when he was eating - he seemed just fine with people - but in his last few years - he had killed several kittens - and always while there was food in the vicinity. It was just one quick bite- i think it was a warning bite thing - but the kittens were so little. |
| Hi, i'm new to this, i'm writing in looking for help and suggestions from other OES owners. Rosie is 14 months old and is the most loving dog you could ever ask for. She is very well behaved and is just getting out of the tugging and pulling the children stage. Though our biggest prob is she has started snapping or you could call it trying to bite the face of people who come to our house ( strangers to rosie). A lot of children visit the house as i have 3 of my own all under 7 years old. She is very tempermental at the moment and i have lost alot of trust in her. There have been several attempts she has tried to snap at my youngest boy and it is a split second behaviour change. Is this common and has any one got any suggestions in how it is dealt with? |
| We got an OES, Bear, a dog that we adopted after the owner died of cancer. The dog was raised with little boys, and I think he was so confused and upset at the move and was barking alot, and always clammoring for attention. He growled and snapped a little at me last night when it was time to come in from going potty, but I disregarded that...he has a lot of adjusting to do.
Today, however, he was in perfectly fine spirits. I took the day off work to help with his adjustment, showering him with the attention that the previous owner said he loved. He was very receptive to all of the attention. My 4 year old son walked over to him (not in a manner that could be taken for aggressive in any way, shape or form), Bear growled loudly, and within a second had bitten his face. He has 3 large puncture wounds, very deep, from over his eyebrow to his lower cheek. I keep recalling the events of the night and the day (we just got him last night), thinking if there was anything at ALL that I could have done differently. I am an experienced dog owner, we have 3 rescue dogs, and I have NEVER seen behavior like this before. We will not keep this dog. I called the brother of the woman who died...he has been caring for the dog temp. until a home could be found, and he is picking Bear up tomorrow. |
| The dog was jealous. Since he hadn't been disciplined to accept ANY competition in his other home, he used his strongest method to get rid of his competition.
If he goes in a home with children or a demanding spouse even, he will need to be worked with extensively. A stay-at-home type of person will have to devote some time adjusting the dog to accept the fact he has to share attention. In a pack a dog gets to eat first and the best treatment if it is closer to the leader or is the leader of the pack. Dogs seem to guard and try to progress up the power scheme of whatever household they are in, unless they get conditioned to accept their status. Usually the ones that are "gentle" to children know of the rewards of being gentle and loyal--and were raised with children with some good parenting. Some dogs are just born this way it seems, but most need the conditioning or socialization. Sorry to hear about everyone's bad experiences. It is hard to help with aggression on-line. An experienced person with losts of patience and persistence is needed. Hope you all found suitable solutions and are having better times! Snapping unexpectably can also be a sign of hearing or sight loss. Some even attribute low thyroid activity with aggression. |
| I have tried to get this erased from Google/posting....Please remove this from the bulletin board immediately.
Laurie [Last name removed for Laurie's own sake] |
| I have removed all of the personal information (which you should not have posted in the first place) from the post.
The private information which you are concerned about is stored at Google (and possibly many other search engines). You'll have to wait them out, or try to deal with them on your own. Good luck |
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