Thread: What a day, have to get rid of my dog

What breed, Simon?

Ron, people have told us she looks like a Bull Arab X, which upon some research we think may be correct. The hard part is she has been such a beautiful dog around our kids, and it will devastate our daughter but we just won't be able to trust her as we travel.

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Buy a $30 cage muzzle mate put it on her when around farm animals and the like.
She can bark and run till she falls down and do very little damage


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Unfortunatly I had to shoot one of my Bull Terriers many years ago, same reason except I was too slow to cotton on any by the time she ripped the jugular out of the sheep noting else I could do. From memory it was on a Landy club trip too. First time she was exposed to sheep, its instinct. I would never be able to trust the dog again, no matter how good the dog is with kids you never know what innocent thing might set the dog off. Muzzle isnt the answer.

Its not just trained to kill pit bulls that are involved in dog maulings or fatalities.

Muzzeling is not the be all and end all, but either is just getting rid of a family pet because someone has not taken measures regarding the introduction of said pet to other animals.
Im in no way having a dig at the OP i was only suggesting that it could be a viable answer to the current problem.
Maybe the OP could try putting the dog on a lead and working with it.
Our dog is a family member when we got her she was 9 months old and did not like children to the point that we would not let children in our yard without an adult.
We have had her nearly 2 years now and can honestly say that is not a problem now. My 2 year old neice chases her around the backyard and dog thinks its great.
A little work can sometimes go along way.

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If the dog is not introduced from young age to farm animals or kids you always have a good chance he will not like them later on. But even with introduction it not always turns out that way. One of my American Bulldogs was well socialized from a young age but still could never stand anyone he did not know touching him or even addressing him.

It took me a year and a lot of work to get him to tolerate my kids when they came along, but still would have never left him alone with my kids.

He got a bit more mellow with age but his underlying temperament never changed.

He never would get along with other dogs beside my other female AB he grow up with and I had to give my second male away to prevent them killing each other.

The two bulldogs I took pig hunting (my other male and female) funnily where always good around farm animals and kids and not to worried about strangers outside of our house.

At this stage, we have just started our trip around oz, I think it would be better for her to go to someone who will put in the time with her that she needs. Sad but the best alternative I think.

Greta NSW or Greta Vic , Simon?

I have a guy at work who is into those sort of dogs and I could ask him if he knows of a good home.

Pete G