Tom Shelby

Addressing the Issue of Aggressive Dogs

Your dog bit three people. Drew blood each time and now you’re told, “It’s time to euthanize, time to put the dog down.” To the non-dog person the third bite is two bites too late. But what does the dog owner hear? “You’re telling me to kill my dog. Kill a family member that I love dearly?”

 

 

 

Vampire bats share blood with sick bats too ill to get their own. Who would have thought? Rats laugh when tickled. Who would have thought? A biologist recounted how his dog followed a cart carrying the body of a mule who had been his companion for 12 years. When the mule was buried, the dog walked slowly over to the grave of his friend and wailed. Who would have thought?

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Your dog bit three people. Drew blood each time and now you’re told, “It’s time to euthanize, time to put the dog down.” To the non-dog person the third bite is two bites too late. But what does the dog owner hear? “You’re telling me to kill my dog. Kill a family member that I love dearly?”

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