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Cindy Ojczyk's avatar

“Shoulda, coulda” is every parents mantra! We learn best thru trying and fixing. Look how much Pants benefited from the knowledge you gained by raising Sammie!

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Linda Duffie's avatar

This hits very close to home for me. I have always adopted my dogs from rescues or shelters and I have fostered many. I have never had a dog I couldn't handle. Until now. Tasha is a Yorkie mix that lived her first 2 1/2 years in poor conditions in a house with 25 other dogs; a breeder/hoarder situation. She had little to no socialization.

When we first adopted her, she was very fearful, but she gradually came out of her shell and was very loving with me. Six months later she started nipping people that came into our home. We've had her 2 1/2 years now and she has had multiple level 2 bites and 2 level 3's. I've tried everything from a trainer to meds to physically restraining her to lots and lots of treats. The level 3 bites happened when I was not at home and my husband, who has Parkinson's and dementia, couldn't handle her.

So we made the gut-wrenching decision to have her PTS next week. I feel like a failure, but i know in my heart I've done everything in my power. She is just too damaged. Still, I keep playing the shoulda, woulda, coulda. Keep me in your thoughts next week and thanks for reading of you got this far. ❤️😥

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