[MR] Dog Emergency - OT

[Barbara Reed]

Just a quick note about dog rescues.  I founded and ran a Golden Retriever
Rescue for many years in the Philadelphia area.  Most rescues (as I can't
speak for all of them) cannot/will not take a dog that has bitten,
regardless of circumstances.  It places the rescue agency at a huge risk for
liability.  Our insurance company would have drop us, if we took in a dog
that we knew had bitten.  It seems that even if the rescue fully discloses
the biting information to the new family, they are still liable should that
dog bite again.  We did, on occasion, make exceptions for dogs that were
food aggressive, or aggressive with other animals, but we could never take a
dog that bit a person.  Once they have crossed the line and bit a human, it
makes them unpredictable.  If the dog is turned in to a shelter, aspca, etc,
if they know he's bitten, they will euthanize immediately.  It's
unfortunate, for sometimes it's not the dog's fault...but we had to weigh
the benefits of being able to stay open to save hundreds of other dogs, or
risk taking 1 in that has bitten.

Anyway, more information than I'm sure you wanted, but that's my two cents.

In service,
Baroness Bianca the Inquisitive

On Sat, Aug 8, 2009 at 9:41 PM, Eleonora Pragensis <
eleonora.z.praha at gmail.com> wrote:

> Is there a rescue group nearby?  Have they been contacted?
>
>
> On Sat, Aug 8, 2009 at 8:44 PM, David Chessler <chessler at usa.net> wrote:
>
> > I have been reading "Reaching the Animal Mind" by Karen Pryor. She is the
> > principle developer of "click" training, based on "operant conditioning"
> by
> > BF
> > Skinner. She uses only positive reinforcements to "substitute" an
> > acceptable
> > behavior for misbehavior.
> >
> > I have not tried this yet, but it is worth looking into. I have used
> > similar
> > methods (positive reinforcement) on cats, with some results.
> > See also her other books:
> > Don't Shoot the Dog! The new art of teaching and training
> > Clicker training for dogs
> >
> > www.clickertraining.com
> >
> > She runs a behavior school in Massachusetts.
> >
> > ------ Original Message ------
> > Received: Sat, 08 Aug 2009 07:43:02 PM EDT
> > From: Kathrina Black <catriona70 at gmail.com>
> > To: Merry Rose <atlantia at seahorse.atlantia.sca.org>
> > Subject: [MR] Dog Emergency - OT
> >
> > > Ok, I have a dog emergency.  My sister has a Shiba Inu dog named Suni
> > > (pronounced Soo-nee) that is about 5 years old.  He is super sweet to
> the
> > > family, but is extremely aggressive with strangers.  He has bitten
> three
> > > people, including the mailman.  The mailman is suing my sister.  They
> > must
> > > find a new home for the dog or euthanize him.  HE was sent to obedience
> > > training several times and is trained, but my sister has been told he
> > needs
> > > an animal behaviorist to curb the aggression.  My sister and her family
> > are
> > > not dog people, meaning they really don't know how to deal with him
> > > properly.
> > >
> > > I need to know if there is anyone who is interested in taking him into
> > their
> > > home.  He needs people who are patient and know what they are doing
> with
> > > dogs.  We are desparate!  He will euthanized on Wednesday of this week
> if
> > we
> > > cannot find hiim a new home.  Please contact me at 410-409-1043 if you
> > are
> > > interested.  The dog currently resides in Yardley, PA (but can be
> brought
> > to
> > > MD).
> > >
> > > Please click on the link below to see pictures and watch a video of
> him.
> > >
> > > http://breckenvale.com/personal/suni.htm
> > >
> > > -Catriona
> > >
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