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Some people cannot be logical when it comes to having dogs that are aggressive.
My neighbor's dog is/was their third Doberman, all females. On Saturday, daughter was coming over to help clear out the garage. I was out in the alley by the garage, preparing for her arrival when there was a commotion across the street. My neighbor came out of his alley gate, a little ahead of me as I headed out to see what was going on. It was his dog, barking and carrying on. She had gotten out when someone left the gate open. Dog ran across the street and bit a woman who was walking by and was menacing. Yesterday neighbor was in his yard when I got home from church. I asked him about how it went and if I see the gate open, should I close it? We don't always know what is going on with people. Woman was traumatized and went to Urgent Care. Neighbor told me the dog has to go. They have a child around 12 and cannot risk having her friends over with the dog. I believe dog was 3 years old. They have had lots of work with trainers with the dog and she has always been the most challenging of the 3 dogs they've had. Neighbor said he hadn't heard from animal control, but he knew that was just a matter of time. They expect to have bills for Urgent Care and perhaps a fine for the incident. They were researching where to surrender the dog and hoping that there would be someone who was in a place where they could give the dog what she needs, more training, more exercise and attention than they are able to. I haven't seen the dog since.
Not everyone can be this swift in their decisions. I know people who have had aggressive dogs, but want to keep giving them chances. Some people understand that you only need one incident or even a hint of aggression to make the right decision to surrender or put down some dogs, especially dogs of certain breeds.
