I know, DR JRand but what gets me is when an animal bites someone, it's always their fault and they pay the price with their life. Everyone, including animals, can have a bad day and we don't know what the human did to spark that bite. For all we know, he or she may have deserved it.
I'm going to be praying extra hard this week that the dog gets it's 2nd chance at life but if it is still there come Saturday, I just may have a new addition to my small family. I can't stand by when a life is in the balance and do nothing.
Danise, sad as it may be, the shelters put down thousands of dogs each year.
Think long and hard. If you adopt a dog with a biting history, your Homeowners Insurance probably will be subject to cancellation. If you adopt the biter, some other non-biter will take his place in the line.
You can't save all the ones heading for disposal this week, and next week there will be more. At least find an animal with no suspicious history.
Speaking of lives in balance, is your shelter one of the many that automatically puts down certain breeds (like Pit Bulls)?
Does your shelter offer a limited-time return policy? Many shelters will let you return an adopted animal for credit on another adoption if the animal does not fit in. If offered, that is an easy way to get an animal home for a trial. (Meet and greets in a kennel yard often fail to disclose a territoriality instinct that will make the home dog hostile to a new addition when on it's own turf)
der Brucer
