♥Bruno♥ Posted August 19, 2011 Share Posted August 19, 2011 Someone on my Facebook just posted that she needs to re-home her dog. It is a 6 yr old American Staffy, female, de-sexed, microchipped, 22kgs. Great with humans but not good with other dogs. I don't know anything more at this stage, but I thought I would ask on here to see if anyone knows of any suggestions? The dog is located in Melbourne. I can ask the owner questions through Facebook. I just asked if she is from a pet shop and she said 'not from a shop, we know her parents though" Not sure what that means. She said they have to get rid of her as they have 2 staffy's and a JRT too Is anyone interested or can you give me some helpful advice to pass onto this person. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Shazzapug Posted August 19, 2011 Share Posted August 19, 2011 Someone on my Facebook just posted that she needs to re-home her dog. It is a 6 yr old American Staffy, female, de-sexed, microchipped, 22kgs. Great with humans but not good with other dogs. I don't know anything more at this stage, but I thought I would ask on here to see if anyone knows of any suggestions? The dog is located in Melbourne. I can ask the owner questions through Facebook. I just asked if she is from a pet shop and she said 'not from a shop, we know her parents though" Not sure what that means. She said they have to get rid of her as they have 2 staffy's and a JRT too Is anyone interested or can you give me some helpful advice to pass onto this person. Is this whats going to happen now to all the unregistered Amstaffs and Pitbulls. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
poodlefan Posted August 19, 2011 Share Posted August 19, 2011 And so it begins.... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ruthless Posted August 19, 2011 Share Posted August 19, 2011 (edited) ... didn't read it properly :/ Edited August 19, 2011 by ruthless Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sas Posted August 19, 2011 Share Posted August 19, 2011 Sorry, I don't encourage the re-homing of dog aggressive dogs (of any breed). What can they do? Find someone who will make sure that dog is never ever put in the situation where it cannot harm another dog.....not sure how many people are after dog aggressive dogs though. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
megan_ Posted August 19, 2011 Share Posted August 19, 2011 Sorry, I don't encourage the re-homing of dog aggressive dogs (of any breed). What can they do? Find someone who will make sure that dog is never ever put in the situation where it cannot harm another dog.....not sure how many people are after dog aggressive dogs though. Yip - managing a DA dog is very hard - even if you obey the law and only go to leashed areas you still have to deal with off leash dogs. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tdierikx Posted August 19, 2011 Share Posted August 19, 2011 If these people have had this 6 year old dog from a pup, then it's a bit of a worry that it's DA and they want to get rid of it now... appears they are just passing on a problem of their own making instead of taking steps to rectify or contain it themselves. As a person who has to play swapsies with my own dogs due to them not always "playing nice" with each other - I can see how someone would find it a bit of a pain to keep a DA dog separated from other dogs in the house - but it CAN be done. I took my babies on for life... they are MY responsibility... and just because they have now decided they don't always want to share the same space together, I couldn't (in good faith or conscience) ever rehome either of them. Personally, if I was in this situation, then I'd probably have my dog given it's wings before contemplating passing her off to a stranger... T. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
raz Posted August 19, 2011 Share Posted August 19, 2011 It's a be of a leap to assume the rehoming has to do with BSL. The Amstaff is DA so maybe it's simply a matter of them not being able to maintain it with their other dogs. I won't get in to the issues related to rehoming a DA dog but let's not get overly dramatic and jump to conclusions without knowing more information first. In the current climate I dont blame people for being 'overly dramatic', snook. Infact if this was my thread I'd have it moved to OT Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
♥Bruno♥ Posted August 20, 2011 Author Share Posted August 20, 2011 I don't think the person is re-homing the dog due to the incident in the news recently, more that the dog has slowly been getting more aggro and their JRT was hurt badly the other day by the dog. I had messaged her and she said that she had rung up quite a few pounds and shelters herself and all of them told her to PTS So that's what they did this morning. Very sad story and not something I have ever had to deal with before, on a personal level. Thanks for all the advice anyway, I do appreciate it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cheyd Posted August 20, 2011 Share Posted August 20, 2011 Its good to see people asking for advice and following it when they have issues with their dogs, my sympathy to the family for their loss and much respect for doing the right thing by their dog Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kirty Posted August 20, 2011 Share Posted August 20, 2011 It is very sad, but I do think it was the right thing to do. Very brave of the owners to make the hard decision. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Willow Posted August 20, 2011 Share Posted August 20, 2011 I think they did the right thing too, sad though it is to have to ake that decision. I would do the same thing in that situation. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Adnil444 Posted August 20, 2011 Share Posted August 20, 2011 I think this was the best for everyone - I'm pleased they asked around and just didn't transfer a DA dog to someone else to deal with the problem. It's a hard decision, but a responsible one and I would do the same thing. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sas Posted August 20, 2011 Share Posted August 20, 2011 I'm really sorry they had to say good bye. I commend them for not re-homing. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
persephone Posted August 20, 2011 Share Posted August 20, 2011 While I feel for the owners, my feeling is that the right thing has been done. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tdierikx Posted August 20, 2011 Share Posted August 20, 2011 I feel for the family... it's not always easy to do the right thing. Run free AmStaff girl. T. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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