Guest guest Posted March 19, 2008 Report Share Posted March 19, 2008 Well, I was panicking for nothing about the idea that my kids would be devastated that we were giving the puppy back.? As it happened, the puppy got even more aggressive the following day, even my husband could not get him?controlled, and by this time he had nipped at the kids so many times that when we sat them down and told them the sad news that the puppy had to go, my 5 year old shrugged and (9 yr old PID pumpkin) said, " I understand completely " . The only thing that really upset her is she tried again that night and this morning to play with and pet the puppy (hoping he would suddenly be nice and actually LIKE people), and he wouldn't let her at all, which reinforced the fact that he had to go. The last thing he did before left for school was go under her chair where she was eating b'fast and bite her achilles tendon. I told him no and he sat there and stared at me and barked at me?really intimidatingly. Which is so much better than if he suddenly got sweet for 5 minutes when I know what his basic personality is and that this would not have worked. I took him back to the no-kill shelter and told them he will need an owner who is very experienced with dominant dogs. RE the reptiles, I called a local vet of exotic animals and found out that it's the mealworms that you have to feed chameleons that cause the salmonella, and that they really need that source of protein, so we're out of luck on that front. So far a guinea pig seems to be our new pet of choice. I had them in my teens and thought they were a neat pet... mine was paper-trained and also went on walks in an itty bitty harness. (mom to , age 9, antibody def) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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