They are getting rid of BO

[Meemoo]

Oh How I hope he finds a home. He's a senior...

http://www.mlive.com/news/sanews/index.ssf?/base/news-1/1079452533207730.xml

[dutchman]

Unless Bo has a history of aggression I think they are overreacting. I would think having another dog he knows and trust around right now could help prevent some long term fears of all dogs.

[Frzframe]

I don't understand getting rid of Bo too. Poor old fellow, he just is happy to see is family and he gets punished for it. It makes me sad! :(

[Meemoo]

I'd snap him up..unless of course as Tom says he's aggressive but from the story it didn't sound that way. Poor guy. :sad:

[Me&DappledDuo]

Well, we have another sad case of irresponsible people. I have to agree with the statement in the article- why don't people use common sense when choosing their pets?

There are wonderful family pets in both breeds- but if people are not willing to be extremely good about socializing, training and supervising the dog... a pitbull/rottie is NOT an appropriate choice for life around a 4 year old! ANY dog can bite- but because these breeds have a higher propensity for damage, lack of socialization and obedience creates a disaster waiting to happen. A rottie/pit mouth is shaped to TEAR- and lb. for lb. they are practically pure muscle. Any breed can be kept with any family- as long as the adults are willing take responsibility for safety issues. Because these people clearly DIDN'T- a 4 year old child will likely have physical and mental scars for life- and a 1 1/2 year old dog will die. THAT'S not fair.

And THEN... they want to toss out the 12 year old doxie who jumped up to greet them (hello- OBEDIENCE!!!) when they came home?

I wish news articles would focus more on the PROBLEM- in this case, an inappropriate choice of pet for the amount of effort the adults were willing to contribute (they should have gotten a goldfish)- NOT the breed or the dog.

[isobelsmom]

"Pit bulls were bred to kill" Animals----not humans. It's irresponsibility and not socializing the dog that causes a lot of these problems. So the humans screwed up and the dogs pay the price...but why should the little dachsie get dumped? I just do not understand that mentality, and him being an old man. Who's going to take him?

[Meemoo]

I would take the old man to live in a lap or 2 laps of luxury with a young boy to keep him active.

[lotsadox]

Let's pray there's a rescue group to take Bo. Poor old boy! I agree with Loren if he was close to me, I'd take him.

[isobelsmom]

How can we find out if a rescue group can take him? I hate it when seniors pay the price for human stupidity.

[roxysmom]

It's sad that those people are giving up the dog that didn't bite too. Sometimes, though it is better if they have that mentality that they give up the dog. They would probably never trust it around their child and it would probably not get the love and attention it deserves! About the Rottie, did anyone notice that the child was eating cheerios? Maybe the dog was food aggressive and that is why he bit the child. I just hope that senior doxie finds a good home.:)

[Roobyrocks]

I agree it's sad they're giving up the doxie, but he will definitely be better cared for if he does make it to rescue. They've already made up their mind they don't trust him and he'll end up being crated too much or kept separate from the family.

Almost Home's website lists a contact who covers Michigan, laura1_53187@yahoo.com. What about Coast to Coast, Heide?

[TessieMom]

I tried to contact Pam (it has been a while since a Farfel update anyway), but have not heard back. May post the article on the Almost Home board and see if any of the other folks can help.

[Patt]

I have posted this article on two BB's, maybe someone can help.
Also found 2 rescue people in MI, I sent e-mails to them.