Posted by: "Tracey Rentcome" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Michelle, thank you so much for publicly sharing your story. I know it is hard to send one to the bridge for a bite, I have just had to do this with a harl female that came to us as a rescue 10 weeks ago - my husband fell head over heels for her on sight. She was very thin and HW+ and we got her through all that - then she started acting out a little - a few growls and grumbles here and there, a snap and bite at one of my other dogs and then Monday night she snapped at my 7 year old daughters face - unprovoked. Now, the kids had been roughhousing a little prior to that, but it had been stopped for a while and my daughter had got up and was walking away from the area when the dog leapt at her and grabbed her in the face. Now, the really scary part is that while she was crying and trying to tell us what happened, the dog (who had run off after the initial snap) ran towards her, turned and snarled, bared her teeth and snapped again. This is the fourth dog that I have had to send to the bridge in the past 18 mos, personally, and there is one other that was being fostered at another house that also had to go. Temperament problems are a serious consideration, and I have noticed an increase lately in "unacceptable" incidents. It is so emotionally draining to deal with this - fortunately my daughter wasn't seriously hurt, and is ok with the idea of us continuing to foster, but I have had a hard time with the guilt factor of bringing in the dog that bit my own child. Tracey Rentcome Great Dane Rescue of Houston Inc. Houston, Texas [EMAIL PROTECTED]
