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Hello all.
Sadly, I had to send one of my pack back to the Rescue centre. Benji, having had a horrid life so far, seemed to be just too damaged. He took a sudden dislike to my partner and became viscious, just snapping whenever he came downstairs. Benji would be fine most of the time, but would suddenly snap for no reason at all.
It was a heartbreaking decision to make, as you all know how much I wanted things to work out, but I just felt that my partner and Snoopy weren't safe in their own home. I'm so angry at Benji's previous "owners", how anyone could be so horrid to him.
I feel a bit of a failure that I couldn't reach out to this houndie, but I feel slightly better that I returned him to rescue in a much better condition than he arrived in. He's no longer all skin and bone. The rescue team were made fully aware of his behavioural issues. I did try to contact an animal behaviourist, as I did NOT want to give up, but there was a very loing waiting list, and they couldn't do anything for us for about 3 months. In the mean time, my partner was all black and blue, and Snoopy and Henry were terrified.
It was a very painful decision to make, and I feel I've failed somehow.
Sadly, I had to send one of my pack back to the Rescue centre. Benji, having had a horrid life so far, seemed to be just too damaged. He took a sudden dislike to my partner and became viscious, just snapping whenever he came downstairs. Benji would be fine most of the time, but would suddenly snap for no reason at all.
It was a heartbreaking decision to make, as you all know how much I wanted things to work out, but I just felt that my partner and Snoopy weren't safe in their own home. I'm so angry at Benji's previous "owners", how anyone could be so horrid to him.
I feel a bit of a failure that I couldn't reach out to this houndie, but I feel slightly better that I returned him to rescue in a much better condition than he arrived in. He's no longer all skin and bone. The rescue team were made fully aware of his behavioural issues. I did try to contact an animal behaviourist, as I did NOT want to give up, but there was a very loing waiting list, and they couldn't do anything for us for about 3 months. In the mean time, my partner was all black and blue, and Snoopy and Henry were terrified.
It was a very painful decision to make, and I feel I've failed somehow.