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When to say goodbye?
We are fostering a rescue dog called Lucille - you can check her out he
http://members.optusnet.com.au/paws/...s.html#LUCILLE We got her around the beginning of June. She did find a permanent home but her new owners returned her after only three days because she was too rough with their other dog. Lucille does push my two cocker spaniels around and I know Elliot would vote for her to leave. (He has a gash over one eye this week & last week she put a tooth through his ear.) It starts out as a game & quickly escalates into a minor scrap. Now she is jumping over our 6" fences & running at people walking their dogs on the vacant land behind our house. So far no real damage has been done but it has the potential to be dangerous. We tried fixing the fence today by putting a lip on it, but she can still get over. About the only choice I can see is an electric fence, which is certainly not cheap. The welfare organisation have said it is up to us to decide whether we want to persevere with her or if she should be put down. They have nowhere else to send her. Lucille could have been a good dog, but no one spent the time with her. My concern is that she will be too difficult to adopt out with her fence jumping problems on top of everything else. (her last foster carer resorted to keeping her on a chain because she was getting out of their 5" fences.) Reading Chuck Petterson's post made me wonder if I was being too stubborn - when is it time to say goodbye? All comments appreciated. Thanks Kit -- To reply replace nospam with kamuzz |
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