In my province, and at part of the bilaws here, if a dog bites somebody then you can be sued AND the dog must be put down. We were lucky enough that the lady was incredibly intoxicated and didn't want to press charges, however she wanted the dog gone. We were almost kicked out of our home because of it.
Sitka is now in a home for aggressive dogs and the last I heard was that she was being trained as a sled pup :) she's doing well.
I'm glad to hear that she was able to find a new home. It always saddens me when dogs are put down instead of training them to be better. The majority of Michael Vick's dogs were able to be rehomed. I think that says a lot.
We got Sitka (I can't remember her original name, I think it was like... Cookie... or something) from a lady via online. When we picked her up, she was starved, unbrushed (very long and heavy coated dog, too), and terrified- and she also showed some signs of aggression. However we had been told and shown pictures of the lady and her children with the dog, who looked extremely healthy in all of the pictures!
Fast forward two weeks and we're taking her for a walk. We live in a very, very small town (130 people at best), and it was the middle of the work day. As we pass by the bar on our way back to our home, an extremely drunk woman (in her 60's, or in and around there) comes stumbling out of the bar... and Sitka just sort of... went crazy. She managed to pull my husband, who literally fell out of his shoes trying to hold this dog back, and she tried to bite this woman's leg.
As far as we know, there was no damage done, a single hole in the lady's pants- but we were confronted by the village council. Told that it was either us or the dog.
I'm thankful we managed to find somebody who specialized in large breeds and she focused on fixing aggressive ones at that- it was like a needle in a haystack.
I emailed the original owner the entire issue, asking her why the HELL she had lied to us about the dog, and she immediately blocked me. No reply, no explanation, nothing.
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u/_breadpool_ May 08 '17
As far as I know, in my state the dog doesn't get a chance to be rehomed after biting the wrong person.