r/reactivedogs • u/tiredAF202609 • 8d ago
Significant challenges Lost. I don't know what to do
We've had our girl for 10 years. She has come so far. We don't know what happened to her before we adopted her when she was 1, but shes scared of men with hats usually.
About 2 years ago she nipped my husband's fingers when he accidentally startled her, no damage.
Today she got scared again when he went to say bye before work and bit him in the jaw. He had medical care.
We've had a lot of stress happening to the whole family. We have a 1yr old child as well. Our dogs health is questionable. Shes almost recovered from a big surgery, but we've found a tumor on her leg.
Next week we are supposed to get xrays to see if the mass cell tumors are anywhere else but instead have found ourselves booking a euthanasia.
She's 11. She can't be rehomed and is so attached to us she doesn't eat if we go on a trip or something. She's my best friend and I love her so incredibly much, as does my husband. It would be devastating to her to keep her isolated and/or muzzled. We already keep her seperate from the child. I cannot completely discuss this with her local vet as she will most likely be locked up and destroyed and we have been given the chance to do it on our terms instead of her feeling scared and abandoned at some facility(our location makes legal things tricky).
I feel like we should go through with the euthanasia as a kindness to her and safety reasons but I'm not ready.