Guys, I just want to know your opinion on this subject.
A friend of a friend of mine recently had a baby. The baby is about 5 months old now.
Well, soon after they had the baby, their dog began acting strange where he would start to bite or threaten to bite people if they alarmed him. Usually he is not an aggresive dog at all. Although they did rescue him from an abusive home.
Anyway, he bit 2 people (one child) in one weekend, as they had both startled him (not broken skin or anything). And they decided to have him put down because they didn't want him to bite their baby one day.
Is this the norm for biting dogs? I feel so awful that more couldn't have been done to help him be less aggresive.
What should be done in a situation like this?
A friend of a friend of mine recently had a baby. The baby is about 5 months old now.
Well, soon after they had the baby, their dog began acting strange where he would start to bite or threaten to bite people if they alarmed him. Usually he is not an aggresive dog at all. Although they did rescue him from an abusive home.
Anyway, he bit 2 people (one child) in one weekend, as they had both startled him (not broken skin or anything). And they decided to have him put down because they didn't want him to bite their baby one day.
Is this the norm for biting dogs? I feel so awful that more couldn't have been done to help him be less aggresive.
What should be done in a situation like this?