I’m so emotionally wrecked. I rescued my dog from the humane society as a “difficult adoptee.” She had spent over a year in house and had been returned back twice. They were upfront that she cannot be around other dogs or children as she has huge anxiety/aggression issues. Regardless, she was my savior battling severe depression and PTSD and I truly believe she saved me.
Four years later she has made massive improvements in handling strangers/visitors but will always have issues. I’ve accepted that dog parks are off limits as they do nothing but stress her out and cause her to aggressively act out to all other dogs.
Additionally, I am now married and with a 10month old who is now crawling. I read all these articles about maintaining a safe distance to allow the dog to get to know the baby. The dog has been acting extremely aggressive like the first day I got her. She growls at the baby, obsessively tries to lick her mouth, steals/destroys her toys, mounts me like she is claiming me, and it is making us all extremely nervous. I love my dog but I have to protect my family and her behavior is only getting worse as the baby gets older. I have never let the baby approach or touch the dog yet and I can only imagine it will get worse once she starts doing so if she grabs her tail.
With tears in my eyes I called the same humane society to see if they would accept her to try to regime her to a childless family. I was upfront on why I was calling them back after 4 years and they told me upfront that a dog with child aggression has to be euthanized I’d they accepted her. They said I could try to rehome her myself but that it would be extremely difficult if I didn’t lie about her demeanor.
I don’t know what to do. I love her so much and I want to do right by her and the thought of giving her up just to die when she saved me invokes nothing but guilt but I’m scared for my baby girl.
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