I have an 8 year old mutt. She has never been aggressive towards cats. We brought a new kitten into the house, she didn't take to him very well but they could co exist. After about a month of having the kitten, we had an incident. We also have a 5 dog as well he didn't play a part in this but other than a couple bouts of food aggression they are perfectly happy together. No one ever got hurt they always stop once I get on to them.
A few hours ago I was on the couch eating dinner. I set it down and played on my phone. My kitten came up and grabbed my left over meat and took it. I scooped him and the meat up walked a few feet and out him down. I threw the meat away. In the time it took me to walk the 10 feet to the kitchen, accounts from what my husband saw on our camera: my kitten went back to the spot he dropped the meat at. My dog walked to him and bit him, enough to puncture his ear drum and cause massive bleeding. As soon as I heard her growl I yelled at her. It was already too late he was bleeding. Before we could leave the drive way to take him to an emergency vet he had died. This was less than 3 minutes.
Here's some background. She did not take to this kitten for what ever reason, she had nipped at him but never hurt him and as soon as I say something she stopped and he would hide. I had left them alone before and always came home to all three happy and healthy.
My husband saw what happened from the recoding, he does not think it was purposeful but now does not trust her. I do not either at this time but I have had her for 8 years and never had issues before so I think she can redeem herself. Afterwards she was very remorseful, as much as a dog is capable of, she had an accident right after and threw up. This shows me she was anxious and realized what she had done. She cowered at both my husband and I from what I could see it was an "oh fuck I didn't mean to do that im sorry forgive me" she looked for the kitten once she was let out to roam after the mess was cleaned.
My husband isn't going to tell me to get rid of her, but we do have a baby on the way and he is very concerned.
Should we be concerned or could this just have been a fluke? I dont want to wrongly punish and rehome my dog but I also do not want to take the risk of her possibly hurting my baby.
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