Right folks, i've got myself a situation.
This above, is my Dog. well... was my mothers before she died last year. but she asked me to look after him so i kept my word like i said i would. Since her death he's been fantastic! a gem. he's appeared more bouncy than usual and veryyyy sooky sooky!
anyways, tonight as i was in the bath i heard alot of hassle from down stairs. Turns out, the dog that's never hurt a fly has turned on my old man. left hand, right knee and his entire right arm are badly wounded. scratches, cuts and big arse puncture marks. I've seen to his injuries and all is well.
My old man for want of a description is basically the ginger guy out of braveheart. so we don't need to go into what happened to the dog...
Now, my dad was playing with him in the living room like the million other times he has. but tonight for some reason he turned. didn't even display signs of not wanting to play or anything like that.
He is a red haired retriever. they have been known to have a shorter temper than your average retriever but still, i dunno anyone who has been mauled by their own retriever..
Needless to say, my old man is having him put down tomorrow morning.
my only defense for the dog is that he hasn't been snipped.
A lot would argue that once a dog turns on the owner the party is over. and i agree.
i'm not wanting to go into my whole history of dogs because i'll be here all night and i don't have time.
Should i mount a defense on him being snipped rather than put down ?
Again i don't have time to go into my history with dogs, but there's a moral issue here that needs to be decided upon...I've a strange urge to defend him but that probably is due to my promise i made my mother. he may be put down before anyone even gets to post in this so it's a shot in the dark. but who knows.
Thoughts, as ever are deeply appreciated.