BEFORE you think about giving the dog away, let me tell you what happened up here in Lynden this summer on Father's day. This family responed to an ad for a free Rott. They wanted the dog even after they were told the dog was being given away because he bit. {according to the Humane Society,
Rotts bite less people than your common household pooch} they took it anyway. Next day he bit a kid in the face. The child was flown down to Harborview Medical Center where he underwent facial reconstruction for about three weeks. The State got involved and sued the family for taking in an aggressive animal. It's not nessarily the breed that's the problem. I had four Dobies and they never bit anyone. My friend has two Rotts and their little girl rides them like a horses. They have never snapped at her. They are "Best Friends". Sometimes dogs, all breeds, get mean and you can't do anything about it. It's sad because everyone loses. The owner loses a friend, not to mention all the time and investment involved, and the dog loses it's life. If it lives, chances are pretty good it'll happen again.

[ 01-10-2002: Message edited by: G-MAN ]