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I hope I am putting this in the correct place. There is a 3 year old GSD in my local shelter, who is urgent. He will only be released to rescue. The issue is, he has bitten a neighbor on the hand and knee, supposedly unprovoked. The teenager crossed over the invisible fence boundary and said that he got bit in the hand and then the knee, but I find it strange that this dog would have bitten him for no reason all of a sudden when he has been there a year! I have met with the dog twice and have fallen in love with him. He has spent time with me, my husband and 5 year old, and I am 100 percent convinced he has just been in the wrong hands. He spent the first year of his life on a chain in a junk yard. He ended up with the guy who surrendered him because he dog sat Simba for a "friend of a friend", and this person never came back for him, over a year ago! He lived with a small dog and a nine year old. He needs some manners and consistent boundaries, but I am wondering if there is indeed any rescue that can or will take a dog with a bite on his record? I am trying to find him a place to go, and also have emailed a few contacts that I know to see if there is any one who can take him. I am willing to take him and help him get transported, whatever I can to help him if there is a safe place for him to go. This guy had no idea what so ever how to handle him. He is skinny, mysteriously suffered a broken foot, (he *thinks* the garage door fell on it) and the guy was rough handling him. Both the shelter and I think the guy is a liar. I spoke with the vet who works at the shelter 20 minutes ago, he said that in the right hands, he feels Simba will be a great dog. He does see potential in him and he said he will back up my feeling on this dog, and as long as I am trying to help him, he will do everything in his power to not euthanize him, but we need to move as quick as possible on this. (he is trying to help but the director makes the final decision and he doesnt have much time)
I hope I am putting this in the correct place. There is a 3 year old GSD in my local shelter, who is urgent. He will only be released to rescue. The issue is, he has bitten a neighbor on the hand and knee, supposedly unprovoked. The teenager crossed over the invisible fence boundary and said that he got bit in the hand and then the knee, but I find it strange that this dog would have bitten him for no reason all of a sudden when he has been there a year! I have met with the dog twice and have fallen in love with him. He has spent time with me, my husband and 5 year old, and I am 100 percent convinced he has just been in the wrong hands. He spent the first year of his life on a chain in a junk yard. He ended up with the guy who surrendered him because he dog sat Simba for a "friend of a friend", and this person never came back for him, over a year ago! He lived with a small dog and a nine year old. He needs some manners and consistent boundaries, but I am wondering if there is indeed any rescue that can or will take a dog with a bite on his record? I am trying to find him a place to go, and also have emailed a few contacts that I know to see if there is any one who can take him. I am willing to take him and help him get transported, whatever I can to help him if there is a safe place for him to go. This guy had no idea what so ever how to handle him. He is skinny, mysteriously suffered a broken foot, (he *thinks* the garage door fell on it) and the guy was rough handling him. Both the shelter and I think the guy is a liar. I spoke with the vet who works at the shelter 20 minutes ago, he said that in the right hands, he feels Simba will be a great dog. He does see potential in him and he said he will back up my feeling on this dog, and as long as I am trying to help him, he will do everything in his power to not euthanize him, but we need to move as quick as possible on this. (he is trying to help but the director makes the final decision and he doesnt have much time)



