OK so everyone pretty much knows I'm waiting to hear about Tyson on Saturday. Well I have sort of a dilemma.
When I was 19, my then husband and I adopted our very first dog. We found a great dane breeder in our area who had a rescue. He was a 3 year old deaf Dane we named Titan. I loved him ( not like Dozer but still) and we bonded quickly. Ti lived with us for about 6 months and started to become very aggressive. He would bite without warning. No growling, no posture change, just bite. He only bit men, including my husband several times. I worked very hard to contain and control him but he was very unpredictable. My husband had had enough the last time he was bitten. I begged and pleaded but he called the "rescue' and asked if we could return him. They said NO! seriously they said no. I was glad.
My vet at the time tried prozac to no avail. I sought training advice and in the end the vet and trainer agreed he needed to be put to sleep. I really didn't want to . He was my friend, but he was very large and dangerous. I considered adopting him out but felt like that was wrong. I fought this for a while, until one evening we had a guest come over. Ti knew and liked him, so I did not worry much about it. He had even dog sat Ti before we knew he had these issues. After he had been in our home about an hour, out of no where Ti bit him pretty badly . I felt terrible. I usually had Ti put up when we had company but I believed he would be ok because they liked each other. That was it. My husband threatened to move out and was Serious. I had Ti put to sleep the next day.I still feel badly about this. I know it was the right thing to do, but I should have kept him separated.
Sorry for the long winded story. Where I am going with this is Tyson is really really close to Titan. I think it might feel kind of weird? Idk . Is it wrong to consider changing a dogs name? Should I just learn to deal with it .
When I was 19, my then husband and I adopted our very first dog. We found a great dane breeder in our area who had a rescue. He was a 3 year old deaf Dane we named Titan. I loved him ( not like Dozer but still) and we bonded quickly. Ti lived with us for about 6 months and started to become very aggressive. He would bite without warning. No growling, no posture change, just bite. He only bit men, including my husband several times. I worked very hard to contain and control him but he was very unpredictable. My husband had had enough the last time he was bitten. I begged and pleaded but he called the "rescue' and asked if we could return him. They said NO! seriously they said no. I was glad.
My vet at the time tried prozac to no avail. I sought training advice and in the end the vet and trainer agreed he needed to be put to sleep. I really didn't want to . He was my friend, but he was very large and dangerous. I considered adopting him out but felt like that was wrong. I fought this for a while, until one evening we had a guest come over. Ti knew and liked him, so I did not worry much about it. He had even dog sat Ti before we knew he had these issues. After he had been in our home about an hour, out of no where Ti bit him pretty badly . I felt terrible. I usually had Ti put up when we had company but I believed he would be ok because they liked each other. That was it. My husband threatened to move out and was Serious. I had Ti put to sleep the next day.I still feel badly about this. I know it was the right thing to do, but I should have kept him separated.
Sorry for the long winded story. Where I am going with this is Tyson is really really close to Titan. I think it might feel kind of weird? Idk . Is it wrong to consider changing a dogs name? Should I just learn to deal with it .
