Would You Have Given Up On 15 Year Old Nero?

[ladybirder]

https://www.rescueremediesdogrescue.co.uk/viewtopic.php?f=11&t=8563&sid=4a6a503814551ca4cac1293154196ce6

[AuntPollyGrey]

I would have had him put down out of kindness. A new home at his age, with his conditions, will be very stressful.

[Mozz71]

I'm sure there's a home for him somewhere, but he looks like a tough sell.

[seekeerz]

Why is he in rescue ...has he been abandoned by his family because he is old and has become a bit grumpy ?

[AuntPollyGrey]

I would presume so -owners who can't take responsibility for doing the right thing for their pets. Leave it for someone else.

[seekeerz]

This makes my blood boil ...I cannot get my head around the cruelty shown by some people ...if I lived in the UK I'd take him like a shot but Oz is a bit far away.

[Hopkirk]

Poor little mutt. I hope someone takes him on.

[wolf63]

There is a young child in the household - they were faced with a difficult decision.

[ladybirder]

Teach the child to leave the dog alone because he's a poor little old man who has lived with them all its life and we owe him a duty of care. That is what I'd teach my child.

[Mozz71]

Sorry, I'm with Wolf here. The safety of the child comes before the dog I'm afraid. I would've made the same choice. It's possible that the old boy has had a few nips at the child already.

[Prudie]

I can't get my head round anyone who could do that to a dog they've had all its life. It's quite wicked. If they couldn't work through the grumpy issues (which I doubt) at least have him put to sleep at home.

[rowanwitch]

He would really need someone who knows they might only have him a very short time. Too far for me. I could be tempted,

[Mozz71]

//Teach the child to leave the dog alone because he's a poor little old man who has lived with them all its life and we owe him a duty of care. That is what I'd teach my child//

LB, we don't know how bad he got around the kid. He might have been triggered by her walking past him or entering the room. You know how grumpy old men can be, you're on AB!

[ladybirder]

LOL Mozz but my advice was based on the information gleaned from my link where it says //Has become grumpy and a few growls but very little behind it\\
Not even a 'get away from me' snap.
APG and Prudie are right, they didn't even have the courage to have him PTS. If I didn't have to interact with people in order to foster him I would take him today. I'm in the top category of vulnerable so can't risk it but I'm pleased to see someone has taken him for the weekend which might lead to longer.
Glad to see it's not just me who is upset by this.

[woofgang]

child is now 6 years old and was born in that house with the dog there....surely six years is enough to set up rules and barriers to prevent the child from bothering the dog?

[AuntPollyGrey]

I see this all the time through a charity I follow that rehomes horses. Some adverts are for horses 25 -30 years olds, often with 'have had him since a foal' attached, or 'no time as youngsters coming up'. It makes my blood boil too. If you have had an animal all its life, and for whatever reason can't or don't want it, then do the decent thing and have them quietly PTS at home.

[iluvmargie]

Personally, I think his previous owners are scum, getting rid of an elderly dog like this just because they can. All those years of love and loyalty thrown back in his little face because they simply can't be bothered to care about his needs as he ages. Serves them right if when the owners are old their daughter abandons them and leaves them to their own devices - karma indeed!!

[woofgang]

APG I am not a rider now but have been....never owned a horse though....I must admit I do wonder about the way that horses are sold around because a child has outgrown them or they are no longer fit for the sport the rider wants to do. My niece had a pony as a child and when she outgrew him he stayed on in the family being cared for for the rest of his life. The stables I used to go to kept their pensioners. They still worked a bit being "stooges" for people learning how to handle and groom and so on.

[ladybirder]

Hello ..... click on my link again please.

[Prudie]

Well that's good news at least :-)

[Hopkirk]

He would have been good for my mother in law. She lives dogs and hasn't got one now.

He might have bitten her.