Posts made by ar2003

@eeeefarm Thank you! I have just submitted an online form.

@DebraDownSouth I appreciate your response to our post. I have to admit though was taken back by a few of your comments.

1. ...and if you lie to them (in regards to BRAT). We would never lie to anyone regarding our situation. That would not be beneficial to Cutler or the adoptive family. As my husband mention we love this dog very much and want him to possibly have a better home than we can offer him.

I also want to add that the situation that we have found ourselves in(meaning Cutler biting children) is new to us. He has not always been this aggressive just seems to have gotten worse for some reason since we have moved. Now do not get me wrong, Cutler has never like being picked up by strangers and would bite in that situation. But Cutler now goes into such a frenzy when kids are over. He will not sit, lay down or relax until they leave. This occurs even if my husband or I would stay in the same room with Cutler and try to soothe him. My boys are only 10 and 11 yrs old and we barely allow friends over anymore because of him. Just a really big deal to keep in locked him for long periods of time. Especially, if friends spend the night.

2. ......this dog losing his home because you cannot train your your children is very sad......this one I take great offense too. First of all, my kids are very well trained around Cutler. They know that no friends are allowed in the house until me or their dad have secured Cutler or no one is allowed in our back yard until Cutler is secured. How well trained they are at this actually makes me very sad. Each biting accident has not happened because of my kids mistakes. Last biting accident happened right before leaving for school. I take a neighborhood kid to school with us. Cutler is usually secured in our bedroom till after I leave to take my boy and neighbor friend to school.This one time our friend left his backpack in the house by back door. As I was walking to the car told the boys to load up. Our neighbor friend started to walk to my car and without me noticing ran back to the house to get his backpack. My husband knew that we were leaving so at this time let Cutler out of our room to take him outside. So neighbor friend opened the back and my husband let Cutler out at the same time next thing we knew Cutler attacked. Happened so fast. The sweet boy knows Cutler's history and is aware to stay away from him but he just forgot for one moment because he was in hurry to get in my car. Now this time he did not break the skin because he bite him on the upper leg and he had cargo shorts on. This is what scares me --my family has tried so hard to prevent things from happening but it all happens so quickly.

I completely understand that you would never rehome a dog that bites children. We honestly feel the same way but this is incredibly hard for us. Was wanting to take every avenue before making the hard decision. I truly believe that Cutler would be very happy where their are adults in the home. He is such a good dog when he is just with his family. He is not hyper, loves to cuddle with you especially if you have a blanket and loves to sun bathe even if it is the tiniest amount of sunlight coming through the window.

Lastly, we feel that we have failed and take full responsibility. My husband and I have always had dogs in our life ever since we were little. We have never experienced anything like this before. I wish I could tell you where we have failed! We agree that it is the owners responsibility 100%.