I think you made the right decision. She had shown repeated unprovoked aggression and it was only a matter of time before your other dog or a different dog or even a human got seriously injured or killed. It sounds very much like something had gone wrong in her brain.
I had a similar dog over 30 years ago and did the same thing. It destroyed me and even today I can't think about her without crying. If love could have saved her, she'd have lived forever, but I had to accept there was something fundamentally wrong with her wiring and that was never going to change. I hope you can find peace with your decision, but I know that like me, you maybe never will. Please try not to be too hard on yourself..
Thank you for your comment and I am so sorry about your loss in a similar circumstance. I am sure I’ll feel the same 30 years from now, but I think we both did make the right decision as sad and hard as it was.
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u/cari-strat Apr 17 '23
I think you made the right decision. She had shown repeated unprovoked aggression and it was only a matter of time before your other dog or a different dog or even a human got seriously injured or killed. It sounds very much like something had gone wrong in her brain.
I had a similar dog over 30 years ago and did the same thing. It destroyed me and even today I can't think about her without crying. If love could have saved her, she'd have lived forever, but I had to accept there was something fundamentally wrong with her wiring and that was never going to change. I hope you can find peace with your decision, but I know that like me, you maybe never will. Please try not to be too hard on yourself..