Rage Syndrome

[symondneil]

I know a friend through a forum, they bought a mixed ****er spaniel puppy, love him and raise him as their own kid. Now the dog just turned one year old, and started to show rage syndrome, attacking the owner for no reason. The bite was quite bad (they showed me the injury picture)...and this is not the first time attack.The young couple was thinking of giving up the dog for adoption.

I personally think it is not easy to find a good home for him, as the adopter has to be very experienced in handling this kind of rage syndrome dog. But to euthanize the dog also very cruel too...any other suggestion?

[cast_and_blast]

Why in the world would they subject anyone else to this dog? Sorry, but I'd be putting the dog down.

Scott

[Phil T]

I read somewhere that "Spaniel rage" was a form of epilepsy. If that's true, the dog isn't going to grow out of it.
Do the dog's eyes open really wide before or during the "rage?"

[Planocat]

I love animals (especially dogs) as much as anyone. But, you can't possibly pass this problem on to someone else. Just like humans, there are dogs that just don't need to be a part of society. Do the right thing before it's too late and a tragedy occurs. If a dog like this attacked one of my grandkids and the owners knew of this problem in advance, we would have one big a$$ problem on our hands. Keeping this dog alive is a:badidea:.

[AllenW]

There may be a dominance issue too.
See a vet or good trainer and see what they say, without knowing for sure what the problem is its hard to say what to do.

Giving the dog to a "good" home isn't the answer though.

Al

[Juls]

FWIW....

I doubt very much that the original poster will be back since he hasn't come back after he was told that his Google spam link was not to be put in his signature again, or he would be banned. After it was removed the first time he came back to add it again. It was removed again, and he was given a warning. He hasn't been back since.

It would appear that that was his only reason for posting here in the first place, and not because he was actually looking for advice.

Juls

[AllenW]

Well...we tried..
Thanks for posting Juls.

Al

[Unlogged DigJig]

Sorry. Sometimes the hard answer is the right answer.

Passing an animal with this behavior to a potential unknowing "new" owner could put the previous owner in precarious liability. A time bomb waiting to go off.

Not knowing the specifics makes it difficult to pass judgment. However, as presented, put the dog down.
Next time it may be a kid.