Lando Oliver is now missing a small part of his ear and has a puncture wound above his eye. Rexx attacked him again. There was blood everywhere including my face. We got him to the vet and he is stitched up. I am devastated by this and we have nearly decided to have Rexx euthanized. My love Lando Oliver was wagging his nub and being his friendly little self at the vet and I am so upset that he had to go through that.
Please send good vibes to my Lando Oliver to get better quickly and that this traumatic event has not damaged his soul.
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What an awful situation for everyone. We have baby gates in 5 places in our 1800 sq. ft. house because one of our corgis and one of our pug mixes can't be together. Wiigi (pug mix) started a spat with Lilliy (corgi) over a ball. Lilly was just near the ball. She didn't even want it. i got those 2 apart, and then Prissy (pug mix) went after Lilly. I broke that up and went back to fixing my dinner. Then Prissy turned around, and 1 of her eyes was hanging out. Off to the emergency vet we went on the July 4th weekend, and $1200 later Prissy is fine---1-eyed, but fine. All of our dogs and cats are rescues with mostly unknown pasts.
If I ever find the perfect home for Prissy, she will leave us. I know she learned nothing from this experience and will probably be injured far worse if she goes after Lilly again. I'm not sure the perfect home for her exists. I also know that once an animal leaves our house, we have NO control over that critter's fate. With that in mind, we continue with the baby gate maze.
Good luck with your decision. I do not envy you at all. With Rexx being the problem, re-homing is very problematic. If you do have him put down, you will be certain that he will never be neglected and he will never be abused or abandoned. {{{{{{{{{{ HUGS }}}}}}}}}} to you and your critters
Nicola,
We went through something like this with my first Corgi, Watson. He got progressively more aggressive towards our mini-Dachshund and finally towards my wife Debbie. Despite all of our efforts it got worse and finally Watson bit Debbie on the side and did some real damage to little 11lb Holly as Debbie and Holly sat playing on the living room floor.
I very sadly built a pen the next day in the backyard and segregated Watson from the rest of the family. I couldn't bear to re-home him and because he'd become aggressive towards Debbie I wasn't sure that was even wise. I determined that he'd have to live out his days (just 10 years old then) in the backyard with me as his only buddy.
A week or two later Watson was unsteady on his feet one night and the next morning collapsed. I rushed him to the vet but it was clear that not much that was practical could be done so we had him put to sleep. Still chokes me up to write about it. Anyway, from our description the vet felt that Watson must have been having mild strokes or possibly a tumor. In the end, letting him go was the best thing for all even though it was so terribly painful for us. My point in this story is that poor Rexx may be suffering from something internal and can't really help himself.
The good news is that Holly recovered (she has a huge scar on her side) and is a happy little wiener dog and I'm sure Lando will be just fine with your love and attention. I know whatever you decide, you'll do what you believe is truly best for Rexx and for your family.
I would also agree with trying to rehome Rexx to a single dog home, it is so sad to have to euthanize him but I also understand, it is a tough decision, Hope Lando is doing okay!!
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