Sad news from a friend

[Fluffy]

One of my very dear freinds an an absolute rescue :angel7:, Lori asked me to please crosspost something here for you. Some of you know her as "onebigmickeyfan...." from another board. Please keep her in your thoughts and prayers. She is devastated right now and could definately use them. SHe asked me to post this to help make people aware of what can happen in an aggression situation.



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One of the nightmares of rescue come true

Some of you may or may not know that I have had 2 fosters for the last 7 months who for various health and personality reasons are pretty much unadoptable. Well last night we had the worst possible situation come true.
Last night Riley the foster with personality issues attacked and killed Chloe the little 10 year old girl with health issues. We ran out to find Riley hovering over his kill so to speak. I have been working with Riley for as I said 7 months who came in with alpha agression issues. We had pretty much settled that both Chloe and Riley would stay with us. Chloe had a hard life before coming to us with declining health and housetraining issues, she was a pitiful little thing and broke my heart that she'd made it this far in life uncared for and unloved. She didn't want much, some decent food, a little love and a comfy place to sleep. She got those things here with us for what may have been the only time in her life. Riley issues but I loved him even though most of his alpha was directed to me and I didn't think he'd actually hurt one of the other dogs. We do not know what started the episode but we know how it ended.
We buried Chloe along side my first big dog Michael, Casey and Molly and my sisters schnauzer Sophie. She is forever in our hearts.
Now for Riley. As much as I love Riley it has been discussed among the other rescuers and Mark and I and we have concluded that Riley had to be put down. I don't know what is hurting worse, the loss of Chloe and how she left this world or the loss of Riley. He was on his last chance with me and I thought he could live his life with us but he forced our hand today and this is something I may never get over. I know we had to protect the rest of our pups and My house is sad today, there is a large empty space in it."

[Goob]

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[Helen]

Oh, how terrible. :sosad:

[Lisa]

:heartbk: My heart breaks - Lori is such an amazing rescue :angel7: who should never have to deal with something like this.

Prayers :pray: :pray: to her and Mark during this extremely difficult time. I am at a total loss for words.

Godspeed Riley and Chloe.

[K2]

I don't know what to say excpet that this must be so terrible for them!! I will keep them all in my thoughts and prayers. :angel7: :angel7: for Riley and Chloe.

[Linus]

That is so terrible. Give Lori big hugs for me!

[Laurie' s Dachshunds]

:shocked: This is so sad. And they haven' t found the dog lost in the air port yet either. I just wish we had more happy stories to post.OK, now I' m gonna try to find something good to read to take the edge off this horror story!

[JanUet]

My heart is just breaking.....My eyes are full of tears. What a shocker!

My thoughts and :pray:ers are with you Lori and Mark.

May Chloe and Riley Rest in Peace, I will lite a :candle3: for each of them tonight.

[LUVMYGUNNER]

I already read about it--I feel awful, she fell in love with Petunia before I even saw her for the first time. She does an awesome job in rescue.

[alfina]

What a nightmare! I am truly sorry it happened.

Yes, aggression issues can come up at any time. Our Sabrina has some dominance issues and at one time I seriously considered finding her another home where she could be a single dog. She is still with us and we work with her and watch for any signs in her behavior. And never ever do I leave her alone with other 2. I don't think I'd ever trust her with other dogs. And she is a perfect dog with people.

[oceangirls]

OMG, I am so sorry - please tell Lori and Mark our thoughts are with them at this horrible time. They must be absolutely devastated.

A friend's mom had this happen with two dogs she'd had for years, although luckily the senior one that was attacked did recover.

[Nancy]

May Chloe and Riley Rest in Peace, I will lite a :candle3: for each of them tonight.


I do do the same as well. My thoughts are with Riley and Chloe.

[Yolanda]

This is horriable news, I really feel for both Lori and Mark in this sad situtation.

The sad part is within the rescue world this happens more than most people realize, sooner or later this type of thing happens.

[Otto'sMom]

My heart goes out to Mark and Lori, what a terrible accident to have to face.

[lotsadox]

This is so tragic! :sad1: Sending rayz for Lori and her family. :bigrayz: :bigrayz: :bigrayz:

[Anatresia]

I almost avoided this post because I didn't want to read something terrible and then curiosity got the best of me- I wish I hadn't. that is sooo unspeakably horrific. I can't even imagine.... wow. i'm just soooo shocked and can't even think about this...

I can't imagine it... so sooooooooo sooooooooo sad. i am going to cry if I keep thinking about it.

:rayz: :rayz: :rayz: :rayz: for Lori and for her family.

[Otto'sMom]

There was a 'stalker' doxie in the foster home where Dolly came from. His teeth had been filed down in his previous home but Dolly didn't know about that. When he attacked her, she fought back, and the 'stalker' eventually died from the wounds abscessing.
Technically, Dolly is a killer.
She has these 'episodes' where she'll flip out and bite if she's approached by another animal while lightly asleep. She doesn't do it often, but I wonder if why she does it and what triggers it.

[BethMH]

OMG Becca. I am so so sorry! Tears are streaming down my face right now. I can only imagine how your friend must feel. I don't even know what to say. Just let her know she is in our thoughts and prayers, as are Chloe and Riley. Your friend is a true angel for trying to give both puppers a better life.

[Patt]

OMG I am so sorry to hear this. :sad3: We had aggression problems with Trixie & Gretel fortunately it was not fatal.
Sending :rayz: :rayz: and :pray::pray: to Lori and her family.

[HotDogMama]

:sosad:I will keep your friend in my thoughts and prayers, what a tragedy :pray:

[Alex's Mom]

such sadness in the world... Alex and I are lighting :candle3::candle3:s for Chloe and Riley. At least little Chloe had some love and kindness for the last part of her life, and Riley did get his chance. Very small comfort for your friends however. Rescue :angel7: s are used to dealing with problem dogs, but this must have been horrific, and such a hard decision to make about Riley. :bighug: to them.

I'm in tears at the moment having read this...it hits a little close to home. When Maxe was very old and getting quite sick, dominance issues began to surface between her and Alex, and one day when I was driving :eek: they got into a tussle about who was going to sit in the front seat. Alex grabbed Maxe by the neck and started shaking her...mind you, Maxe wasn't giving up. But she couldn't break free of Alex's jaw. It took me hitting Alex over the head to make her drop Maxe (yes, I'd pulled over by then); the bite was big and right down to the vertebrae. Just by the grace of god that she was in such cramped quarters and couldn't get a better purchase. I rushed Maxe straight into my vet, and it took 3 layers of stitches to sew her up. It took me a long time to warm up to Alex after that, and I was extra vigilant with her, never leaving the two of them alone together. Alex also tried on a couple of occasions to disembowel the cat I had at the time, which was also pretty scary. (And now you know why I just don't take her anywhere near other animals!) Of course, I love her to death, but I never totally trust her. My thoughts are with Mark and Lori, but also with Chloe and Riley.

[jenfer]

:sosad:
it breaks my heart. :(