Bird Freak wrote:
I'm not going to say it should be put down but it is clearly a threat to other animals and people if it turns on its owner to get at another animal. I would never take a animal like that out in public.
But this assumes that the dog is "turning on its owner to get at another animal" and that is not shown to be what happened.
To give an example, a dog that has gone deaf will often snap if the owner wakes them up suddenly. If the owner is close enough, the dog may very well bite the owner. It's NOT that the dog is "turning on the owner", but that the dog was scared and reacted like a dog.
I agree that the dog should NOT be around other people and/or dogs at this point, but not because it's "turning on its owner". It should not be around other people and/or dogs at this point because it is an unknown issue.
