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We have 4 dogs. Three of them were playing outside yesterday with DD and a neighbor girl, they were snowboarding and sled riding. Well, the mastiff cross (130 lbs-almost 3 years old) was very excited, running around and playing in the snow and knocked over the beagle. The beagle got mad and went up got in the mastiffs face and barked at him. The mastiff grabbed him by the throat and was thrashing him around when the retriever/lab cross rammed him and he dropped the beagle. The lab cross and the mastiff cross were going at it so bad that my DH had to separate them. We got them in the house and put the mastiff in a crate. The beagle was pretty badly torn up on his shoulder and neck-he ended up needing sutures to close 4 of the wounds. The lab cross had puncture wounds in his leg and shoulder and completely ripped out a top canine tooth. The mastiff's ear is torn and a puncture wound behind his ear. The yard and front porch look like a battle zone.
Now we don't know what to do with the mastiff cross. I don't know if we will ever be able to trust him again. The Vet said that the way the wounds to the beagle were such the the mastiff cross was trying to kill him. We talked about trying to find a home for him with no other dogs, but there aren't many people that want a dog that large. The last resort would be to put him down.
Has anyone had a situation like this? Do you think it will happen again? If we kept the mastiff cross out of situations where he'd get so excited? Right now they've been kept separate since it happened.
Any suggestions, or help would be greatly appreciated.
Stacy in NY
Now we don't know what to do with the mastiff cross. I don't know if we will ever be able to trust him again. The Vet said that the way the wounds to the beagle were such the the mastiff cross was trying to kill him. We talked about trying to find a home for him with no other dogs, but there aren't many people that want a dog that large. The last resort would be to put him down.
Has anyone had a situation like this? Do you think it will happen again? If we kept the mastiff cross out of situations where he'd get so excited? Right now they've been kept separate since it happened.
Any suggestions, or help would be greatly appreciated.
Stacy in NY