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Here2Stay
05-03-2013, 07:48 PM
Save Rufus | Facebook (http://www.facebook.com/pages/Save-Rufus/440540432699891?group_id=0)
Villagers SHOW your support for this story. Shame on Orange County Animal Shelter and our system, Rufus needs our support Villagers! Please take just a few minutes and check out this story
Taltarzac725
05-04-2013, 08:43 AM
Save Rufus | Facebook (http://www.facebook.com/pages/Save-Rufus/440540432699891?group_id=0)
Villagers SHOW your support for this story. Shame on Orange County Animal Shelter and our system, Rufus needs our support Villagers! Please take just a few minutes and check out this story
Thanks for that link.
gocubsgo
05-04-2013, 08:50 AM
I have offered to adopt Rufus if the county has a problem with sending him back to house where the little kid lives. What a sad story!
Taltarzac725
05-04-2013, 09:00 AM
I wonder how the boy feels about this?
KatieDidNot
05-04-2013, 09:02 AM
I have offered to adopt Rufus if the county has a problem with sending him back to house where the little kid lives. What a sad story!
You are an exceptionally kind and compassionate person. Here is to hoping Rufus becomes a new member of TV.
Katie
Tom Grooms
05-04-2013, 09:02 AM
Wonder how the boy will feel if the dog gets a hold of him again?
collie1228
05-04-2013, 09:05 AM
I hope the boy learned a valuable lesson - don't ever disturb a dog while he's eating. Especially a beagle. Even the best behaved dog usually won't tolerate a person or other dog messing with his food. Sad story all around and I hope Rufus gets a reprieve.
judynlee
05-04-2013, 09:10 AM
Save Rufus | Facebook (http://www.facebook.com/pages/Save-Rufus/440540432699891?group_id=0)
Villagers SHOW your support for this story. Shame on Orange County Animal Shelter and our system, Rufus needs our support Villagers! Please take just a few minutes and check out this story
It's OK!! He's going back home!! Yayyyyy!
Taltarzac725
05-04-2013, 09:12 AM
Save Rufus! A Beagle Puppy Faces Euthanasia After Biting a Boy | Dogster (http://www.dogster.com/the-scoop/beagle-puppy-dog-faces-euthanasia-rufus)
The boy and Rufus are still fast friends. Beagles can be testy, however, from my experiences with a few of them at Doggie Doo Run Run.
Here2Stay
05-04-2013, 09:13 AM
Wonder how the boy will feel if the dog gets a hold of him again? if you had read the story the baby came up behind the dog while eating, a typical reaction with any pet when they are eating. Second if you had read the story the boy misses his dog. This was not an act that does not deserve such a reaction by the county.
gomoho
05-04-2013, 09:23 AM
Understandably, the reaction was the mother's - she turned Rufus in. Can certainly understand how panicked she was and hope all's well that ends well.
gocubsgo
05-04-2013, 10:19 AM
Wonder how the boy will feel if the dog gets a hold of him again?
He'll probably feel like a fool for repeating the same action that got him bit the first time!!
gocubsgo
05-04-2013, 10:21 AM
It's OK!! He's going back home!! Yayyyyy!
Where did you read that? I haven't seen anything about him going home.
Patty55
05-12-2013, 12:56 PM
It's OK!! He's going back home!! Yayyyyy!
IMO that poor dog doesn't have a chance. I saw the kid on the news running around chirping like a fool, totally out of control. In the less than a minute he was on I felt like biting him myself.
If you ask me the mother should have kept the puppy, given away the kid and maybe have herself spayed.
Taltarzac725
05-12-2013, 03:13 PM
The dog is back home. http://www.orlandosentinel.com/news/local/breakingnews/os-rufus-hearing-fate-20130509,0,1085507.story
Phanatic Luvr
05-12-2013, 06:43 PM
IMO that poor dog doesn't have a chance. I saw the kid on the news running around chirping like a fool, totally out of control. In the less than a minute he was on I felt like biting him myself.
If you ask me the mother should have kept the puppy, given away the kid and maybe have herself spayed.
I thought the same exact thing. The child was the one who needed discipline. Should send both the child and Rufus to obedience class, and possibly the Mother.
Barefoot
05-12-2013, 07:53 PM
IMO that poor dog doesn't have a chance. I saw the kid on the news running around chirping like a fool, totally out of control. In the less than a minute he was on I felt like biting him myself.
If you ask me the mother should have kept the puppy, given away the kid and maybe have herself spayed.
There's no beating around the bush with our Patty55! :ho:
OnTrack
05-12-2013, 08:04 PM
IMO that poor dog doesn't have a chance. I saw the kid on the news running around chirping like a fool, totally out of control. In the less than a minute he was on I felt like biting him myself.
If you ask me the mother should have kept the puppy, given away the kid and maybe have herself spayed.
ROTFLMAO.......... :a20: :a20:
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DougB
05-12-2013, 08:09 PM
IMO that poor dog doesn't have a chance. I saw the kid on the news running around chirping like a fool, totally out of control. In the less than a minute he was on I felt like biting him myself.
If you ask me the mother should have kept the puppy, given away the kid and maybe have herself spayed.
Don't hold back, tell us how you feel:a20:
gocubsgo
05-12-2013, 08:32 PM
I saw that hyper little monster too! Poor Rufus! That kid will do something stupid again and poor Rufus will pay for it.
I agree with Patty55...spay the Mom and put the little kid in the shelter!
blue72
05-12-2013, 08:33 PM
Don't hold back, tell us how you feel:a20:
Patty55 for President!!!!!!:boxing2:
CFrance
05-12-2013, 09:54 PM
IMO that poor dog doesn't have a chance. I saw the kid on the news running around chirping like a fool, totally out of control. In the less than a minute he was on I felt like biting him myself.
If you ask me the mother should have kept the puppy, given away the kid and maybe have herself spayed.
Nailed it again, P55.
CFrance
05-12-2013, 10:00 PM
On another note... When we got our first puppy, we were told to sit with him while he eats and take food out of his bowl AND his mouth. Gross, I know, but the idea with a puppy is to establish pack dominance, as in you are the leader and the pup is the follower, and you will decide if and when and how much the dog will eat.
It gets the puppy used to others being around him and bothering him while he's eating.
There are other dominance exercises to do with a puppy. You really need to bone up on these before getting a puppy, especially if there are children in the house.
Barefoot
05-13-2013, 02:15 PM
On another note... When we got our first puppy, we were told to sit with him while he eats and take food out of his bowl AND his mouth. Gross, I know, but the idea with a puppy is to establish pack dominance, as in you are the leader and the pup is the follower, and you will decide if and when and how much the dog will eat. It gets the puppy used to others being around him and bothering him while he's eating. There are other dominance exercises to do with a puppy. You really need to bone up on these before getting a puppy, especially if there are children in the house.
Very good point CFrance. A dog will gladly take over the role of pack leader if you let it, and that can be dangerous with a hyper dog. When my friend was having some aggression issues with a male greyhound she adopted off the track, they gave her some easy fixes. As the pack leader she was told to eat first before feeding the dog. go out the door first and make the dog wait, etc. In no time the dog realized that his owner was the pack leader.
CFrance
05-13-2013, 02:20 PM
Very good point CFrance. A dog will gladly take over the role of pack leader if you let it, and that can be dangerous with a hyper dog. When my friend was having some aggression issues with a male greyhound she adopted off the track, they gave her some easy fixes. As the pack leader she was told to eat first before feeding the dog. go out the door first and make the dog wait, etc. In no time the dog realized that his owner was the pack leader.
And as far as an older or rescued dog having food issues... This exercise is labor intensive too, but it is supposed to work. You sit or stand holding the dog's food bowl and hand-feed him a little bit at a time. Repeat this exrcise as long as it takes for the dog to learn the food is not really his. I'm glad I never had to attempt this one!
I don't remember how old Rufus is, but the situation with him will need some kind of intervention if that child is not going to be hurt again.
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