One year ago, my little fur family got turned upsidown when my springer spaniel, Eliot, attacked our elderly Boston Terrier, BT. As a result of the attack, BT had several puncture wounds in her head and damage to her eye. Though we worked closely with an emergency vet and our regular vet, after a week we decided it was in BT’s best interest to have her eye removed. The incident was heart breaking. I’ve written about my feelings during and…
I’ve been talking a lot about my dogs here lately, and while I gave y’all a pretty thorough background of Eliot’s aggression and our recent issues.. I didn’t say what we’ve been working on to fix it. I realize this situation can’t continue without a serious intervention. We can’t risk our dogs getting hurt over and over again, and Eliot isn’t happy either. Faced with the possibility of re-homing him or euthanasia (worst case scenario, but let’s be honest… it…
On Sunday, I told ya’ll a bit about my heart dog. I didn’t mention how we used to joke about “Spaniel Rage” when he was this adorable fluffy puppy, even going so far as to call him “Rage” as a bit of a joke from time to time. Joke. Haha, so funny. When I had Eliot as a puppy, I knew that socialization was extremely important. Not to be cocky, but I’m pretty dog savvy. He got interaction from other dogs…