Keely Trouble McLairdMarch 2003-May 2008
Well, this has been a very rough week at the McLaird house. Keely has been put to sleep, and it was one of the hardest decisions I have ever made. I know it was the right decision, but that doesn't make it any easier. Here is the story. In the fall Keely got out of the house and ran wild in the neighborhood for a few minutes. Before I could get him back he managed to get bitten pretty badly by some random dog in the neighborhood. The bite healed after a few trips to the vet, but Keely was never the same again. Most of the time he was great, and just same old Keely doing the same old annoying dog things that I could tolerate. But sometimes it was like a switch was flipped, and he would be very aggressive, scarily aggressive. He bit my hand a few months ago, not bad, but a bite none the less. He almost bit Liam a few weeks after that, and this past weekend he sunk his teeth into my moms hand. It was a pretty bad bite, very deep, not just a nip at all. With the escalation of aggressiveness we just knew we could no longer have him in the house. What if one of the boys got bitten???
I really feel that I tried my best with this dog, he was very well loved, and also very well traveled I took him to obedience school when he was a puppy, he was micro chipped, went to the vet often got tons of love and treats from us and the kids. Maybe moving five times in five years, and going from no children to two, and having Dominic come and go, and finally getting bitten was just to much for my poor puppy. I don't know. Maybe some of you would have handled things differently. I don't know. All I know is that we have said goodbye to our dog, and we are crying a lot right now. I have to think of my children before the dog, and while we love him, we cannot chance another bite.
Goodbye Keely. I am so sorry. I loved you so very much. I am so sorry.
4 comments:
Oh, Ange, I'm so sorry. I'm sure you made the right decision.
Ang, you made the right decision...a very hard and sad decision, but the right one. As you said, you have to put your kids before your dog and as hard and sad as that is it would be so awful if something had happened to one of the boys! My parents had to do the same thing with their first dog after it tried to attack me twice once I started moving around. They always said Max just flipped a switch and was never the same and they had to put me first. I know you are very sad, but I promise you you made the right decision. Love you, Tricia
I am so sorry Angela. Keely was a good dog and he was always great with my kids. I can't imagine that he turned so aggressive. I would have made the same decision as you. It was not safe for the boys. I am sorry that it had to happen this way, but try to remember him as the sweet kid-friendly dog that he really was.
i am praying that The Lord will bless you this summer with beautiful, fun times, maybe surprising things that were not possible to do before because of Keely. i am sorry for your sadness.
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