Dog Health Questions: Who is being unreasonable about the dog?

We have four dogs, and one of the dogs started fighting with two of the other dogs. At first we kept the dog in a crate in the living room during the from 7 am to 9 pm because at 9 I had to go sit in the basement with the other dogs. We tried dog training it didn't work. We tried to give the dog away it didn't work (the dog is aggressive toward men he doesn't know). We tried to give the dog to rescue groups they wouldn't take him (he also bit a girl once when he got out of the yard). My mom and I no longer felt comfortable with the dog living with the dog, and thought we should euthanize the dog, and just be happy with the three dogs that get along. My dad got upset and took the dog to a boarding kennel were he thinks the dog should live for the rest of its life. This will cost $10 a day for the rest of the dogs life, and it is only five. He also now spends 4-5 hours a day in the car with or walking the dog. We have never had a lot of money and this would be quite a strain on the finances. Is it unreasonable to ask him to have the dog put down to help relieve the tension in the house? Or is he being unreasonable?

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Your dad is 100% wrong.
And I think a dog like that (biter) should be put down, too.
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• I am a dog lover and I hate to say it but the dog needs to be put down he is to aggressive and may attack the handlers at the kennel. Then your family would be responsible and you could be out a lot more money. Tell your dad that you know that he loves the dog and that it is hard to do the right thing but the family is more important.


• why not put an add in the paper and make it clear that it would go to a home without any other dogs or kids. someone would take it. if you insist on having a dog your father loves put down it will only cause more problems. the dog doesn't know who the boss is, he thinks he is the alpha. you have to find a way of showing the dog who the boss is.


• Well U did "all the right things" and now it is time to let go of the dog. Putting it down is the most humane thing to do at this point. Your father is going overboard here. The world is too full of friendly dogs that need homes to keep an aggressive one alive at great expense.
  Maybe there is something else going on here? Is he trying to proven someone else in the family wrong? What U R describing is not normal.


• His attachment is understandable, and I've seen my husband do the same. Once the dog has bitten a kid, the dog has got to go. He bears part of the responsibility for not training properly and he will have to bear the burden of the loss.


• we have 3 pittbulls. everyone knows the reputation they have.we didn't raise them like that tho. our dogs were raised with kids in the house and family. they are very loving and loyal dogs but if i thought one of them would turn the way you've described i would have them put down.


• Time for a trip to puppy lake?
  
  Don't get me wrong... I love dogs, but what else is there to do with a dog like that?
  
  The Dog Whisperer?


• Why doesn't he pay for it. Just tell the kennel that the dog is no longer yours and that your dad will be paying the bill.


• Whose paying for this?
  
  If its him - not much you can do


• Sounds like he loves the dog. We had a dog for 4 years. He was a great dog. When we had the baby, he started growling at everyone. My husband didn't want to give him away. He actually blamed me. "How comes he only does it when I'm not around?" In other words, it was something I was doing. One day, the dog bit him. Didn't need stitches, but quite bloody. It took me getting bit 3 x for him to actually believe that there was a problem. I took a picture of all the blood on the carpet, before I cleaned it up. The dog shouldn't be crated up for all that time without exercise. Buy a muzzle. If you dad insists on keeping him, put a dog run in the back yard. Have a high fence, and dog house. It's you dad's job to take care of him. It would be cheaper than a kennel. Try a different trainer. Make sure the dog doesn't have any medical problems.
  
  We gave our $800 Royal Hound Beagle to someone who could give him more exercise. He wasn't happy at home. Something had to change.


• I think that this is the cruelest thing you could ever do to the dog. Take him to a SPCA shelter and let them adopt him out to someone who may be very kind to the dog and where there are no other dogs to compete with and let the dog have a good life . It is all how you handle things and if you can not handle it and your husband does not have the time then take it to the shelter and give it a chance at life. They do not euthanize , it is not their policy to do so.