Glenn GreenwaldVerified account @ggreenwald 13 Jun 2021
This person with serious anxiety disorders and other emotional problems passed on her disorders to the "pandemic dog" she adopted as a lockdown toy, then killed her because she couldn't figure out how to fix the beagle's aggression. Monstrous:
Dogs react to the people they're around. They're extremely perceptive and sensitive, especially in a new and stressful situation like being taken by unknown people to a new home. Many, many most of, my dogs react differently to people based on how they behave.
Nick Cole@RealNickCole
A Window into how They think. A metaphor for what will be done about “dogs that bite.” They are Children. Horrible, murderous, Children. And they want to be absolved of all responsibility, and told they are gods. Buy guns.
https://archive.ph/kNO0H https:// slate. com/human-interest/2021/06/dog-bite-training-behavioral-euthanasia. html
When Bonnie Came Home
Just before Christmas, I adopted a 6-year-old beagle. She was adorable—and violent. I found a resolution many choose but few acknowledge.
BY MADELINE BILIS
Even if I did somehow find someone to take Bonnie, I wondered whether it would just exacerbate her already crippling anxieties. As the weeks went by and no new options appeared, I realized I had a choice: I could send her off with a stranger one day—someone she would certainly injure, and who would perhaps end up euthanizing her anyway—or I could allow her to leave this terrifying world peacefully with someone she loves.
Behavioral euthanasia is not a decision made out of convenience. Typically, it enters the conversation once the safety situation with a dog, cat, or other animal deteriorates beyond an acceptable level of risk, said Christopher Pachel, a veterinary behaviorist with Instinct Dog Behavior & Training. There isn’t a universal approach to every situation. Often, if the police aren’t involved, it’s up to a pet’s owner to decide what level of risk they can live with.
My heart rate slowed, and something clicked. Lady was a healthy dog. Clearly, Bonnie was not. I couldn’t possibly picture her acting so carefree. I miss Bonnie dearly—and desperately wish I could’ve watched her dart around my parents’ backyard—but there’s solace in knowing she isn’t afraid anymore.
I don't own any pets myself, but I do enjoy nature. I've pet wild Canada Geese goslings, watched over by their momma. I've watched wild deer and elk walk right by in front of me (ain't petting those, though). I've had wild snakes drink water from my cupped hands. And many more.
I have been bitten by non-bug animals three times in my life. All three were "owned" pets. And all three were brushed off by the owners as "they do that all the time".
That's not to say the wild animals are "safer" by any means, of course, some have snapped at me and/or done fake-out charges, and I admittedly am a lot more cautious around wild animals than "tame" ones, but just throwing out there... It takes an owned animal to think it's safe to attack a human without repercussion. Humans train their animals to bite humans. They might not train them intentionally to do it, but they do train them to do it.