If you cannot afford proper care, please consider surrendering her for adequate care. She needs to be seen by a vet immediately…ESPECIALLY if she’s pregnant!

So…I’m the owner of an unpredictable/aggressive(?) dog I purchased a year ago from the shelter, and I manage her interactions VERY closely to avoid bites.

I would also not hesitate to euthanize her if she were to injure someone. She is a large dog and could do someone very serious damage, even kill a child if they happened to be the victim.

My questions:
What have the owners done to figure out the cause of the aggression?
Is the dog up to date on vaccines(rabies, distemper both come to mind)? When was the last time they did bloodwork for things like thyroid?
How do they intend to make this up to you as the injured party?
What if the injured party were a child?

Have you talked to YOUR friend about this? What do they have to say about it?

I would take my husband to the ER for the bite because that would force a report. But that’s just me. A dangerous dog NEEDS to be reported, because eventually they’ll kill someone if not managed correctly.

I mean, I’d listen to the vet. I’d also see if the organization you’re fostering through would be willing to pay for the surgery.

Crate the newcomer when you cannot 100% supervise. When you can supervise his behavior, treat the dog like a puppy and tether train for a while – this means leashing him to an adult. Additionally, as Dr. M said, feed separately – I would STRONGLY suggest feeding dogs in crates. I would also meal feed, if you aren’t already doing this.

Look into the 2 week shutdown. This was beneficial in our situation, and something shelters recommend to help the new dog adjust. This means not letting the dogs interact much, at least until those 2 weeks are up, then all interactions should be fully supervised.

My Doberman was a bit resource guardy around my MIL’s senior mutt, so they were only allowed toys when fully supervised, and my dog was NOT permitted to go anywhere near hers when there were toys about. No high value treats/chews should be available freely, either. Those should only be given in their crates.

The idea is to stop them from jumping.

On/off your bed is not going to help healing. Cage is best, here.

Glucosamine.

Though I’d get him in for xrays of his hips, just in case something else is going on.

Badly healed breaks can cause lifelong mobility issues. He might be fine now, but what about in a year? 5 years?

Cats are pretty stoic. I’ll bet he’s in pain and just not showing you.

Look into raw feeding. Ask your vet about it.

I assume the abx are administered orally? My one cat would drool if a tablet tasted awful. Are you giving it in a pill pocket or some other delivery device?

Hi Mary – you may want to call the clinic directly.

This is a question you should ask your repro vet, because they’ve been monitoring her through the pregnancy…

Right?