[Dailydrool] rageful bassets

[Esther Strom]

When I was a teenager, we had a St. Bernard like this. We had always had
Saints, and they really were saintly so it was quite a shock. She was like
this from puppyhood. Because my father was a doctor and the vet was a good
friend of his, they couldn't leave it alone and did a full MRI and
ultrasound (not so strange nowadays, but pretty unheard of 25 years ago.)
It turned out that she had a massive inoperable brain tumor. She was put
down without waking from the sedative.

It's hard to let go, but sometimes it really is best for the dog - it may
not be psychological problems, but very painful neurological ones.

-Esther, Basil, and Waldo ATB

On Sun, Oct 30, 2011 at 12:41 PM, Randee White <randeewhite at yahoo.com>wrote:

>
> I also have had 2 Bassets put down for rage episodes.  One was an older
> dog I had picked up and was fostering for rescue.  Meek, mild mannered,
> sweet as could be.  Until he went into a rage.  He would be standing,
> looking at nothing in particular.  He'd get very still, the light would
> leave his eyes and be replaced with a glazed look.  Suddenly he would roar
> and lunge.
>
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