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Our Danes on a Ride
I wrote you in March of 2008 about two danes my husband and I were adopting; Lilly and Cooper. Lilly was extremely anti-social and Cooper was her mate.
We have been working to rehabilitate them since and made tremendou progress until 1/14/09. Yesterday evening we were walking the danes and were attacked by a loose pit bull.
Cooper sustained a bite that has been treated; Lilly sustained emotional trauma as did Xerya and Sulli. Tobi received a huge bite and trauma to his fron right leg.
Xerya and Tobi are in training to be therapy pets through Delta Society. They are the offspring of Lilly and Cooper. They successfully completed 16 weeks of training and are waiting for their CGC certification.
At this point, we need help working with all of the danes through this traumatic event so Lilly and Cooper do not lose ground on their rehabilitation and Xerya and Tobi may continue forward with their therapy pet training.
BTW, Sulli is also a dane but was born with severe learning disabilites and blind as well as club footed and with cardiomyopathy. He is not in training, but was extremely traumatized during the attack, also.
All physically damaged dogs are under the care of a vet at this time. We are left to handle the emotional fallout of this event.
Candi Hurst
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AnswerYou need a certified applied animal behaviorist to evaluate each dog, observe each dog outdoors, and suggest behavior modification. Any situation this severe cannot be answered IN A TEXT BOX by any expert unable to personally evaluate the psychological trauma. I certainly hope you called the police AND animal control regarding this incident. Locate an expert by calling high end veterinary facilities in your area or the veterinary college in your geographical area. The dogs do not need to be seen in your home, they can be taken to the clinic (if needed.) DO NOT hire a "dog trainer": anyone can call themselves such a thing and there are far too many idiots out there representing themselves as "experts". Find a professional with educational credentials.
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