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***IN MEMORY***
EMMETT LOOKED LIKE HE HAD DREADLOCKS HIS HAIR WAS SO LONG AND MATTED
WHEN WE GOT HIM. HE STARTED BITING RIGHT AWAY AND HE WAS OUR FIRST
EXPERIENCE WITH A BITER. HE WOULD JUST BE SITTING NEXT TO YOU AND YOU
COULD WATCH HIS EYES GLAZE OVER AND HE WOULD LEAP AT YOU AND BITE YOU. I
WAS SURE HE WAS HAVING SOME SORT OF SEIZURES AND TOOK HIM TO THE VET
RIGHT AWAY AND HE SAID IT WAS NOT SEIZURES. BACK HOME WE REALIZED THAT
EMMETT WOULD JUMP UP ON THE COUCH BUT WOULD WHINE AND CRY TO GET OFF
THE COUCH AND WHEN YOU PICKED HIM UP TO PUT HIM ON THE FLOOR HE WOULD
BITE YOU. WE REALIZED THAT THE BONE OF HIS FRONT LEG WAS TWISTED. THE
VET CONFIRMED THAT HIS FRONT LEG HAD BEEN BROKEN AND HAD NOT BEEN
REPAIRED AND NOW IT HAD HEALED THAT WAY. WE TRIED DIFFERENT DRUGS BUT
THEY DID NOT HELP HIM. WE HAVE HAD EMMETT FOR SEVERAL YEARS NOW AND
THROUGH TRAINING AND PATIENCE HE HAS IMPROVED. HE USES A RAMP TO GET OFF
THE COUCH NOW. HE STILL BITES EVERY TIME YOU PICK HIM UP BUT NOT AS HARD
AS HE ONCE DID. EMMETT PASSED AWAY ON 2/8/07 AND NOW HE IS RUNNING
AROUND PAIN FREE AT RAINBOW BRIDGE.
MACGUIRE CAME TO US FROM ANOTHER RESCUE. HE IS A YORKIE MIX. HE
WAS ONLY SUPPOSE TO WEIGH ABOUT 5 POUNDS AND HAVE A BITING
PROBLEM. HE HAD BITTEN EVERYONE AT THE RESCUE. AT THE TIME I
THOUGHT NO PROBLEM, HAVING NEVER BEEN BITTEN BY A 5 POUND DOG. AS
SOON AS WE GOT THERE TO SEE HIM HE RAN RIGHT OVER AND
IMMEDIATELY BIT BOTH MY HUSBAND AND I HARD ENOUGH TO DRAW
BLOOD. HE WAS CLOSER TO 15 POUNDS AND HAD THE BIGGEST TEETH I
HAVE EVER SEEN ON A SMALL DOG. WE KNEW THAT THE ODDS OF HIM
BEING ADOPTED WERE NOT GOOD AND WE THOUGHT HE JUST NEEDED TIME
AND PATIENCE. HE ALSO COULD NOT BE PICKED UP SO WE LURED HIM INTO
THE CAR WITH TREATS. WE HAVE HAD MACGUIRE FOR ABOUT 4 YEARS NOW.
HIS BEHAVIOR PROBLEMS HAVE NOT IMPROVED. HE HAS HAD 3 SEIZURES IN
THE LAST 4 YEARS. WE FEEL THAT HIS MEDICAL PROBLEM MAY ACCOUNT
FOR HIS ODD DISPOSITION. ON A POSITIVE NOTE I NOW KNOW HOW TO
GROOM A DOG WHILE WEARING WELDING GLOVES ! !
WAS ONLY SUPPOSE TO WEIGH ABOUT 5 POUNDS AND HAVE A BITING
PROBLEM. HE HAD BITTEN EVERYONE AT THE RESCUE. AT THE TIME I
THOUGHT NO PROBLEM, HAVING NEVER BEEN BITTEN BY A 5 POUND DOG. AS
SOON AS WE GOT THERE TO SEE HIM HE RAN RIGHT OVER AND
IMMEDIATELY BIT BOTH MY HUSBAND AND I HARD ENOUGH TO DRAW
BLOOD. HE WAS CLOSER TO 15 POUNDS AND HAD THE BIGGEST TEETH I
HAVE EVER SEEN ON A SMALL DOG. WE KNEW THAT THE ODDS OF HIM
BEING ADOPTED WERE NOT GOOD AND WE THOUGHT HE JUST NEEDED TIME
AND PATIENCE. HE ALSO COULD NOT BE PICKED UP SO WE LURED HIM INTO
THE CAR WITH TREATS. WE HAVE HAD MACGUIRE FOR ABOUT 4 YEARS NOW.
HIS BEHAVIOR PROBLEMS HAVE NOT IMPROVED. HE HAS HAD 3 SEIZURES IN
THE LAST 4 YEARS. WE FEEL THAT HIS MEDICAL PROBLEM MAY ACCOUNT
FOR HIS ODD DISPOSITION. ON A POSITIVE NOTE I NOW KNOW HOW TO
GROOM A DOG WHILE WEARING WELDING GLOVES ! !