Buying a new dog! :)

[kathryn]

Originally Posted by Shaykeija

I have a friend that lives in Toronto and he bought a Cane Corso from a guy. His dogs "accidentally bred" and he sold them. I told my friend I had a bad feeling about this pup but I could not talk him out of not buying it. The pup grew fast and big. The pup had a seizure and bit my friend up by the throat. Another inch and the main artery would have been severed. He had the pup checked out at the guelph hospital and thousands of dollars later..no answers. A few week went by and the dog had another episode. He was confined to a room and attacked everything in there. They had to put him down..My Friend was devastated. He has always had rotties so he was used to big dogs. Because of the pit bull ban in Ontario, we will be seeing more of these dogs cropping up. These are a lot bigger and a lot more stronger than a pit.

Yep, something I would absolutely be worried about, even with a friend of a friend. We don't want to see any innocent people, dogs, cats, children etc caught up in any situations like this I've heard my fair share of stories like this too. My first dog came from a BYB because my god fathers friend was breeding rotties and he bought one for me (when I was a TODDLER!@!!@#) and she had hip problems from day one, put about $10,000 into all kinds of surgeries and PT. She had anger issues... She never bit me though, only maybe 2 or 3 times accident nips when playing with a tug of war toy or something, but looking back that situation could have turned ugly very quickly.. We put her down when she was 7. I always dread when I see people stuck in the same situations because it is very tough on everyone involved!