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<blockquote data-quote="Lovelife" data-source="post: 697712" data-attributes="member: 20624"><p>Thank you SOT, Malika, GoingNorth. You all are amazing individuals, and I so appreciate the input you have provided. Malika, you do not know how much we WANT to believe that this was once a lovely kid. Reading the history though, we are just so sad to see that, no, there was never a "lovely kid". That is why we believe that there is some genetic component to his issues, along with a never formed attachment... to anybody. The opposition and defiance we expected, and we can work with that with the right support. The cruelty to the dogs came later though, and was not seen during his transition visits. (he mostly ignored them). That would have been an absolute deal breaker for us. Come to find out, he tried to smother the dog in the previous home (and his brother and another dog in yet another home). Alas, not a lot can be seen in a couple of weekends a month though. </p><p></p><p>Yes, we were naive to think that getting him into a stable, permanent home with lots of structure, boundaries, and physical exercise, along with the "right" therapy would mean we could help him write his new path and better chapters to his life. I have no idea why we thought we were so different. <img src="data:image/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAIAAAAAAAP///yH5BAEAAAAALAAAAAABAAEAAAIBRAA7" class="smilie smilie--sprite smilie--sprite5" alt=":confused:" title="Confused :confused:" loading="lazy" data-shortname=":confused:" /></p><p></p><p>Thank you again everybody. We really appreciate your thoughts and experience.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Lovelife, post: 697712, member: 20624"] Thank you SOT, Malika, GoingNorth. You all are amazing individuals, and I so appreciate the input you have provided. Malika, you do not know how much we WANT to believe that this was once a lovely kid. Reading the history though, we are just so sad to see that, no, there was never a "lovely kid". That is why we believe that there is some genetic component to his issues, along with a never formed attachment... to anybody. The opposition and defiance we expected, and we can work with that with the right support. The cruelty to the dogs came later though, and was not seen during his transition visits. (he mostly ignored them). That would have been an absolute deal breaker for us. Come to find out, he tried to smother the dog in the previous home (and his brother and another dog in yet another home). Alas, not a lot can be seen in a couple of weekends a month though. Yes, we were naive to think that getting him into a stable, permanent home with lots of structure, boundaries, and physical exercise, along with the "right" therapy would mean we could help him write his new path and better chapters to his life. I have no idea why we thought we were so different. :confused: Thank you again everybody. We really appreciate your thoughts and experience. [/QUOTE]
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