Should I call animal control? Very tight dilemma!!?

Before you call and get the animal control involved try to talk to you grandpa. Talk to your mom and dad as well. They can talk to him better then you might be able to. Its going to hurt him more to have the two things that he cares about taken from him within a couple weeks. Taking the dogs away without talking to him and voicing your concerns is truly cruel.

Ask if you can take the puppy and work with it. Play with it, take it for walks. You might work on training the puppy as well and teach it fetch so that your grandpa can throw a ball in his house and the dog will still get exercise. Or Frisbee. Ask if you can pay for a dog walker for a couple times a week. You might also remain unknown and talk to animal control about what you should do. They might also be able to give you tips and things you can do without them having to really get involved.

If there is really nothing you and your family can do then it is then time to call animal control.

Before you call a government agency, you need to figure out if there is any way this can be handled inside your family. Does your grandfather have any children you can talk to about this? Can you help walk to dogs or help pay for a dog walker? You can suggest a different breed, but I think in his grief and loneliness, he's looking for something in the animals he can't get, so ultimately it isn't the final solution. Part of the problem is your grandfather needs to lead a more active life. I don't know if there is a family member he can live with or a seniors center he might enjoy visiting regularly or what.

If there is no way your family can handle this internally, then yes, you probably need to call animal control. They may prohibit your grandfather from keeping any pets if they take his, and it may hurt him a lot to lose his pets, which is why you should try to exhaust other options first.

Your grandfather just lost his wife, and you want to take his dogs away?

I understand your concern, and you are right.

There are other options.

You could have a talk with your grandfather about this, or ask your parents to.

Provide information on how important it is for dogs to get out of the house.

http://www.aspca.org/ they have tons of info and links.

Or someone in your family could go with him to walk the dogs sometimes, maybe then he will get into the habit.

There are also dog trainers he could hire.

Most of the time when dogs develop aggression is because they're bored.

Defianltly , it is in the best intentions and life for the dogs to have a more Active life. Small dogs also need LOTS Of exercise ma chi is super active more then my Eng bulldogs try somethng like that they are REALLY loyal and love attention but can spend hours by its self and can deal without walks and is also very loving RARE RARE RARELY is a bulldog aggresive.

The new dog has probably learnt the agesssion from the old dog. I don't think you should call animal control, maybe you should seperate the 2 dogs for a while, maybe u can look after the new dog for a while and teach it to be nice and teach it a few things and then try and get the 2 dogs together and get them 2 b friends..

call animal control. the one is aggressive and the other one will be before long.

Call Animal control asap!

They won't tell him who called - mention that to animal Control