If your 11 month old baby had to have 2 stitches cause of your dog biting what would you do? put dog to sleep?

The animal control came and took the dog for ten days-what are they doing and why is there a ten day limit? Are they doing temperament testing on the dog, to see if it human aggressive or if it only food aggressive?

If it is only food aggressive, then it can be worked with and adopted into a family or single owner that can work with the dog. Since no family members can take it and it obviously cannot be in her home anymore-I would say contact Labrador rescues near you or no kill shelters near you and ask if they can take the dog in. If not, then the only option would be to have it be put to sleep. I'd highly suggest that you and the original owner of the dog try to contact rescues or no kill shelters in your area and see if they can take the dog first.

To be honest, this situation could have been avoided if the owner of the dog and parent of the child made sure the child wasn't around the dog when it had food/was eating and if a trainer/behaviorist was hired to work with the dog and it's food aggression(before the child came into the picture preferably)

I would be calling all the Lab rescue groups in the state I lived in, to try to get one of them to take the dog and re-home it into a home that doesn't have small children.

The dog shouldn't be put to death because the owner of the dog didn't use due caution and allowed a toddler around a food aggressive dog at feeding time.

I would be asking why the heck the parents were letting an 11 month old baby near a food aggressive dog.

I think it is her fault that her dog bite her son .she should have keep her baby in a crib when she was feeding her dog .most of the dogs dont like sharing their food .so I think she should ask someone from the family to take her dog n tell them dat she will provide them with every thing that her dog needs including vet visits n medical expense, doing that she wont have to put her dog to sleep n be happy that she will be able to see her dog ....next time dont feed ur pet when ur baby is in the same room as ur dog, atleast hold ur baby when ur dog is eating

Aw. I'd take it to a shelter or something. Or you could take it? I have four dogs and if I saw a dog that was being put to sleep for being a dog, I'd get it. I really wish you would get it and keep it until you can find it a good home. Go on craigslist or something. :-)

If she can find a rescue that will take a known biter, then he should go there. I hope she has slapped herself hard for allowing this to happen at all. If she couldn't take the time to train the dog, then how does she imagine she'll find time to raise the child?

Have her take the dog to her local animal shelter.

Most states require the dog to be put down.

well, y'know i'd put the child to sleep. dog is mans best friend.