Can you defang a dog

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This causes pain and discomfort for the animals. Over all it is a very painful life for any cat, big or small, that is declawed. Thurston was part of a magic show. He will need dental work. Although big cats chew their food with their back teeth, they still need their front teeth to grip the meat so that they can chew it properly. Defanging can be done one of two ways, either the teeth could be ground down, leaving the nerves exposed and pockets for rot to happen, or the canines can be pulled out.

Most of the time defanging is done by a veterinarian, but in some cases, owners will attempt this process on their own. Complete your patient forms prior to your pet's appointment and access our new patient portal to manage your account, appointments and more. We work closely with our referring colleagues and we are committed to a smooth referral process for you and your client. I know it sounds terribly cruel, but Max was a truly horrid little dog and how the shelter could adopt him out again is beyond me.

I understand what you're going through! It's been over a year since we disarmed our rescue see above post. Over the past year he has gradually learned to trust us and he feels much more secure. Nevertheless, we will always have to be careful with him and limit his contact with visitors, ect.

More than ever, though, we feel we made the right decision in disarming him. It's given him the time to recover from whatever trauma occurred prior to his rescue and he's definitely been worth it. It's not a cure-all though and the ability to bite and cause damage is still there, just not to the degree that having a full mouth of teeth gave him.

Best of luck in making your decision. Each case is different but I'm glad you're at least considering it as an option! Hi, I have owned different breeds all my life, rescued, fostered,am part of a charity that gives scholarships for dog training etc. I am well educated and do have means and have had good dog trainers to work with.

This past Dec I pulled a mix, 10mos old from NY that was to be euthanized for displaying aggressive behaviors. I knew work would be involved but this dog had been stabbed by owner, no details, taken to vet for 3 months to recover andcthen back to animal control. I did shut down, basic training and tried to start integration. I quickly found after about a month she is fear aggressive and dominant.

She will bite. Luckily the people she has bit did not require medical attention but the fear and fight response was clear. This has happened with my other half who she loves also. We have tried tovwork on her dominance issues and I try to desensitize her to new situations and stangers but she is unpredictable. Even our people that she is OK with 10 times she will then bite them the 11th time. Luckily these people have been friends with no serious injury but she is a huge liability.

We have no kids, she has her own bedroom we can put her in but I can't socialize her as much as Id like because of the bite factor. She wants attention, she is happy in her comfort zone, the yard and house but I would like her to be able to make friends and keep them, keep trust building. Right now she has me and my husband that can handle her but if he comes near me when we are together she tries to go for him. She has bitten him twice but tried more.

So my vet and both of us have discussed putting her down. The problem is she has made small steps and we both love her. My father suggested removing her teeth. I am leaning towards it because I feel we could work with her more with our dog savy friends with less chance of someone getting really hurt.

Of course shell probably never be one of our dogs to be around people that come over and I understand she is still a liability as all my dogs are.

Weve done, doing dog training. We do have a vet behaviorist we could go to but even on doggie xanax I know she will be so intense it wont prevent her from biting if she goes for it.

I have to muzzle her and drug her to go to the vet, she had a bowel obstruction and we took her home after surgery because the vet called ans said she was starting to snap as she was coming out of anesthesia. I am in the medical field so am practical about medical implications.

Any thoughts from anyone who has done this? Wendy, thanks for commenting and allowing others to read about your experience. Otherwise, he would have been euthanized, as we were his 'last chance' parents. The original trainer rescued him from there. In hopes that pain from an elbow problem was causing the snapping behavior, the trainer had our dog go through stem cell therapy. We adopted him the following week.

In the next few months, he bit both of our other 2 dogs, my daughter's dog and finally me. Our choices were euthanization, behavior therapist for a dog with near perfect training responses who was a joy He actually showed no signs of pain, even during recovery. He seems to know that he no longer has the option of snapping to express his discomfort with situations.

We continue to feed him softened kibble Fromms with a Tbsp. Disarming him hasn't seemed, from our viewpoint, any serious consequences for him other than making it harder to hold on to some types of toys.

SeeThe Animal Medical site on canine disarming. It gives a good overview of the process. Each case has to be evaluated on its own merits and in some cases, a truly aggressive dog who has gone through behavior therapy,ect.

You don't put your pet down if there is a chance of saving it! Thanks for the votes up epbooks. Behavior modification for aggression indeed takes time and the owners need to keep up. It's not easy and requires loads of management. Interesting hub. I never even knew teeth removal was an option to curb aggressive behavior. I'd have to imagine that they could still do some damage. I've seen aggressive dogs go for behavior training and it seemed to have helped.

It did take a long while, however. Great hub- voted up! I agree, too.