Originally Posted by Nicci

I think there's good and bad and you take a risk with anything you buy whether it be a dog out of rescue or a pup from a breeder.
I have two rescue dogs here who are 'solid' ones a Stafford x the other an American Bulldog my Staffie x came from a terrible background The AB on the other hand was gifted to rescue because his owners could no longer cope with him anymore yet since being here I haven't had a problem with him he was just a typical young AB dog.
I've witnessed both sides to rehoming dogs out of rescue and buying a pup from a breeder a pup who at 10 months old decided to launch an attack on our daughter, she was extremely lucky as he launched himself at her head as she went to pick up some food that she had dropped on the floor, wounds on her face were superficial the most serious injury she had unfortunatly during the attack her earlobe was torn it lasted seconds had it been any longer before we could pull him off during which also my husband got badly bitten she could have possibly been scarred for life..all over food.
The mistake we made was spoiling him I wholeheartedly admit but you never expect a dog that you purchased as a pup to bite the hands that feed it, there were other serious issues too with him mostly all aggression related, we later found out through other people in the breed that his Sire was banned from the showring for biting and attacking the judges, when calling his breeder to let them know what had happened and to see if they wanted him back they turned round and said "His mother is like that with our own kids, and anyway don't bother us because were in Blackpool"...So there we had it two dogs thrown together with aggression problems only we didn't find out all this until after my daughter and husband were bitten.