Haven't read all the posts but I know of a Mal who started being aggressive recently to her owners, after a vet check he found she had a torn cruciate ligament, she showed no visible signs of this. Medication and one op later she is getting back to her nomal self, so they deinitely should get the dog checked over IMO.
Another Mal who slowly progressed in his aggression was found to have a brain tumor and eventually pts as nothing could be done.

First port of call, a good vet - second a behaviourist/trainer.

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"For the strength of the pack is the wolf, and the strength of the wolf is the pack"

The OP has said the dog has now been PTS

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I think before anyone slates anybody for having an aggressive dog pts they need to have been in that position and be in a situation where its far too dangerous to keep the dog. Ive been there myself and i can tell you its not something i would want to go through again. Everyones situation is different not everyone has the time to work with a behaviourist because its what could happen while this work is going on.

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I believe that some dogs, just like some children, can be ruined by their upbringing while others can overcome it. Maybe it's for the best that this one lost it's life.

I don't have a lot of sympathy for that couple though and hope they think twice before ever getting another dog. I hope more that they don't, they are not good dog parents. I have certainly made enough of my own mistakes with our Biscuit, but at least I sought help and followed good advice given and did not let things accelerate till there was a bad bite!

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Oh i'm sorry to hear that

Run free at the bridge lil one where all your troubles will be gone. xxx

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"For the strength of the pack is the wolf, and the strength of the wolf is the pack"

This is what pisses me off about people taking on patterdales when they know eff all about them.

Poor dog. I'm not gonna say anymore because I'll get carried into a rage.

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Exactly that was what the problem was right from the start . They live in a flat and that for a start is a no no for a Patterdale .

Typical I want that breed and never did any research on it

It sounds like the owners were wrong to have had the dog in the first place and they should have rehomed it as soon as the problems started. But they did try a behaviourist, they did get the dog castrated, and they didnt ignore the problem totally. I think they did exactly the right thing to have it pts. There are thousands of dogs without problems being pts through lack of homes for them, and no rescue place is going to take on a dog like that - far kinder to end its very unhappy life.

i don't think they made much of a good-faith effort - in fact, since MANAGEMENT without training
would have prevented that last nasty bite, i think they were pretty pathetic, taken all round.

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