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(22,205 posts)My late father had purchased a smooth Fox Terrier (thoroughbred) for the family. It was a female dog and the plan was to breed her.
Well, said time came and went and the dog did not care to be bred. If I remember right, it was tried to no avail a couple of times and Dad gave up on that idea.
Not too long after this, said dog became very neurotic, pushing a basketball around the backyard non-stop all day long! If you tried to stop her from doing it she'd get really mean and angry and try to bite you.
This behavior got worse. It was so bad that my Dad feared for the family and he decided to take the dog back to the woman he had purchased her from. In order to get the dog he had to grab it by the neck (it tried to bite him) and he had no choice but to put her in an empty trash can and put the lid on it!
Dad finally managed to get the dog back to the woman he'd purchased her from and the woman wanted to know if he wanted a refund. Dad said, "No I don't want a refund! Keep this dog and stop breeding them as this dog is crazy, plain crazy and also dangerous as hell!".
That said, the woman took the dog back and forcibly bred it. Last I heard of it the puppies were not good ones and none of them could be "sold" to be show dogs which was the breeder's goal in this whole chaotic effort.
After that, we never got another dog for many years until my mother came home with a German Shepherd mix from the local shelter and she was from a farm and loaded with cow ticks, etc.
She was a highly devoted dog but one day someone rang the doorbell and the dog jumped the person at the door which was a little girl selling Girl Scout cookies. The dog did not hurt the little girl but it scared her real bad. I remember my Dad ended up mowing the lawns and caring for the parents of the little girl's property for a few years to pay his debt to them rather than have that dog put down.
You never know what you'll "adopt" at a shelter. This much I know. *sigh*
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