About Duke

https://photos.app.goo.gl/47hXvoRocMUX5PUR9 Hi I need help. Desperately. Advice, people to call, anything. I am reaching out on behalf of a dog I once loved deeply. His name is Duke and he is a 4 year old siberian husky. He is currently residing with me and has been for the last 2 years but i can not and will not care for him any longer. Let me preface this by saying he is a good boy 96% of the time. He tries to be. He is a husky and has all the loud attitude, stubborness, and fluff that go with it. None of that is the issue. Training isn't even the issue, he tries so hard with training and he does good, capable of learning new tricks and retaining them with practice. The issue is aggression. The problem is ... he doesn't have any outward, visible triggers. Problem is 3 days ago, while I had my kitten on my bed right next to me, he out of the blue jumped on the bed and fatally bit my 6 week old kitten. I had to put my baby down. I'm beyond devastated. That was the final straw for me. I can't do it any longer. He's never butten anything in such close proximity to me. Local Rescues are full. Alternatives on the table always seem to point to putting him down .. but I think under the right, firm circumstances he is an amazing dog, who deserves a great life and can make someone amazingly happy. While I can no longer have him in my life, I think that he will be a great companion as long as parameters are understood by new owners and never broken. No pets, period. No kids. ( he's good with kids actually, as we have two here who have been raised their whole lives with him but its just too risky) No interactions with older specifically, elderly people. No hugs, laying on him. The issue is that that he doesn't give any warnings when he gets triggered and it's literally 0 - 100- 0 He's happy, fine - bites - and back to happy, fine. No barking, No growling, No snarling or lip twitches, No angry looks No haunches/ hackles raised ( that I have been able to see or tell ) All of his body language indicates he is fine. Im sorry this turned into an encyclopedia - I'm baffled, exhausted, out of ideas, and literally past what my heart can take right now. I need solutions to rehoming him but I cannot just reach out to the general population with a dog who has such specific rules around his needs. Please, help us. Please offer any ideas for duke

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