About Roger

We picked Roger out at an animal shelter when he was a little over a year old. We know he came out of a hoarding/neglect situation, but that's all. He has always been super sweet with our family, wanting scratches and cuddles. The times we've taken him to the groomer they have raved over how wonderful and sweet he is. When we got Roger we had three other dogs: An Aussie mix and two beagle mixes. The Aussie mix passed due to an illness. Our smallest Beagle mix, Stony, never liked Roger. He had small dog syndrome (23 lbs to Roger's 53 lbs) and thought he was the alpha. He would bark and bare teeth at Roger and run him away if he was barking at the neighbors. For a long time this was not a problem. Last November (2024) my daughter was outside with the dogs when Stony barked at Roger and Roger attacked him. My daughter grabbed his collar until I could get there and Stony survived, but needed quite a few stitches. He never turned on my daughter or myself. We chalked it up to Stony being the problem. We kept them apart while Stony healed, but eventually started putting them back outside together. Last week, March 10, 2025 our neighbor came to tell us that one of our dogs had killed one of the others. We went out and found Stony dead. She said she heard him bark before it happened, we don't know if he was barking at Roger or at her dog through the fence. We were obviously devastated, but still figured it was more about the relationship between Roger and Stony. We kept our other Beagle mix, Rocky, away from Roger for a day or two, but eventually put them back outside together at times because they had never seemed to have a problem. Rocky is 8 and didn't really like to play, but he would kind of play and wrestle with Roger. He did occasionally bark at him, but not like Stony. However, on Saturday, March 15, our neighbor once again came over to tell us that Roger was attacking our other dog. My husband and I rushed out and finally managed to get them apart. Rocky survived, but did need a large hole in his neck stitched up. We now realize that the problem is Roger. We think there was maybe something in his background that we don't know about that has caused this. He is still super sweet towards us and not aggressive. We really don't want to have to put him down and our 16 year old is devastated at the thought. For now he's either in his kennel in our garage or outside, in our fenced yard, by himself. We really think he would be fine as an only pet, and maybe with other large dogs, but we're unsure about that. Even though he's never shown aggression towards us I wouldn't recommend him being around small children. He definitely needs some training and someone who would know how to work with him and help with these behaviors. Is there anyone out there like that who can help us? We're willing to drive him most anywhere in Georgia, Tennessee or Alabama if it means finding him a home.

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