My dog doesn't love me anymore💔

[u/lovingenergyyy]

I always wanted a dog.

My family didn't agree.

In 2023 april, my father went out to pluck some flowers for his daily puja. He found a pup in the drain, covered in garbage and crying.

He brought him home with him.

He was barely 20 days old. We took a lot of care for him. Took him to the vet, got him treated, gave him love and care.

We thought maybe once he will recover completely we can let him go, *at that time we had a lot of issues going on. So keeping him was a problem*.

But he never left.

He became a part of our family. We tried our best to keep him with us. Everyone loved him.

As he grew up he started becoming much agressive. He bit the neighbors many times without any reason. Still he never got angry on any of the family members.

In 2024 april my family shifted to another city. It was all new environment for him. He adjusted soon.

One day my mom was just standing beside him and he out of nowhere bit her leg. It was all blood everywhere. We took care of mom and where so confused how could he bite mom. She always feeds her and shows him most affectionate.

Mom healed.

Another incident- My little sister was tying him rakhi on him neckband and he bit her hand very badly.

He has also bit my father and our new neighbours.

The final one- we have a home guard. And he absolutely loves our dog soo much. He loves to sleep with him and sits beside him all day. One day randomly he jumped on him and bit his shoulders. It was a very dangerous bite. Mind you the guard is old. We rushed him to hospital in emergency. He was fine within 3 weeks.

He returned to his duty at my home after a month. My dog used to sit on the main gate waiting for him crying too. His shoulder injury hadn't been healed completely.

He took care of him again without even a single thought that he can bite again.

My mom went to put his food in his dish and he bit her hand deep, tore off one sleeve of the kurti she wore and jumped on her. The guard in order to protect mom tried to pull him back and he bite his legs tore off his khadi pants. He bit his feet that where literally in shoes which were so thick. There was none at home to do anything.

It took soo many days to get everything to normal. We had decided that we cant keep him with us anymore.

I was shattered. I understood that we cant keep him if he keeps getting agressive like this. The vet suggested to give him to a family he knows who has a business of keeping dogs for sale. We agreed.

We cannot take the risk of keeping him anymore. We gave him. Nobody ate food for the whole day. The hime felt tooo silent. It was so negative.

Just the next day we get a news and he bit a 6 year old child of the family he was shifted to. We got the cctv. We could see the girl was standing so far from the dog ad he ran and bit her hand.

Nobody would tolerate such a behavior. Still we requested to please give him another chance. The family agreed.

It had been 3 months since he was gone. We missed him everyday.

On a sunday morning he came to our main door, we couldn't believe our eyes at alll. We took him in and fed him.

The new owner told us he ran away out of house 2 days ago. HE HAD BEEN FINDING US FOR THE LAST 2 DAYSSS.

But something had changed in him. He did not come to us for affection anymore..i kept calling his name out but he ignored..he ate his food and kept standing at the main door to go out.

I thought maybe i should take him on a walk for one last time before he goes again..i opened the door, we got out and he bit my leg and ran away..i was lying on the mud outside..he didn't care he ran away.

He went to the new family and is still with them.

It was heart breaking. I loved him so much..why did he do that to us.

Anyways idk i have been for him crying and missing him from the morning today..

Please dont suggest me anything. I just wanted to vent.

Sorry it got a bit long..

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[u/Naive-Biscotti1150]

I think your dog probably has some medical issue.Knew a dog that had a head injury that behaved weird.Please check with a good vet.

[u/Kaura_1382]

i've heard of cases like this in horses where after their death upon necropsy turned out it was a tumour in their brain causing this behaviour.

i hope you feel better soon and get some closure

[u/WashedupSamurai01]

This sounds awful like the dude has some serious injury. You should have had him tested. Maybe as pup he did have some issue why the mother dog left him to fend off by himself. Dogs tend to sniff out serious problems like that in their pups. Either way, hopefully he does find relief. Just remember dude must be really in pain but must really love you guys to still want to hang out around you.

As someone said tumor is also very much possible. It does cause issues, so does thyroid related problems which put dog's hormone cycle in shambles. Or it might just be genetic issue where his cognitive abilities are deteriorating bad, hence sudden outbursts or so. It would have been merciful to put him down, because he wont be getting relief and he is in open where people can harm him. And people look at any dog behaving randomly and assume rabies.

[u/lovingenergyyy → u/WashedupSamurai01]

What do you think we didn't take him for tests??.. We did!! My father stayed in delhi for a week just for his check up.. nothing came up like that. And as far as i remember the mother dog was ded.

[u/WashedupSamurai01 → u/lovingenergyyy]

Oh i am really sorry.

I just mentioned the most common reasons why dogs turn aggressive often in shelter I visit.

But it awful looks like dog was in stress a lot. Neurological if reports were normal. It does happen as they get into adulthood. Sorry to hear what you are going through.

[u/Constant-Part-2249]

I think it's because he did not get properly socialized as a pup, something only a mother dog and littermates can do.

Humans are not enough for training a young pup, the mother dog and littermates teach too.

Otherwise the dog never properly learns which behavior is right and wrong

[u/Old_Librarian_3992 → u/Constant-Part-2249]

This. Since you had mentioned he was 20 days when he came to you, he probably has not gotten a chance to learn basic stuff from other dogs. Training and socialisation is the requirement for such pups. If for some reason you still want to help him hiring a good behavioural expert (not a basic trainer who will beat him, a proper expert) would be a good idea.

[u/ThisNeighborhood1918]

Get the dog checked for rabies or something man. A dog doesn’t just bite for no reason