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To be clear about this case....Gus did not just bite someone before this incident, he mauled the woman who was fostering him. She was becoming afraid of his aggressive behavior and asked the rescue group to take him back, but they told her they needed a few days to find another foster, and she agreed. A short time after that, he attacked her, latching onto her breast....she was able to wrestle him into a laundry room, but he broke through the door and attacked her again, latching onto her arm and breaking bones. Her injuries were serious and gruesome.
The rescuer objected to the judges euthanasia order, and got the Lexus Project involved; it was agreed that Gus would be remanded to the DPC to be "rehabilitated".
Does anyone actually believe that a dog that mauls a person this severely, with the intent to kill them, can be magically made safe? Does anyone find it ethical for a dog trainer to claim that they need an additional 55 thousand dollars to continue to "rehabilitate" this violent dog, in addition to the approximately 15 thousand that it would have cost for the five months he had already been there? What kind of a dog "rescuer" commits to spending 70K plus to "save" one dangerous dog, that will NEVER be a safe, normal pet, when that money could be used to rescue, house, vet, train and adopt out literally hundreds of worthy dogs?
Ethical, honest dog trainers don't promise miracles....they will tell clients when a dog cannot be fixed. Unfortunately, Milan has created his brand by convincing people that he can magically "fix" every dangerous dog in the world....for a hefty price. I guess when he fails to get the desired results, he just claims he needs "more time" at $100 bucks a day, until the client runs out of money, and has to pull the dog out. Then, when the dog attacks someone else, as Gus did, Milan can claim that the dog was removed "against his advice".
Both Milan and the rescuer deserve to be sued. If Milan had been honest and ethical, he would not have agreed to take Gus and promise that he could be miraculously turned into a safe pet. There are some dogs that cannot be fixed, and it's ridiculous that so much time and money is expended on them while safe, affectionate, friendly dogs are euthanized for lack of resources in this country.
You would think the owner of the dog would be sued, but the owner probably isn't a recognized celebrity with millions of dollars like Cesar. Human greed never ceases to astound me.
Exactly. I'm not seeing the connection between Cesar and the pit bull. Oh wait, that's because there isn't one.
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