{"id":4318,"date":"2018-01-01T16:22:45","date_gmt":"2018-01-02T00:22:45","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/shawnna.org\/?p=4318"},"modified":"2019-07-08T09:16:32","modified_gmt":"2019-07-08T16:16:32","slug":"i-failed-rhaegar-doing-what-is-right-by-him-2018","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/shawnna.org\/?p=4318","title":{"rendered":"Our Alaskan Malamute, Rhaegar (aka (“Catoico’s New Found Adventure”). 2018"},"content":{"rendered":"

It is with an incredibly heavy heart that we’ve decided to give Rhaegar back to his breeder. We’ve had some incidents of aggression such that I don’t feel I can trust him. I’ve loved him with all my heart since he was 8 weeks old, but I’ve failed him as a leader.<\/p>\n

The reality of all of this has taken it’s toll on me emotionally, and physically.<\/p>\n

He’s going to fly to Wisconsin tomorrow with a friend of the breeder (who is also an Alaskan Malamute breeder) tomorrow. He’ll be staying with her for a few days and be evaluated for temperament.<\/p>\n

Then he’ll go to boot camp. Stacey (the breeder) feels very confident that she will be able to find a great home for him. He may even be a show dog someday. I feel blessed to have chosen such a wonderfully supportive breeder.<\/p>\n

I’ll be following his progress, knowing that doing this is THE best thing we could do for him. As our trainer said, it’s just not a good mix given our sedentary lifestyle and his needs.<\/p>\n

I failed him.<\/p>\n

2018 is starting out to be a real challenging year.<\/p>\n

UPDATE 4\/9\/2018<\/strong><\/p>\n

Even though the breeder promised she’d keep us informed of his progress, she did not. I sent her a few text messages asking how he was doing and the response was always the same, ‘still in rehab, making progress’.<\/p>\n

Until today.<\/p>\n

Last Saturday, I decided to do a google search of his AKC registration number. What I learned put my heart at peace. He was being shown and had actually earned some points!<\/p>\n

So today, I sent this text to his breeder – Stacey Moore of Midland, Texas.<\/p>\n

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And here is the subsequent, very hurtful exchange:<\/p>\n

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