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Lots of sadness here but after five days, we’ve decided to bring Eros back to the shelter. The description that the shelter gave, does not fit Eros. In fact, he’s the opposite of everything they’ve said he would be. They said he didn’t care about cats, well, he keeps on attacking our cat. The cat doesn’t come indoors any more because he’s too afraid. Two days ago I decided to pick the cat up and bring him inside. I was greeted by an angry dog that showed his teeth, growled, barked at me, and was just acting plain out of control. Even when I tried to correct him and even got cross at him, he just wouldn’t stop. They also told us he would be good with other dogs… Yesterday my sister arrived home and a half hour later, Eros attacked DJ (my sisters dog) for no apparent reason. DJ is left wounded and stressed out and has to be locked up in the bedroom so Eros can’t get to him. Then this morning, my sister walked in the living room and Eros just lashed out at her. Again, for no reason at all. He has shown that he can not be trusted and that’s why we’ve decided it would be better to bring him back to the shelter. He needs to be with people that don’t have any children and don’t have any other pets. The people from shelter also said he’s nice with kids but I for one wouldn’t dare to leave him with my little nieces and nephews or any other small children.

My mom and I are sad about this whole ordeal but we’ve got no other choice. We don’t feel safe with Eros around us. :(

For a while now, I’ve been wanting a new dog, as our last dog, Pasha, passed away three years ago. Some time ago, I got a green light from my parents to start searching for a dog. There were different breeds I was interested in, among them were the Groenendael, Border Collie, Golden Retriever, Flat-Coated Retriever, and Nova Scotia Duck-Tolling Retriever. (AKA my favourite breeds) In the end, I decided to stick with the Golden Retriever and so the search began. My first intentions were to get a puppy from a good Golden Retriever breeder, however, I also kept looking at pets.be, a site were all Belgian shelters list the dogs that are up for adoption, and that’s where I found my dog. The dog in question was named Eros and was described as a Golden Retriever male of five, very sweet, good with kids, good with dogs, good with cats, could be alone for a few hours, loves to play, and he’s had some obedience training. The only downside, the shelter were he stayed was located in the South, near the France border. (we live up North, near the Dutch border) Luckily, after some begging, my dad agreed to drive so my mom called the shelter to put an option on Eros and made an appointment for Wednesday.

And that day was today. Eros is now here and he really is a sweet boy. He loves to play, balls are his favourite, and he’s also really affectionate and loves to cuddle. I took him for a walk in the nearby forest and I can say that he loves to hunt rabbits. He had to stick his nose into every rabbit hole and one rabbit actually shot past us and I could barely hold him back from chasing that poor little thing. I also did some jogging with him and I think he would be great in Canicross. I’m definitely thinking of taking him to a dog school to further his obedience training as he only knows to “sit”, “give paw”, “heel”, and “come”, and he sometimes mixes them up. (sometimes when you tell him to sit, he will give you his paw)

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