arguments, screaming, puppies and family

i'm not ready for this.

it's only been 3 weeks.

i'm not ready for a family-wide fight about new puppies. seriously, we just lost our dog. mom was pissed, bro#1 was pro-dog, bro#2 was arguing against everyone, and dad is pro-dog. i just stood there listening.

here's the worst thing. my dad works with this guy who breeds shepards. and he had this dog who he sold to a family. apparently there was an incident and the dog got aggressive with a young teen girl, but didn't actually hurt her. the family didn't like it so they gave the dog back to the breeder. they felt really bad but didn't want an aggressive dog. anyway, this dog as been back with the breeder family for 2 weeks now and the guy says that he hasn't seen anything wrong with him. he hasn't been aggressive at all towards anyone in his family or anyone who has come into the house or other animals. but since there was this complaint against the dog, they have to take it for a behavioral assessment. if the dog passes, then the guy needs to find a new home for it [potentially us]. if the dog fails the assessment, it gets put down. what? yeah. my dad said that and i was almost back in tears. it's only a year old!! but the breeder guy says that's how it goes. you can't have dogs being aggressive because it looks bad on you as a breeder.

so i am on the fence about a new dog. personally, i'm not ready. really. it's too soon. but i don't want this dog to get put down! now i want it. i feel so bad for him. dad was like, we won't know anything till next week when we know how this assessment goes. then we'll decide if we want him or not.

i wish my dad hadn't even told us about this till after the dog passed the assessment.