I don't know what my point is by posting this here except I don't have a lot of people to talk this over with.



My dog bit dd (dear daughter) last night. In the face. She had to go to the ER, one spot needed 2 stitches. It could have been so much worse. He had her face in his mouth for a split second. He let go but then there was so much blood. It was terrifying. She's fine now, she'll have minimal scarring.



But we've explored options, we can't keep this dog and that means putting him down. I've already talked to the vet. They don't think it's fixable because of how it went down and we couldn't risk trying. No one is going to take him.



We're all a complete mess. We love this dog. He's a good dog but he made an awful choice. He's mainly bonded to ds. He's on the spectrum, he does not do well with change. He's not accepting that we can't keep the dog. He's already shutting down. I feel so guilty about it all.



I just keep looking at dd (dear daughter) and crying and then looking at the dog and crying. And I feel like dh (dear husband) is judging me for being upset or doubting the reality of what we have to do, like I don't care about dd (dear daughter) because I also care about the dog and ds.



Animal control is coming tomorrow because we have to quarantine him. They said not to be surprised by a cps call or visit. I know what we have to do, I just hate it.



Fyi, the dog is 3 years and 70 lbs. Dd is 7. And dh (dear husband) was right there, like less than a foot away.