Pressuring PACC and the local courts to release snuggles to his family and allow them to follow dangerous dog rules even though he isn’t a dangerous dog. PACC and the court sentenced him to death after his first bite in which he was spooked on his own property instead of any other option. I even paid a behaviorist who was willing to work with him to show PACC and the court I was willing to do anything to allow him to live. The behaviorist went to court with me and stated she could work with him and he wasn’t dangerous. A lady who cares for him at PACC even showed us videos of how much she loves him and how sweet he is. She shows her interacting with him. Her and another coworker say he’s the highlight of their day.

When he bit he was under an extreme amount of stress. We have two Anatolian shepherds, a female and a male, and the vet told us not to fix them till they were 2, they were both only 1 at the time. We were trying our best to keep them separated so we wouldn’t have puppies. Our female was in prime time and Snuggles refused to eat, he hadn’t eaten in 5 days because he just wanted to get at her, no matter how hard we tried getting him to eat. We also live on a 3 acre ranch with a lot of coyotes and javelina and bobcats who come through. Our neighbors dog also comes onto our property every morning around the time of the attack. That morning lots of dogs in the neighborhood were barking, coyotes howling, and the neighbors dog in our yard. While he was on edge barking, someone came by and tapped him on the head and spooked him, he never even saw them.

When PACC came to take him they initially promised me I would get him back after a 10 day quarantine since he never showed aggression before and this was his first bite and it happened on my property. 3 days later they came back and said they were keeping him and he was now their property and they were going to euthanize him. I begged and pleaded to have him back and asked who I could talk to. They told me I had to pay money and go to court and I couldn’t talk to anyone. I did not understand why he couldn’t have a second chance. The person spooked him and didn’t even file charges and has been trying to save him because they realized it was their fault. PACCs reasoning is they were labeling him as vicious because it was a level 4 bite. How can you label him “vicious” if you never had him analyzed by a behaviorist? Or if you know nothing about the breed? They are guard dogs meant to protect their property and livestock. I’m not disregarding the bite in any way, but you shouldn’t label him as vicious without an evaluation or gathering information on his past. I spoke to a livestock dog expert and he broke down the bite for me and what happened. He assured me Snuggles is not a threat to anybody and acted like Anatolian shepherds are supposed to if they feel threatened on their own property. Yes he’s a big dog with a big bite who was a puppy at the time of the bite. The expert stated Snuggles has since matured since this event and learned a lot and knows how to better control his instincts. This was all human error and Snuggles should not be sentenced to death for it.

Snuggles has had a rough life. When Snuggles was 7 weeks old he got kicked by a cow and had his hip fractured, so the breeder couldn’t sell him till he was older and healed.

Now he’s stuck in dog jail since October and the people at PACC won’t even let him go for walks.

My kids call him Snuggles because he loves to snuggle, as seen in the picture he used to snuggle with our elder dog and help calm him when he had anxiety. I have many pictures of my kids wrapping their arms around his neck and lying on top of him as he’s lying down. Are these characteristics of a vicious dog?

We miss him dearly. Last year we lost our 3 elder dogs and my Aunt so it’s been rough for our family. Bringing Snuggles home so he can once again run free on a gated acre of land would mean the world to us.

I sent the prosecutor an email telling our family story and explaining how snuggles was spooked. I explained how our family was willing to do any and everything they ask of us just to have him live. We have 3 acres of land that’s gated with high horse fencing. We can hot wire the fence. Anything they want. The prosecutor said no. I do not understand why they will not come to some kind of agreement to let him live. He’s just a puppy.

PACC won’t even let us talk to them. They just say they don’t want to hear it and it’s a legal matter.

Currently we are trying to hire an appellate lawyer to help us save Snuggles. It’s our last hope. We have already spent 15k trying to save him and are out of money. Please if you can help contribute to the cause go here:

https://gofund.me/eed5d10e4