If, for whatever reason, you have found that you need to rehome your rat terrier, please consider the following:

Ratbone Rescues (a great rat terrier rescue organization) offers a Guardian Assistant Program (GAP) for owners who want to rehome their dogs. You can see their wonderful site at www.ratbonerescues.com.

If you think GAP might be an option for you, you can send an email directly, with a summary and a picture of the dog, to Sue at suzie_redhead01@ yahoo.com (remove the space after the @ symbol) and she will forward them on to the GAP Coordinator, Susan Beard.

The reason this program exists is this - Ratbones does take in owner surrenders, and those dogs are usually in a safe environment (most of the time - now there are DEFINITE exceptions, like the Momma/Daddy/Puppies from CT). If fosterhomes become filled with owner surrenders, dogs in kill shelters will die because there isn't room in our fosterhomes. If an owner surrenders a dog to our GAP Program, they are put on Ratbone's website for adoption, and the owners take on the role of "Temp Fosters"...

It's not that these dogs don't need Ratbones, they do, but if they are safe for the most part, and if the owners will use the GAP for their dogs, it will give a SOS shelter dog a chance for a fosterhome.

It is with sadness that I have to rehome my rat terrier he has become aggresive to everyone in the home. I am desperate and worry. Joey is 2 years old and he needs more space and more walks. We live in an apt in NYC on a 5th floor no elevator which makes it difficult for me to take him out everyday, I also have 2 maltese and a grandson of only 5 month.

Joey already try to bite Edin (grandson), and that is part of my main concern. My question to you is do you think he can find a good home is I send him to the ratbones place and how do you know this place is good for rat terrier. Thank you for any advise or help you may have.

You can't imagine how this desicion is breaking my heart but I really have no other choice at the moment.   

You do have a choice.  You can bring in a trainer to help with the issues you are having.  Have you tried that yet?

If Joey has bitten people, I'm sorry, but we cannot take him into rescue.  Even if we could, would your husband allow you to get rid of him?  Don't you have a PetSmart or a Petco nearby?  They have training there at reasonable prices.

Sounds like Joey has the run of your house, and THAT'S the problem.  He needs discipline and structure.

We do walk then and excersise them when I can walk them I put them to run in the hallway and go up and down the stairs but Joey will attack anyone and that make it difficult for me. My neighbors love Vhela and Starr but they dont like Joey.