Needing to Rehome my 1 yr old pup

Coraly Ave, Eugene OR

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I, unfortunately, am needing to rehome my 1 yr old female pit mix with lab. I absolutely do not want to rehome this beauty but I do not have any other option. Long story short, she has shown food aggression signs since she was itty bitty. We worked around that and fed her a certain way. As she has gotten older (mainly the last 4 or so months), she has escalated and now she’s aggression to many things. Her aggression isn’t really towards humans (if eating and you approach her then yes, she’ll growl at a human). She has unfortunately bit my 17 yr old daughter and 19 yr old son. Both situations could have been avoided. It’s basically knowing her quirks and needs and then no accidents would happen. Her main aggression is towards cats. She has grown up with cats and has been completely fine with them. Slept with them, played with them, and groomed them. I’m not sure what has happened to make her hate cats now but she hates cats. I have 4 cats (used to have 5). A little over a month ago, she attacked one of my kittens and big his lip. A month later she attacked that same kitten but this time the injuries were too severe and he had to be put down. Right now, I am rotating between cats out and the dog put away then dog out and cats put away. This system is really hard and extremely sad for my dog. I have reached out to several rescue shelters, boarding shelters, and trainers. The type of training she needs is extremely expensive but even if she did get that training, the trainers recommend she never live in a home with a cat or small children. I cannot afford the $625 a week for training. I just can’t. I have found some other training facilities/people that is a little less but we would still have to watch her like a hawk and wouldn’t be able to trust her around the cats again. I reached out to Greenhill humane society and they told me my options. They won’t take her because she has killed a cat. They said I can try to rehome her myself, get good training or euthanize her. I am absolutely not going to euthanize this girl. She deserves better than that. She is actually an amazing dog when the cats are out of sight. She loves her humans with a passion I’ve never seen before. She’s very energetic and loves to play play play. I’m trying to find the perfect home for her. Preferably a home with just adults (no children, because they might walk up to her while eating), or even a single individual. I’m hoping someone sees this and wants to give this girl a second chance. I’m waiting for lucky paws to get back with me also, but haven’t heard anything yet. I have also reached out to luvable but no word from them either. If someone would like to help this girl out, please either email or text me. If there are any questions about anything, please ask. Thank you