I take it you disagree with the dog trainer?
I must say that I'm flummoxed by so many on this thread who are making excuses for her. She's not tough. She doesn't make difficult decisions. She's cruel. And a fool for including this incident in her book.
For the record, thanks to the Dog Whisperer, I do believe you can re-home a dog. And that you can teach it how to behave properly. But only if that's a priority for you. But if you just need the problem gone, bang bang. Sickening.
Not many people are true dog whisperers. You could end up like that bear whisperer.
Sorry, but that boat sailed when the dog bit the owner. Game over. But go ahead. adopt some dog that mauled a kid or bit the owner and have them watch your kids. In farm country, you need the problem gone. A line (actually two lines) has been crossed.
But by all means, if you want, adopt one of these poor, misunderstood, critters that bites the hand that feeds it, and rehabilitate it. I'd almost bet you don't believe in capital punishment for 'misguided' humans, either. As someone observed, had this been a pit bull, some folks here would be cheering instead of decrying Noem.