Continue to remind her, as you have, that this dog was not well and that there wasn’t any other option but to put him down; what he did to her was bad enough, but it could have been much worse and it was important to protect people from the harm he was capable of causing. Let her know that there was nothing she did to cause the dog to attack. We can’t live safely among dogs that bite people, which is why it is a standard practice to put them down when they behave in such a way.
This is all fairly recent, so it’s not surprising that your daughter is having a hard time coping with what happened. Considering both the trauma of the attack itself and the dog’s subsequent euthanization, you may want to give some thought to getting your daughter into therapy or counseling. She’s obviously got some big feelings to contend with, and it may be useful for her to talk to a professional about what she is feeling.I’m a mom in a complicated blended family.