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    we are thinking of adopting a dog

    so another thread here got me to searching our local rescues last night and i found a dog we are going to meet today.

    http://bcspcapets.shelterbuddy.com/a...30728&result=9

    i can't imagine a dog living in a shelter for 2 years... and having brief times in a home... how tragic.

    i know she's a pit cross... but we certainly aren't going to hold any prejudices against her. i've done lots of research on pits in the past week (since getting that pup last weekend) and i believe that a pit would make a wonderful addition to our home.
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    Re: we are thinking of adopting a dog

    Oh what a sweet face she has.

    I read her profile, Zoey was the same way, returned time and time again. She was born at our shelter, and only spent four months there. Being adopted and returned so many times she ended up damaged from it. It took her the longest time to trust us, every time we left with her she would freak out, or if we left her home she would cry and destroy the house. Time and gaining her trust was all it took. Then we rescued zab and she has a buddy at home when we are gone and everything is perfect.

    As far as the pit bull thing, I always encourage people to look past the word pit bull and look into the dog, the individual dog. Zoey is pit bull x shar pei and although she is a stubborn little brat, she is an incredible loving dog. The stubbornness comes from the Shar pei. My mom freaked out when she found out Zoey was part pit bull and said all sorts of horrible things. I shut her down quick and told her to hold her judgement until she met her. She thinks differently now.

    I hope the meeting goes really well, and she is as sweet as she looks. Remember if you adopt her and bring her home to take both your dogs out for a good walk together before you ever bring her inside, that will help with territory issues and make a much happier homecoming for all paws involved.

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    Re: we are thinking of adopting a dog

    oh if we decide to adopt her, the dogs will meet at the shelter... as will the entire family go there to meet her. we won't rush into this as abby deserves more!

    i would not bring her home if i didn't believe in my heart i could be her forever home. i just couldn't do that to her. she's been through enough!

    so we'll go meet her. i consider myself a really great dog owner... although i didn't feel that way a year ago. i watch dog whisperer religiously, walk my dog daily and discipline her every time she needs it... then i cuddle up and give her so much love her eyes turn to pools of complete-bliss.

    i never thought of myself as a dog person before annabella touched my life... now i'm very very VERY dedicated to my dog and would never consider not having one LOL weird how things change when the right critter touches your heart and you make all the nec. changes to become what they need of you!
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    Re: we are thinking of adopting a dog

    Thats they way we did it, all of us went to the shelter to meet Zoey. We played with her, talked to her, got to know her, she fell in love with the kids. Then found out we couldn't take her home until the next day as she was getting spayed that night I felt horrible playing with her and then leaving her there.

    I watch dog whisperer too. I love that show, he has given us some good tips on basic training like sitting, that kind of stuff. Although I am so glad I don't have major problems with my two dogs like some of the people on there.


    My mom was horrible with our animals growing up, never had all their shots, never got the fixed. Her cat had 9 litters before she payed her. She would just drop them off at the shelter evertime too. It made me so mad. She finally had her spayed when the kittens were born deformed. Then I had a dog that she swore she all the shots for, she died of parvo. One of the worst cases my vet had ever seen. She still swears to this day she had her shots, but talking to my vet now, he says no way. Not with a case that bad.

    So I had a "good" teacher in a since, I learned pets are family, they are not disposable, they need health care and how devastating it can be when they don't get these things. Now I am just the opposite of her. I couldn't imagine not having pets in my life, it would be very empty. They bring so much laughter to our house, the little clowns.
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    Re: we are thinking of adopting a dog

    Kudos to you for thinking about adopting She looks like a sweetie, let us know how it goes.
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    Re: we are thinking of adopting a dog

    well i'm proud to say she's been adopted. not by us, as she was gone but she has a home!!!

    we looked at another dog. whitney (i don't like her name... will change that if we get her) - she's 1.5 yrs old. they say she's a pit/rottie cross but we see absolutely no rottie in her, not even her colouring... and she looks a tiny bit pit but we figure there's lots of other 'stuff' in there as well. kinda a heinz 57.

    she's lived her life in the yard on a chain, no shelter... never allowed in the house for long. the owners turned her over to the spca when they came to remove her from their home.

    she's been at the shelter for a week. she just got spayed yesterday.

    so, we spent about 4 hours with her today. brought her into the outside play area... petted and loved her up (she's sore from her surgery) and then left her there for a bit... came back in and loved her again... gave her some commands. sit, stay. she did GREAT.

    left again, came back about 10 minutes later with treats. told her to sit when i was coming through the door, she backed up and sat down. then i showed her the treat. called her over to me... told her to sit, she did. asked her if "good girls take cookies gentle?" and then lowered the cookie to her... she kept her eyes on me and left the cookie alone. i said, "are you a good girl? do you like cookies... can you wait?" and moved the cookie towards her mouth... she just sat there... didn't bite at it at all. then i put it against her nose... and she didn't move. i said, "yes take it" and she gently took the cookie out of my hand. i repeated the process with another cookie with the same results and left again.

    came back with a leash and took her for a short walk (again, cause she is sore) and then we came back, left her in the outside play area again.

    came back 20 minutes later with more cookies. showed them to her before i came through the gate. she was happy to see me... i told her to move back and sit. she did. i came through. asked her if good girls wait for cookies? she didn't bite at the cookie at all... (this was a different cookie than last time to see if a different one would give me a different response) nope. she was great. waited till i told her she could have it. (i do this with annabella as well)

    she LOVES to be petted. she's an absolute sook for lovin'.

    i took her back to her kennel, opened the door, she went right in. i took off her collar and told her to stay while i closed the door. she sat there waiting for me to tell her she could move. (release).

    then i left... came back 5 minutes later with a cookie. when she saw me, she came over to the gate... i asked her if good girls take cookies right away? and gave her the cookie this time without waiting. she took it.

    it amazed me. it was like i had trained her. she seemed to understand every command i gave her the entire time. she even took her cookie outside when i gave it to her in her kennel which is what we do with annabella at home. she takes her treats outside to eat.

    we applied for her and were approved

    she's been tested at the spca. the only thing they are concerned with is:

    1/ they don't know if she's okay with cats. although i walked her by the cats and she didn't seem to care at all about them in their outdoor pen. she didn't care about the bunnies either. i took that as a very good sign.

    2/ she's very excitable. if i lived in the yard with no human companionship... i would be darned excited when someone came around to gift me with some lovin'. so that doesn't worry me at all.

    3/ she's great with other dogs. she meets our dog tomorrow at noon.

    4/ she may not be potty trained. this concerns me... i figure though. if a dog is that smart and well trained with sitting, taking treats etc. then wouldn't she train for potty quick? (i'd love to hear some opinions on this one from people with experience)

    5/ i'm concerned that other people will be freaked out by the pit in her. i don't want other kids to not come over cause of our dog. i don't want my friend's who let annabella come over for play times with their dogs won't want a pit cross over as well.

    so i'd love to hear everyone's opinions/suggestions here. IF we do adopt her, she'll be coming home on saturday next week as they want her stiches to be almost healed before she comes home since we have another dog.

    http://bcspcapets.shelterbuddy.com/a...37002&result=9
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    Re: we are thinking of adopting a dog

    she didn't jump up on us today, as she's sore from her spaying... but i guess she does do this. not hard to break them of that habit though... at least not in my experience.

    a firm no and knee to the chest works great.
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    Re: we are thinking of adopting a dog

    Aleesha, honestly it sounds like the dog was meant for you and you her. The issues you brought up are easily conquered and it already sounds like you know how to handle them. There is nothing like a rescue dog, they seem to know you have saved them and they give you back 10fold. Also, there is no pic there but so many shelters say pit mix when there is no pit at all. Check out this site: http://www.pitbullsontheweb.com/petbull/findpit.html

    I adore pits, I think they are one of the smartest most loyal breeds out there.
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    Re: we are thinking of adopting a dog

    wow, it just took us forever to find the pit!

    thanks for your words cat!
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    cat,

    how are they for potty training?
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