Monday, July 19, 2010

Meet our new tenant! - Needs a permanent home!

This week we got to meet this sweet dog who needs a new home. The neighborhood kids found her and she was playing with them climbing the tot lot and sliding down the slide. So funny! We were unable to find her owners and because she is part pit bull we don't want to leave her at the SPCA where pit bulls are often put down. This dog is a girl and about 5-6 months old and not yet altered or microchiped. She is in good health and we just gave her a bath and a dose of Advantage.

She has been living with us and our dog the past week and so far we have learned that: she loves and plays well with other dogs, she does not live well with cats (she chases them), she has a fun loving personality and has a sweet disposition.  She likes people and kids although she would be better with older kids because she is still a puppy and has much energy.  She is not yet house trained although I've been told that can take about two weeks of crating to remedy.  She would be an excellent watch dog as she does have a tendency to bark but only when given cause (like another dog goes by). We put the citronella barking collar on her to begin to train her and it is working very, very well. She loves her pool time and she is getting the hang of fetch with the ball. She likes to cuddle and has a few bad habits like licking and jumping up on your legs when she gets excited. These habits are normal for a young untrained puppy. She knows how to respond to "sit", she walks well on a leash, and has shown signs that she is very trainable.

If you or someone you know (in Southern California) would like to adopt this sweet dog please message me. We would love to place her soon!

2 comments:

Jen said...

I wish I lived closer- she is ADORABLE!!!

We have always had more than one dog at a time- I hope you will consider keeping her if no one steps up to take her!!!

Hugs!!!

MFA Mama said...

Just throwing in my $0.02 (I stumbled through about three links to here and this is the first one of your posts I've seen)...I think based on the picture that your tenant is full pit. We have a pitbull (registered, with many champions in her bloodline) who looks JUST LIKE this dog. Our girl's ears aren't cropped (we feel that it's cruel and like the natural appearance of their ears) and it changes the look of the animal quite a bit. I hope you're able to find her a good home--she's very cute!

Our journey through weight loss, infertility, embryo adoption, parenthood, world travels and everyday life adventures!

Our Most Popular Posts

La Dolce Vida (Italy, Greece, Croatia, and Turkey 2010)

Elizabeth's Weightloss Journey

Body Fat Loss Goal

Start: 38.7% Body Fat at 207.0 lbs = 80.1 lbs of fat
Goal: 33.0% Body Fat by September 1, 2013
----------------------
Wk1: 38.5% at 204.0 = 78.54 lbs of fat (-1.56 lb)
Wk2: 37.8% at 205.5 = 77.68 lbs of fat (-.86 lb)
Wk3: 36.9% at 203.5 = 75.09 lbs of fat (-2.59 lb)
Wk4: 37.3% at 204.0= 76.09 lbs of fat (+1.00 lb)
Wk5: 37.4% at 201.5 =75.36 lbs of fat (-.73 lb)
Wk 6: 37.1% at 199.5 =74.01 lbs of fat (-1.35 lb)
Vacation
Wk 7: 36.2% at 198.0 = 71.6 lbs of fat
Wk 8: 36.7 at 196.0 = 71.9 lbs of fat
Wk 10: 35.9 at 198 = 71.0 lbs of fat
Took a break for FET#4....
Wk 11: 36.2% at 194.5 = 70.4lbs of fat
Wk 12 (September 1st):

Our Adoption Journey

Lilypie - Personal pictureLilypie Waiting to Adopt tickers

background