We Need Rays Please!

I'm asking for rays/prayers/vibes again, not for us, but for a gorgeous little dog that we want to foster.

I got an email the other day from the rescue group about a group of dogs that are scheduled to be PTS this coming week. They only email me when they're in dire need because I'm on an indefinite leave of absence from fostering for personal reasons.

In the list is a gorgeous 10 year old staffy/lab mix. I saw his picture, and I question whether he has any lab in him at all, but regardless, he's grandfathered in to our stupid BSL law because of his age. Mike used to have a pitty and I've always wanted a staffy. Mike's was put down because of the BSL law (long story) and we both broke down and started crying when I told him about this boy.

He's been adopted out and returned for "going after" other dogs on leash. The shelter where he's at has introduced him to many dogs, big and small, without issue and to cats - he LOVES them. He's up to date on shots, neutered, housebroken and all around sounds like a great little boy. I emailed the rescue and said that we could take him - I need all the hope in the world that he hasn't already been put down. We suspect that he was returned because someone adopted him just because of his breed, not knowing anything about them, then decided they didn't want him and returned him with a BS excuse so that they wouldn't look bad.

We have big plans for this old boy if we can pull him. He'll have a home here forever if he's never adopted. We plan on taking him to antiBSL events, getting him his CKC Canine Good Neighbour certificate and train/show him in obedience or rally if he takes to it.

I have grown really jaded from rescue, which is why I had to take a break. I would get so depressed about not being able to save them all that I would end up resenting my own fosters if they weren't adopted out quickly enough because they were taking up room for dogs that were dying. This boy has lit something in me and both of us just want to give him another chance at life. We find it horrible that because of his age and breed that he's being over looked.

I told the rescue to get in contact with the shelter he's at as soon as possible and that we could drive to Toronto tomorrow afternoon to pick him up if we could get things rolling. He's going stir crazy in the shelter, which is just lessening his chance for adoption, added to the fact that he isn't being advertised as adoptable because of the reason he was returned and he's doomed.

Vibes and prayers that you can get him pulled!

This is my LabStaff, Bear, he gets mistaken for a full pittie regularly.
His muzzle is too long, his coat is a lab coat, his tail (what's left ) is a lab tail.
He's 13 now and still acts like a pup.

More that you can successfully get the dog. Poor guy!

Aww! I wish the best of luck.

@Arlyn: Cuute! I like how he's positioned like that.

Everyones prayers worked - sort of, lol.

We won't be pulling him.....








BECAUSE HE WAS ADOPTED!!!

I suppose we should update the thread title to "We Got A Pittie!" now because we are officially pit bull owners.

Guys, I cannot believe how sweet and well behaved this dog is. It's such a shame that they're illegal here - she's exempt because she was born before the ban was put into place. We just have to get her fixed and then we can get her registered. We're waiting a few weeks on that... it looks like she's starting to come into heat (great, ugh) and it's more expensive and dangerous to do it then. Given her age (7 years) and her breed, the surgery is going to be hard on her as it is... we don't want to add extra complications into the mix.

We don't have a crate for her, not sure if we're going to bother getting her one. She mostly just lays around, except when we take her outside and then she pulls, pulls, pulls. We're going to have to work on that. For now, she's staying in the bathroom when we go out. She is so much better behaved than our doxies, lol. She gets along great with them, she was actually raised with doxies and bengals, so she's fine with both cats and dogs.

Fynn absolutely loves her, Sadie is indifferent to her and Leiki hates her. Leiki actually cornered Josh (the pit, and yes, she is a girl, lol) into a corner. It was pretty funny.

We've moved Leiki's litterbox and food into the studio for now, she can come and go as she pleases but there's a gate up so the dogs can't go in there. When she's more comfortable with Josh then we'll move her stuff back out. She IS still coming out and mingling with us and the dogs though. She was like this when she first got here too with our dogs, it took her a day or two to calm down.

We feel so much safer here already, our neighbourhood has been going downhill for quite some time and a few months ago we noticed that the screen to one of our windows had been tampered with. We are planning on moving soon, but for now this has really helped a lot.

So without further babbling on my part - here's Josh!

What a pretty girl!
But I can't tell from the pic, if she a red or blue brindle?
I'm partial to brindles
My last full pittie (razor's edge lines) was a gorgeous red brindle, perfectly tiger striped.

To me, she looks like she may be a blue based red brindle. Her colour is definitely diluted and has a grey/steel tinge to it.

I got home from work this morning (I was working overnights, got home at 5 am), let them all out to pee and the brought them to bed. Mike had fell asleep on the couch, so Fynn stayed in the living room with him. Sadie always sleeps by my chest and then moves up to my head, lol. Josh jumped up at the very end of the bed and fell asleep almost immediately.

I must say, it was the first time in a long time that I've fallen asleep almost immediately, without worry, and had a good sleep. It was getting to the point where I would have mini panic/anxiety attacks almost every night.

Leiki's hatred for her subsided during the night and she came to bed and curled up with me. This morning she is back to hissing at her, but not backing her into any corners or anything, lol, so we're making progress!