MeadowCat

You guys are awesome for hanging onto her. We need more pictures of Patty

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Dobelove

Me and my brother told my mom that we refused to call her Patty. So we started saying random names to see what she responded to and she responded to Chloe and Jaws the most, we went with Chloe. :p

I didn't realize how small she was. She barely goes up to Avrils elbows (Avril is barely 25.5 inches) It's really hard to get pictures of both them. Avril would rather chase cats and Chloe isn't very treat motivated. Plus I just have my camera on my phone so that makes it more difficult.



Like I said I was having a really hard time getting pictures of her. :p

Meldrew79

Awww, Patty was a cute name! I like Chloe too though! It's great what you guys are doing for her!

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PorschaLei

Patty is cute, thank you for being such an amazing person and keeping this girl until you can place her we need more great people like you


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interrobang

I liked Patty too - haha.

RedFawnRising

So...how's Peppermint Pittie doing now?

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Dobelove

She's doing good. Still haven't gotten anything off Craigslist about her. We are posting up fliers tomorrow, there was a bunch of posters at the dog park for missing pit bulls but none were for her. We also got emailed info on places to get a low cost/free spay for her if we need to in a few weeks.

Toby'shuman

Sometimes things happen for a reason. This girl being dumped in your back yard was one of those reasons.

She needed someone to take care of her.

Guess that someone is you guys.

Thank you for trying to help this little lost girl.

Darkevs

she must have a lot of Staffordshire terrier in her.....

she looks a lot like my Pearl, except for the color.

Hugz to Chloe!

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Thanks for making this signature for me Amelia!

thea2003

You know she isn't going anywhere, right?

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loltraktor

She is beautiful. Pitbulls are some of the worst treated, most understood, yet most loving dogs I have ever come across.

My buddy rescued one from the streets of Brooklyn NY. Actually she (called Brooklyn after the streets she was found on) looks to be a pit/rotty cross. Vet thinks she may have been a "bait dog." Anyway this girl now lives on 40 acres in Appalacia with a lab/GS cross. She is an awesome dog and nothing but love. A little rambunctious at times, but incredibly loyal and sweet. But she is hell on sticks. If I was a tree and she would be enough to make me pick up my roots and move.

I am sure your family will not regret taking her in at all. They are terribly maligned, yet, amazing animals.

One thing for sure with Pittbull Terriers and Dobermans playing in your home and you could leave all your doors and windows open and no would be criminal would even think about coming inside.

dragonflyz

Thank you for taking her in a helping her find her home. Someone knew which yard to put her in. LOL

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Odin's_Master

You're truly doing something amazing for this dog! I hope everything works out for you guys!

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Hank

Yay! You kept her! She is so cute!!

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Dobelove

Well if it were up to me she wouldn't be! But my mom doesn't want to keep her. Besides eating so much food she is no extra work so that's the only reason my mom has agreed to keep her this long. :p She's going to my aunts for a week-ish because we have a bunch of shows. So hopefully my aunt will fall in love and want to keep her! Then she would be right down the street from us in a good home.

Dobelove

If it were up to me she wouldn't be! It's my moms decision though and she doesn't want to keep her. My aunt is baby sitting her because we'll be gone/busy at shows so hopefully she will fall in love and want to keep her. Then she will be right down the street from us and in a good home.

She loves getting her belly scratched

(Ignore our hideous "dog" carpet)

MsMoppett

I was just thinking about this thread today.... I'm glad to see such a happy ending!

A friend of mine had the same exact thing happen to her this morning. Woke up to find a 3-month old or so Pittie boy in her yard. Emaciated, totally consumed by fleas, worms, and a broken foot.

Good grief! What is this with dumping dogs in people's yards!? Luckily, someone has found a foster for the dog.

It's just bizarre to me to hear of this in such rapid succession. Color me naive...

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Adnohr

Yay for Chloe, you and your family are the definition of, "faith in humanity".

Dobelove

So my aunts boyfriend said two dogs is enough for them so they don't want her. Our friends friend who owns one of the dog show vendors around us wanted to meet her. And even though she was really scared at the show he wanted to take her home for the night and see how it goes with his other dog (also a pitbull.) He called a little earlier to let us know its been going good so far and she's already warming up to him! She's also getting along great with his other dog. Our friend who introduced us is also a vet who he will go to spay her and stuff in a few weeks if it all goes well. I'm going to miss her if he does end up keeping her but I'm glad it's with a good guy that will love her.

ZeldaRules

Paws crossed!!!

Dobelove

So I guess she's going to be too much work for him because he has a lot going on I guess. She's back at our house.

RedFawnRising

Aw, that sucks. Sorry.

Poor confused girly, too.

It is so hard, placing pitties successfully. I honestly don't know how the breed-specific rescuers do it, year after year, without totally burning out.

Long shot, but try contacting these folks and see if they can courtesy list her for you or refer you to someone who can:

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I was trying hound rescues as far away from me as Canada, at one point, and I'm mid-Atlantic US, so I sympathize.

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Kayree

I'm sorry to hear that. I've been lurking in on this thread.. she seems like a sweet girl. I thought I read that you've tried pit bull rescues in your area/were looking for other forums but weren't having any luck.. I have an idea?

After reading your last post I remembered a thread on DT about blogs that people read.. there is a blog called Love & A Six-Foot Leash ... they do pitbull fostering/rescues in the Austin, TX area -- I know that's not near you but what about reaching out to them... maybe its possible they might have connections to your area or know of places that might take her in?? Seems like a long shot, but since it also seems you guys can't keep her.. might be worth a try??

Contact us Love and a Six-Foot Leash

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Dobelove

So we have spent the past few hours at someone's house who wanted her. They had to put down their pit/lab mix last week. They are retired and spend a lot of time at home and don't have a lot of people coming in and out of their house. So besides free feeding (which they said they wouldn't do with her) they seemed like a really good home. She's there just over night because she's scheduled to get spayed and microchipped Friday morning.

My mom said if it doesn't work out for her then we will just keep her. I'm hoping it will so she can get plenty of one on one attention.

Dobelove

She was spayed today. The surgery went really well nothing abnormal. She woke up fine and was laying alert in her cage, but then about 3 hours later she started bleeding a lot so they opened her back up and couldn't find anything wrong. Not sure how long ago that was but they want us to come back right at closing to pick her up. Then we have to take her back in the morning to make sure the bandage they are putting on her is still good or something like that. Good news is the family absolutely loved her and said she was settling right in for the time they had her.

Side note apparently other people at the vet think Avril is really scary in her zebra print rain jacket.