Hello everyone. I found this forum while searching for some breed specific information about my dog. Her name is Stella, she is a 9 month old Red Nosed Pit Bull/Rottweiler mix. I'm unsure if this forum is for owners of pure bred Pit Bulls only, but I was hoping to find some new friends to share conversation about and love for our dogs.
Stella came to me by way of being abandoned. I was watching her for what was supposed to be Easter weekend while her owner was out of town, however her owner never came back to get her. He also stopped answering his phone, and eventually changed his number. I have to be honest, at first I was nervous and unsure what to do. I had never seen a Pit Bull in real life, and my only experience with Rottweiler breeds had been very negative. I knew 3 people who owned the breed and they all had been attacked by their own dog. However I am a firm believer that a dog is (as with our children) a direct result of it's upbringing and environment. The first day she was in my house I fell in love with her and when the guy didn't come back for her I told my family members...we now own a dog.
However, she didn't come baggage free. It's clear she was not treated well by her original owner. She came to me afraid of everything, and I mean everything. If we were watching TV and there was a loud noise, like a gunshot or explosion she would shake uncontrollably and urinate all over herself. She always kept her head down, cowered at the slightest movement (even if we tried to pet her) and fled every time something scared her. Even on walks she would get a scent of something and stop dead in her tracks, hunker herself down and refuse to move, then suddenly flee for home dragging me along behind her. She is not very big, her back comes to my knees and I'm only 5'4, she weighs 50lbs but she is powerful, like seriously powerful (but I guess everyone here knows what I mean) I have had her 6 months now, and although her fears are subsiding some of them still remain. There are also some other questions I have, but mostly I'm here because this is a hater free place. When we walk and people see us coming they cross the street or turn around to avoid us. She sits and wags her tail barely able to sit still because she is happy and excited at the prospect of meeting a new friend, then whines as she watches them avoid her. It makes my heart sad, they judge her without knowing her. Here I know I will find people with hearts and minds as big as hers who will welcome the chance to be her new friend. I will ask that you be patient with me though as this is the very first time I have ever joined and/or used a forum of any kind, so I may make some mistakes with where or how I post my questions etc. Thanks.
Here's to new friendships!
Stella came to me by way of being abandoned. I was watching her for what was supposed to be Easter weekend while her owner was out of town, however her owner never came back to get her. He also stopped answering his phone, and eventually changed his number. I have to be honest, at first I was nervous and unsure what to do. I had never seen a Pit Bull in real life, and my only experience with Rottweiler breeds had been very negative. I knew 3 people who owned the breed and they all had been attacked by their own dog. However I am a firm believer that a dog is (as with our children) a direct result of it's upbringing and environment. The first day she was in my house I fell in love with her and when the guy didn't come back for her I told my family members...we now own a dog.
However, she didn't come baggage free. It's clear she was not treated well by her original owner. She came to me afraid of everything, and I mean everything. If we were watching TV and there was a loud noise, like a gunshot or explosion she would shake uncontrollably and urinate all over herself. She always kept her head down, cowered at the slightest movement (even if we tried to pet her) and fled every time something scared her. Even on walks she would get a scent of something and stop dead in her tracks, hunker herself down and refuse to move, then suddenly flee for home dragging me along behind her. She is not very big, her back comes to my knees and I'm only 5'4, she weighs 50lbs but she is powerful, like seriously powerful (but I guess everyone here knows what I mean) I have had her 6 months now, and although her fears are subsiding some of them still remain. There are also some other questions I have, but mostly I'm here because this is a hater free place. When we walk and people see us coming they cross the street or turn around to avoid us. She sits and wags her tail barely able to sit still because she is happy and excited at the prospect of meeting a new friend, then whines as she watches them avoid her. It makes my heart sad, they judge her without knowing her. Here I know I will find people with hearts and minds as big as hers who will welcome the chance to be her new friend. I will ask that you be patient with me though as this is the very first time I have ever joined and/or used a forum of any kind, so I may make some mistakes with where or how I post my questions etc. Thanks.
Here's to new friendships!
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