Rescue dog home check
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Good luck with the home check.
We got a rescue American Bulldog puppy 18 months ago. She was six months old and we were her sixth home. Some people shouldn't be allowed to have dogs. She's just starting to settle and is turning in to an awesome dog. Huge amounts of energy and very strong but she's a complete softy.
We got a rescue American Bulldog puppy 18 months ago. She was six months old and we were her sixth home. Some people shouldn't be allowed to have dogs. She's just starting to settle and is turning in to an awesome dog. Huge amounts of energy and very strong but she's a complete softy.
The crate is a great idea and a life (house!) saver. She was very anxious and stressy when we got her and having her crate meant she knew she had a safe place to eat, drink and sleep and also to calm down when she was getting boisterous. Eventually when she knew she had done wrong she would take herself off to it. Yours should hopefully be just starting to come out of the chewing stage although Roxy still destroys anything cardboard!
She gets on fine with all other dogs except she thinks all want to play and often they don't. Our jack Russell/beagle (now sadly passed) copped the worst of it though as her very strong tail was exactly at his head height!
She gets on fine with all other dogs except she thinks all want to play and often they don't. Our jack Russell/beagle (now sadly passed) copped the worst of it though as her very strong tail was exactly at his head height!
She'll walk to heel or a couple of steps behind or on a loose lead when out. She also re calls but it falls apart when there are distractions like other dogs or new smells. She's getting better at this over time and I think we will crack it eventually. When she's on lead she'll very rarely try and pull away. They are very strong willed and need firm handling. Saying that it's been very rewarding training her and she is a world away from when we got her. We couldn't even hold her collar when we got her as one of her previous owners had twisted it in an attempt to control her.
If handled correctly, you can train an American Bulldog to an amazing level! I work at weekends as a helper at a sports dog club (Shutzhund / IPO) and we have a male American Bulldog that works as well as any of the usual breeds (Malinois, shepherds etc).
It's great at protection phase, is an amazing tracker and while not as light on its feet as the Shepherds and Dobes, it's seriously quick and great on agility easily clearing courses that lighter dogs do. Obedience (obviously down to a LOT of training) is also excellent and will do a full BH routine better than most of the dogs there.
I absolutely love this dog and the main reason being is that not only is he an absolutely lovely animal, it's the fact he's a big lump of a bull breed taking part in sport where this type of dog don't normally complete. Lovely dogs!
It's great at protection phase, is an amazing tracker and while not as light on its feet as the Shepherds and Dobes, it's seriously quick and great on agility easily clearing courses that lighter dogs do. Obedience (obviously down to a LOT of training) is also excellent and will do a full BH routine better than most of the dogs there.
I absolutely love this dog and the main reason being is that not only is he an absolutely lovely animal, it's the fact he's a big lump of a bull breed taking part in sport where this type of dog don't normally complete. Lovely dogs!
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