Name: Joy
Sex: Female (altered)
Age: 1 year
Breed: American Bulldog Mix (possibly Dalmation)
Location: Las Cruces, NM
Vet information: Joy is spayed and is being treated for heart worm by the slow kill method. Joy is blind in her left eye and is mostly deaf but can hear high pitched noises. She is UTD on vaccines and is in good health overall.
Owner information: Joy was pulled from a local animal shelter at the request of the animal control officer who picked her up. She had been running the streets for a while and was being abused by neighborhood children with BB guns, etc. She is an outdoor dog in a fenced yard, and is not housebroken or leash trained. Joy is good with adults and teenagers, but her owner writes that she shows aggression between the kennels, especially when new dogs come into the area. When she gets to know them, she mostly ignores them--seems uninterested in them. She has a good temperament and is smart so would do well with the right training and resources.
Age: 1 year
Breed: American Bulldog Mix (possibly Dalmation)
Location: Las Cruces, NM
Vet information: Joy is spayed and is being treated for heart worm by the slow kill method. Joy is blind in her left eye and is mostly deaf but can hear high pitched noises. She is UTD on vaccines and is in good health overall.
Owner information: Joy was pulled from a local animal shelter at the request of the animal control officer who picked her up. She had been running the streets for a while and was being abused by neighborhood children with BB guns, etc. She is an outdoor dog in a fenced yard, and is not housebroken or leash trained. Joy is good with adults and teenagers, but her owner writes that she shows aggression between the kennels, especially when new dogs come into the area. When she gets to know them, she mostly ignores them--seems uninterested in them. She has a good temperament and is smart so would do well with the right training and resources.
Update 10/13: Joy's owners are willing to
donate $500 for her transfer, help any way they can with the transport
itself, and also provide the rest of her heartworm treatment medications to any
legitimate 501c3 rescue who is able to place Joy.
Update 11/23/13: Joy is still looking for her forever home! Her
owner writes: “She is still with us, and we are still looking for a home for
her. She needs a lot more work with socialization than I can personally
give her, so she is mostly in a kennel right now, which is very sad. I
tried to hire trainers to work with her, but I have had no luck yet. I
will try again soon to keep searching for someone who can come get her during
the day and take her out and work with her more. She has settled down a lot
here and is very smart. We had thought she was deaf, but it turns out she
is not. Any help you can offer is appreciated; here's her listing on Petango: http://www.petango.com/Adopt/Dog-Bulldog-American-2067323 “
Update 4/13/14: The OS Team
heard this morning that Joy is being transferred to a Humane Society in a
couple of weeks. She will be safe there, and will get specialized behavioral
training that she really needs so she can be ready for adoption. The Humane
Society has a very high rate of adoption, and will notify the current owner if,
for some reason, Joy is in danger of euthanasia.
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