So he IS a pit-bull terrier mix, and he IS harmless. When I brought him home yesterday (with a cone on his head from being neutered over the weekend) Jafar was very agressive and protective of his territory. The poor new puppy was so nice, and just wanted to play! Seriously, even when our lab-mix snapped at him, he just walked away. And he loves people! Oh man, does he love people! The car ride home (which was almost an hour) he kept trying to sit in my lap. Which, by the way, is NOT a good idea with a big cone around his neck! He refused to lay in the backseat (even though that's where I laid down the blanket so dog hair wouldn't get on the seat) and leaned against my shoulder the entire way. And when I handed my ID to the guard so I could get back on base, oh my was he ever happy to see another person! His tail went a mile-a-minute, I swear.
He's so chill. He just lays down and watches you with is big puppy dog eyes. Okay, so he smells a little, but we got him from the humane society so what do you expect? And he's been trying to hump our couch pillows, and Jafar... its a dominance thing. Other than that he's been great. He's only tried to jump up on the furniture a couple of times, and he understands "no" and will get down.
We know he was abused. He's only eight months old and ALL of the workers at the shelter swore he was their favorite dog. They have a group of mentally handicapped children come in and play with the animals once a week, and this puppy was their favorite. He's never been agressive towards anything or anyone, in the three months that they've had him. ANYway when he first was taken in, they put him in a foster home because he was so malnuroused, they didn't think he'd live. You can still kind of see his ribs, but he's gained a lot of weight since they've had him. He also has red marks around his neck from where the collar was too tight, and embedded into his skin. He came in with another pit bull, a female, who was pregnant. She was adopted out right before he was (a beautiful brindle dog) and the three puppies that survived were also adopted out. We actually looked at one of the 8-week old puppies, a girl. She was a beautiful fawn color, but I knew I couldn't handle another tiny puppy. This dog was already house trained, but the puppy of course wasn't.
So far he's been great, and I think he'll continue. I know part of it is just him getting used to his surroundings again. He does cower when Matthew yells, he'll tuck his tail between his legs and lay down and start shaking. He was abused after all, so we're trying to get him used to the fact that we're not going to physically hurt him. That he's safe here. I'm sure people are going to FREAK that we got a pit bull and we're expecting a baby. But I really don't think he'll hurt anyone. I strongly believe that pit bulls, when raised and bred correctly, are great dogs and not aggressive. Plus, I've never seen the workers at the shelter so enthusiastic about a dog before-everyone had to say goodbye to him and made me promise to call in a few days so they knew how he was doing. They didn't do this the last time we adopted a dog, I can tell you that. But this little guy just captured their hearts, they all loved him.
Alright, I'm off to snap a few more pictures, and once the cone is off (hopefully by the end of the week) he'll have his face all over the internet! :) He's on medication right now for his surgery he just had, and he eats them right up without any problem! He's such a good boy.
P.S. Matthew named him Hades, I'm not completely sold but it was either that or "Scar". Which, by the way, rhymes with Jafar. No way. The name he came with was Blade, but it just didn't fit him too well.
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