11/11/2024
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I am fostering a dog who needs a home. Rock is looking for a forever home.
Rockrock a 39 lb pit/hound mix, was on the ACC euth list. On her own for a while, feral and wild, she was soft and wiggly when she was found tied up to a pole in the Bronx.
She was fostered out but returned to the pound after a week because she got pneumonia. In a popup crate during her 7 weeks in the pound, only out for a short walk once a day, she began acting out, throwing herself at the door to her cage and wailing, so they put her on the euthanasia list. The ACC is in an overcrowding crisis, has stopped taking in dogs and is on a killing spree and because black dogs are the last to be adopted, I got her on 11/3.
A medium energy dog, still a puppy, maybe around 7 - 9 months old, she has been decompressing the last few days and is sleeping a lot. Rock will be a sleek beautiful pocket pit, with big expressive round eyes and a forehead that crinkles when she thinks. She is a good watch dog and doesn’t over-bark. She is bright, loves fetch and seeks affection, often leaning into me for pets.
Rock’s quirks are that she grunts while she sleeps, at times carries leaves in her mouth and her right ear sometimes stands up while her left ear doesn’t. She is playfully mischievous, very cute and easy to fall in love with.
I don’t have the heart to force her into the crate and lock the door for potty training after the crate trauma she has just been through. She doesn’t want to be locked in and who can blame her. (As long as I don’t close the crate door, she will sleep in it.) I have had the best luck potty training by taking a dog out at least every 4 hours. But, my elevator is being replaced and not in use until January so getting in and out of my home is logistically complicated but she is getting it and relieves herself outside more.
She met a young male, who she play wrestled really hard with. With female dogs she has been hard bodied. Rock might not like other female dogs but she is still decompressing so we really don’t know for sure yet. With the right person and some training this can be eased. As I am w/o many years left, my younger sister has graciously promised that, as long as my dog is dog and cat friendly, she will take it in if something happens to me. Because I live in an elevator building with many female dogs, the painful truth is that I can’t keep her.
I am looking for an experienced adopter or foster to take her so I am asking for help from my village. It breaks my heart to think of what I suspect this little girl has gone through. I will discuss the particulars with her new people. Please share Rockrock on your social media to help get her a forever home or a foster.