Diamond James

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We have a true “Diamond in the rough” here for you! She was born to the sweetest stray Pit Bull Mom who died one week after giving birth. Dad is most likely a Pit Mix in the area. The three puppies were bottle fed and then lived outside on a porch until three months old. Her two sisters got adopted in July with PAWS NE and she is now ready to find her forever home!

DNA test showed 75% American Staffordshire Terrier, 12.5% Boxer, and 12.5% Italian Greyhound. What a cool combination!

Diamond is the sweetest and most gorgeous brindle girl! Yes she only has one eye but it doesn’t slow her down! Her coat is soft and she has the softest feet! She loves to get in your lap and lay on her back and get hugs and kisses. When she gets up in the morning, she has to give you kisses before she will do anything. She gets so excited and is rough playing, jumps on people, and plows through to get wherever she is going. She is very smart and strong willed. She is in a Texas Foster Home with six Boxers. She plays well with the younger Boxers with constant training to not be so rough. There are senior Boxers too and she is pretty good to not bother them. Diamond needs a family that will continue to work with her and continue with her training.

She does great in a crate when foster is gone and sleeps in it at night. She needs a home where someone is home a lot as has so much pent up energy coming out of the crate. She has to be crated as will be very destructive. She can tolerate 1-4 hours in a crate during the day and 7 hours at night.

Diamond does well with other dogs and likes to play however she does have food aggression and needs to be fed completely separately. She cannot eat in a crate but does need to be alone. She shares most toys and sits for treats with the other dogs with no problems.

She loves and needs heavy duty balls and toys to play with. She does have long Pit teeth and the older she gets the more destructive she is with chewing. She is very smart and responds well to verbal correction but is stubborn and doesn’t take no quickly to calm down. She knows sit, stay, leave it, off, no bite, kisses, and crate. We are working on “settle” and at times is going outside separately from the Boxers as getting too rough with a new foster Boxer. On her own she runs and plays and potties on her own.

She has excellent hearing and has a very loud bark. She barks and responds to all noises and wants to find out what it is. She is not trained to stay with you and needs a safe fenced in yard for her safety and exercise. She loves to go out in the big yard at full speed and run laps and explore. She needs a secure collar/harness/leash if outside that area. She gets scared with noises. Out in public she will bark at other dogs as not sure about them and may also have to do with loss of vision. She is not ready to go to a dog park.

Diamond needs and likes routine and structure. She needs a patient Adopter with Pit experience willing to work with her to get more experiences and training. She loves attention, praise and cuddles. She loves playing with other dogs and not being alone with separation anxiety. She gets scared outside the foster home but is making progress. She needs one on one training time she doesn’t get in her foster home. She needs a friendly, non dominant large dog in her home to help her confidence, be a good role model, and who likes a playful, biting, energetic big growing puppy who barks a lot. She loves to please and responds so well to verbal correction and praise and doesn’t want to be in trouble. She is a sweetheart looking for her forever family!

Diamond has a checklist to make sure she is the perfect fit for you!

• Experienced with American Staffordshire Terrier/Pit Bull Terrier in their home, know and love the breed.
  
• Experienced with training and will work on socializing, new experiences, walks, meeting new dogs and people, and her fear of doorways and sounds/noises that scare her. Any training classes would be good too.
  
• Another dog in the home- medium/large, non dominant, friendly, who can play
  
• Fenced in yard for safety and big enough to run and play for exercise
  
• Needs secure harness/leash that won’t come off if she gets scared from a noise. She has excellent hearing and reacts to sounds/noises and can get scared and freeze or try to flee. She will get better!
  
• Adopter home a lot and not gone long hours
  
• Aware of food aggression and how to handle. Experience with food aggressive dogs a plus.
  
• Eats very fast and uses slow feeding bowl
  
• Most likely allergic to chicken . She has no itching on Pro Plan Salmon/Rice for Sensitive Stomach/Skin for Puppies to one year old. Then there is an Adult line.
  
• Aware of car sickness and plan how to handle
  
• Has to be crated or destructive
  
• No Kids (includes kids that visit, grandkids, etc) as rough and no experience
  
• No Cats
  
  

We know this may sound like a lot but truly believe Diamond has an amazing family out there that she will make happy and will make her happy in return!!

Name: Diamond James
Breed: Boxer/Pit Bull Terrier mix
Sex: Female
Age: DOB estimated 4/7/2020
Weight: 51 pounds as of 11/12/20
Spayed/Neutered: Yes
Vaccinations: Up to date
Heartworm: Too young (testing is done at 6 months of age)
Houstrained: Yes
Microchipped: Yes
Medical:
- On 7/19/20, she broke her back left leg and had plate/screw surgery. On 9/1/20, she was discharged from Ortho Vet as bones were all healed.
- On 8/13/20, her left eye ruptured and was removed. That eye was small with many defects and she had no vision in that eye. She has depth perception problems since she only has one eye. On 9/4/20, she had an Ophthalmologist exam.He reported that her remaining eye has blood vessels that didn’t go away in development between the Iris and the Cornea. Her vision is like looking through a cracked windshield. She does have functional vision in that eye and it sure doesn’t slow her down. If there are no new eye problems in that eye or damage to her remaining eye, then prognosis is good.
- She had skin allergies/infections and would itch all the time. She has been on Pro Plan Salmon/Rice for Sensitive Skin dog food for 3 months and no more itching.
- She also has some motion sickness in the car. This may be due to her vision loss or she may grow out of it.

Adoption Fee:  $350.00

PLEASE - Think long and hard before adopting a puppy - consider the lifestyle change this puppy will come with - he cannot be crated for more than 3-4 hours at a time until he’s older, puppy proofing your home will be necessary, puppies scratch and nip so if you have small children, can they handle this?? Training will be so important in this puppy’s life, do you have the time??

Please review this checklist for socializing puppies - do you have the time - ask yourself before adopting.
https://drsophiayin.com/app/uploads/2015/12/Socialization_Checklist.pdf?fbclid=IwAR2pO6dNeaYtlGHI_N90XHWRYZU3qJMB58LzhJgFSdrvxpcPI8Oi7i7q7As

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