Hi guys, My husband and I were driving out in the country this afternoon on our way home from visiting my grandfather who just had a pacemaker put in, and saw a white Pit Bull (looks like a puppy; we aren't sure) walking down the side of a fairly busy road. It was very emaciated and looked like it was scavenging for food. We discussed it and turned around to check on the dog. We pulled up to the dog and I called out to it and it wagged it's tail but cowered. I got out of the car and went over to the dog slowly, and she just laid down and rolled over. She was clearly starving, and not in great shape. She also looked like she had been nursing puppies, although I can't tell how long. We couldn't find any puppies nearby. We decided to take the dog home with us. We figured that even if she did have puppies, she couldn't take care of them if she gets hit by the cars that were driving by at 70+ mph, or if she starves to death. Although I'm sad we had to leave her puppies (if there were any), I feel like we made the right decision. We stopped by Walmart and bought wet food and water and dishes and fed her on the trip and she's now home with us. We may or may not keep her. My husband has always wanted a pit bull; he thinks they are beautiful. But we already have two dogs, and I don't know how they'll accept her. She's completely docile, but one of ours may give her trouble. So far so good; our two are in the dog run right now and aren't growling at her. I am going to try to see if there's a Pit Bull Rescue here in Dallas. If we don't keep her, I don't want to adopt her out myself or turn her over to any shelter because of her breed. I don't want someone to adopt her just to try to breed her or fight her. She looks and acts as if she's already been treated badly enough. We are going to take her to the vet and have her checked out, probably wormed, and given a pill to dry up her milk. Does anyone have any advice as to how we should care for her? Anything else we can do for her?
Thanks, Wendy ____________________________________________________________________________________ Cheap Talk? Check out Yahoo! Messenger's low PC-to-Phone call rates (http://voice.yahoo.com)