Puppy needs a home

Subject: Lucy

My neighbors, my wife and I were actually the ones that found Lucy, and Vivian has been a huge part of the collective effort to find her a home- we can't thank her enough.

Here are a couple of photos-



More than anything else, we want to find the right home for her. She is a great dog, she's beautiful (the pics are great, but don't do her justice), and she's healthy, so it's conceivable that we'll have multiple offers- in that instance, we might ask you to fill out a rescue/adoption application to ensure that she not only goes to a great home, but to ensure that the home is a good fit as well.

goddamnit, my apartment doesn't allow pets...........

pete_c wrote: Any idea how she'd play with other dogs?

She loves to play with other dogs, but she's very alpha.

PM me, I'd love to see her play with my pooch Stereo.

I met Lucy this morning. She is amazing! Friendly and sweet, listened to the woman walking and I saw her approach another dog on the street to play. Her coat is a beautiful silvery brindle.

I would love to take her but I have two obnoxious cats that I can barely handle.

Good Luck Lucy!

Nikki is being very modest about her role and her husband's role in caring for Lucy- it's not easy to find a good, responsible home for a pit bull, and I don't think that Lucy would have made it this far without the tremendous amount of help from everybody involved. That being said, everything that Nikki said about Lucy is dead on.

For an update-

Lucy was just spayed yesterday, she's a little sore and a little slow, but she's doing well. I think that this is going to take some of that puppy exuberance out of her! Don't get me wrong, she's still going to be plenty playful, she'll just be a little easier to control. And in this instance, I think that a little less humping is a good thing!

She really has come along nicely as far as discipline is concerned. She's a bit of a booger, in that she likes to test boundaries; she likes to see what you'll let her get away with. We've been pretty firm with her, as have the previous fosters, and she's SO much better about begging at the table, barking, jumping up, etc. Given a little more work, I think that it'll be eliminated almost entirely in situations when the behavior isn't appropriate (she is quite the guard dog, so I allow her a warning 'woof' when she hears noises at the door, etc).

She's pretty good on the leash, and she's gettin' better. We need to work on her dealing with distractions a little better, but she's not bad at all. She gets excited, but not uncontrollable, when she sees potential playmates.

Overall, I think that the biggest factor in her progress, her continued development, and desirability is (as Nikki said) her desire to make her master(s) happy. For non dog owners, this may sound stupid, but when you... reach an understanding with her, she really aims to please.

I wish I had another room, so I could take her home. The room would have to be filled with non-destructible things, of course. (Lucy is a sweet animal, but she's not getting near my leather chair.)

I do recall meeting Deuce and Butter! If you see Stereo (red collar, brindle legs, white blaze on front, pit at the head and maybe greyhound in back, he's kind of an El Camino of dogs) I'd love to get a face to another neighborhood dog-owning DHer.

nybt wrote:
She's actually been really gentle on the furniture! I was expecting that she would just be a friggin' wrecking ball, but she's caused almost zero damage in our apartment... She'd like to climb on the couch and chairs, but we told her not to, so she doesn't... and she's shown no inclination for chewing on anything other than her toys/bones/hoof. The only thing that she's done thus far is scratch up a door a little bit. We're keeping our cats on the other side of the apartment, and she was a little curious about 'em... curious enough to open the door to see what was going on. Yeah, if you have levers instead of knobs, she'll stand up and open 'em... to her credit, she hasn't tried again since she found out that I'm not exactly happy with her opening doors.

And it's hard to forget Deuce and Butter! With the two of them and Lucy walking together, I tell ya, peds part like the Red Sea...

Oh, and if any of ya should see Lucy being walked by a ne'er-do-well, it's probably me! Feel free to introduce yourselves- I'm a curmudgeon, but Lucy likes to socialize.

how's lucy doing?

Subject: Lucy Update

Just wanted to add a little bit on Lucy...

We've taken her to the enclosed dog park at Brooklyn Heights about 3-4 times now (with Butter and Deuce). She's done great each time. She makes quite an entrance with her enthusiasm. Then, she just loves playing. She'll chase whoever is running, then, when she catches them, just kind of say "hi" and goes on to the next runner. She's had a few great games of chase with some other fast runners, big and small dogs included. If a dog is playing fetch, she loves to do a modified version of joining in. She'll watch the person throwing the stick/ball, then run with the dog going to fetch. She'll never try to take the item herself, but just watches eagerly to make sure the other dog is doing what it is supposed to do (pick up the treasure!) and then eagerly runs back alongside the other dog to watch the process all over again. Aside from any human that is helping with the fetch game, she largely ignores people at the dog park in favor of dogs. She's started to keep her eye on my husband and I just a little, but she is much more focused on PLAYING.

She wrestles really appropriately with the dogs who initiate that play, and is really great with the other puppies who have 1/10 of her strength. All in all, she just loves playing. She never causes any problems. However, she does like to go 'correct' any dogs who seem to be in a little scuffle, but she's not alone in that regard and does no harm.

We've had a number of people the dog park ask about her and show interest. We're hoping one turns into reality. Meanwhile, we know each trip is really great for her. So if you see 2 people packed into a little hybrid civic on the weekends, with three dogs in tow (one in the front seat!), try to label us good samaritians instead of crazy dog people. We do get lots of strange looks:)