A realtor happened to go check on a house that was being foreclosed on at the beginning of December, 2010. The people had already moved out of the house. While inspecting the property, the realtor discovered they had left behind a very young dog, on a short chain... no food, no shelter, no water... he was badly emaciated and left to endure the cold winter nights for Lord knows how long...
The realtor took this boy into the Vet to be looked over and checked out... he was estimated to be in between 9 and 12 months old. This very kind lady then got him into a temporary foster home while she reached out to Rescues including us, Pit Bull Happenings, Inc. While at the temporary foster home, he gained about half the weight he had lost. The realtor lady emailed us December 21, 2010 pleading for help and sadly at that time we were at our limit and unable to bring him into our Rescue. Thankfully the Angels at the Suncoast Animal League (SAL) stepped up and brought him into their Rescue.
They named this poor soul, Oliver. They made sure he was fully vetted, had him tested for heartworms which he was negative for, got him current on his vaccinations including rabies and after he got back to his normal weight they had him neutered.
The following pictures were taken while he was under the direct care of the great people of the Suncoast Animal League:
Oliver was ready for Adoption!! He's Dog Friendly, loves people, and loves to cuddle and play!! SAL found him a Foster to Adopt home on a few acres of land. However, he became intrigued with the horses they had and wanted to chase them. His new owners weren't sure how to correct this behavior nor did they have the time to train him to leave the horses alone and fearful he would get hurt decided it was best for his safety to return him to SAL.
SAL then reached out to us to see if we could help them by taking Oliver into our Rescue and fortunately, we were working a couple adoption applications and adopted out our PBH Rescue Dog Faye to a wonderful family, freeing up a spot for Oliver to come into our Rescue.
We were very happy to work with and help SAL. They are currently doing great things with a lot of different dogs needing medical treatment so they reached out to PBH to see if we could help. It's great to be able to help other Rescues and work together. The more we (Rescues) work together, the more dogs we may save... We have also added SAL to our webpage "Friends of PBH" as we are seeking out Friends within the Rescue Community!! Please be sure to check the Suncoast Animal League on Facebook!! SAL, like PBH ...here for the dogs! Actually, SAL helps all animals both domesticated and wild! True Angels! True Dedication! True Love for Animals!
Today, Oliver is now officially a PBH Rescue Dog and will be available for adoption on April 25, 2011. We have a mandatory minimum two week hold period for ALL New Intakes. This two week period affords us the opportunity to get to know the individual dog better, learn his behaviors, temperament, his limits, needs, etc... The individual dog will then have the time to tell us if he/she needs an extension on the hold period but as for Oliver, we are quite confident he's ready now but we are still going to wait the two week hold period out to get to know him better hence allowing us to better match him with a Foster or Forever Home!!
Pit Bull Happenings, Inc. ...here for the Dogs!
