This last March we had to have our black lab Casey put down because of a spine problem. That was very tough especially since he was on 6.5 years old. Shortly after he was gone my wife and I both decided that after about a year we were going to get a puppy pit bull and it was going to be female.
Fast forward one month. I came home early from work and was talking with my wife in the front yard when two dogs came running into my yard. One of those dogs was small and kind of bronze colored. She was super friendly and came right up to us wagging her tail a mile a minute. I was holding her and petting her and I noticed this terrible smell coming from her. I held her back to see what was up and it ended up that she had a collar on her that was super tight and had rubbed her her neck terribly raw and festering and was really putrid. The first thing I did was gently take it off her neck and then we took her inside.
My wife and I were looking at each other and I kinda gave her that look that said what do you think and she said yes, lets keep her. So first thing we did was takes her back for a bath and the tub was running red with the blood. Two days later I took her to the vet and have her checked out and get her shots started. The vet said that she had to be at least 4 months old as she had all her teeth in. She was pretty small and badly undernourished and she only weighed 17 lbs.
I took some pictures of her the day we got her and I am posting those and ones I just took the other day. By the way, she is a pit bull. Serendipity, kismet? Maybe help from beyond? Whatever, she is a sweet dog but also a terrier and has a ton of energy. She can be outside and made to run for a couple of hours and then you bring her inside and she still has a ton of energy. It can take awhile but when you finally get her settled down she pretty much just lays around, but it doesn't take much to get her wound up again. I just feel bad because we are going out of town and have to put her up in a kennel for about 10 days.