| Thursday, September 18, 2008 |
| Meet Bibi |
This is Bibi. She is a 3 4-year-old Boston Terrier. Edited to add: I was initially told she was 3, but I just found out she's 4.
Bibi was surrendered to rescue by her family when she bit a child. She wasn't particularly happy living with a dozen other rescue dogs, though, so I was asked if I would foster her for a little while. I was assured that she was not a biter by nature, and had been kept somewhat isolated from the family, outdoors in a dog run or in a crate most of the time.
Bibi seemed like a well-behaved, sweet-natured dog -- she knew a few commands and was eager to please and full of energy. Plus, she was adorable (if you like Boston Terriers, of course -- she's pretty much a textbook Boston). After a couple of days, we realized that it would make us sort of sad to give her up. We'd been thinking of getting a new dog anyway -- why not just keep her?
I named her Bibi (changing her name from Bugsy, which sounded far too gangster-ish) and bought her a new collar (she had come in one with a Harley-Davidson logo). Really, my only gripe so far is that she's developed a fanatical attachment to the living room couch and has no interest in spending the day sleeping in my office, despite the fact that there's a nice clean bed in here. If I make a move toward the front door, though, she gets incredibly excited; she loves going for walks, or more accurately, for runs. (She's small, but she's very, very fast.)
I'm hoping I'll eventually be able to convince her that she really wants to be here during the day, not in the living room. (Yes, I have tried keeping treats and toys in here.) But on the whole, it's nice to have a dog around the house again.
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posted by 125records @ 12:12 PM  |
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Aaaaagggggh.
I love Bibi.
Bibi!
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Rats. Paula already said everything the Bibi situation demands.
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Bibi (Andersson?) is as cute as can be! Can't wait to meet her!
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Congratulations on your new pup!
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Changed my feed reader, thought I had TCG sub'd, found out I didn't...so just reading this now. Congrats!
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She is very cute. We had a situation where our dog bit our child in the face, and it was reported to Animal Control, and he was labeled a Dangerous Dog, thus unadoptable. we were so sad to give him up yet aware that we would take a life threatening risk to keep him.
(he is back with his breeder and other dogs in his nuclear family)
Sooo--a long way of saying I'm really glad that a dog who bit got a second chance in a supportive calm environment.
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Aaaaagggggh.
I love Bibi.
Bibi!