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Likes: Being with people and playing with other doggies, chicken broth frozen into ice cubes, nylabone, Kong with peanut butter in it
Pet-Peeves: getting wet, veggies, Breed Specific Legislation
Favorite Toy: beef knees, pig hoof clippings, squeaky stuffed animals, 2 tennis balls tied up in a sock is her absolute favorite
Favorite Food: Tuna, chicken, beef, NOT broccoli or veggies that aren't mashed up with something stinky like canned tuna
Favorite Walk: She's happy to bounce alongside me on our way anywhere. Trail runs & beach jogs are particular favorites!
Best Tricks: Tug, Sit, Down, Stay, Jump!, Stop, Up, Off, Come, Go, Look at me, Give and Leave It. The 5 minutes before dinner gets served, but it's been dished up seems to be a very lucrative training time.
Arrival Story: After my first pit bull died,I was bereft! I could barely get out of bed and knew that I needed someone to take care of. I missed how good it feels to make sure that a 4 legger has a great day, every day.
I chose a pit bull specific shelter in Oakland affiliated with www.badrap.org. She was at the shelter, but was not in a cage. They were letting her cruise around as their office dog along with an older male dog. She was very submissive, but did NOT want to go into a kennel with the other (noisy) dogs, so they didn't force her to. Get this: there were even two cats in that office and she smelled them, but did not fixate or chase or anything! It was wild. Her demeanor was very fearful, especially of the other dogs. Something in her sad eyes conveyed her utter vulnerability & I just had to make sure she never had a bad day again. She got spayed soon after and made the 5 hour drive down the California coast to her forever home in Santa Barbara on 7/28/06. Plus, I can go to the Bad Rap program's classes in Berkeley any Saturday that I'm in town. Note: they say that submissive dogs also need you to be the alpha, so I was already on the right track!
See www.spbr.org for details on raw feeding and lots of inspirational stories! Daisy can be seen there at http://www.spbr.org/feedback/feedb ack8.htm#dm
Bio: She was found starving & was at a severely emaciated 37 pounds on the streets of Oakland. Animal Control Officers believed she was used as a bait dog, a submissive dog without gameness, who brings out the dominance and fighting instincts in other dogs. Within 4 months of living & training with me & being raw fed, she filled out to 52 pounds and passed both her AKC CGC tests AND became a certified Therapy Dog. Now she's athletic, loving, joyful and silly. She has supervised doggie playdates every single day. We visit a local hospice facility each weekend where the 60+ advanced Alzheimer's patients pet her and occassionally even remember her name as one of their only words left. Daisy is a dream dog and a true breed ambassador. I'm prouder of her each passing day! Plus, I just love the upside cuddles that pit bulls are known for!
Forums Motto: Until there are none, save one.
The Groups I'm In: ****Staffies & Bullie breeds forever****, BARF or Raw feeders, Beautiful Pit bulls group, Bullies are Good Dogs, Bully Breeds & BSL, California Pitts, Cesar's Dogster Pack, Love My Pit Bull!!, Pit Bull Lovers, Pits "R" Us, Precious Pits, Raw Fed, Santa Barbara Pup Pals, Therapy Dogs International:, ~Royal Pits~
The Last Forum I Posted In: If you hate pitbulls please come here
Special Talents: She can relax enough to snore while she's still awake!
I celebrated my 3rd birthday and my 2nd anniversary in my forever home this weekend! Mommy invited 10 humans and 8 dogs over on Saturday. All the dogs have been on walks and outings in differenct groups and all the doggie parents were there, so things went very smoothly. The doggies wore party hats and engaged in lots of wrestling and flopping around for sure. I have playdates every day, but never with all my friends at once! I didn't know where to run or who to slide under first.
Check out some photos of it above. I wore pearls and a headband with a big ribbon on it to start with, but only my pearls lasted. Mommy even threw 5 stuffed animals into the yard at once for a major tug o war. Mommy made pigs in blankets as an appetizer for the humans and each doggie got a goodie bag from Petco for being so nice to me all year long. Since I was an emotionally vacant rescue dog at first and have blossomed into a bouncy joyful Therapy Dog, Mommy had a lot of thanking to do. Surrounding me with balanced people and dogs has changed my entire personality. It takes a village, right?
I collected presents and cuddles from every single person and doggie at the party, then as soon as the last guest left around 4:30 PM, I promptly went to bed for the night. Mommy let me snore away on the big bed for a few hours too!
I just have to share that after testing out 5 different wards in our local hospital, I've decided that my favorite is Pediatric floor. This week, I got to visit with a 9 year girl with cancer who let me flop upside down on her bed for almost 20 minutes while our moms talked. The girl gave me about 100 kisses on my nose AND scratched under my neck while I emitted a loud, very bulldoggish bbbbbpppprrrrr purr of contentment. Occassionally I stretched my arms toward her, but other than that, I could have stayed all day! How did she know how much I love to spoon?! She read my mind. I hope that I bring half the joy to the patients as they bring to me as a Therapy Dog!
This past Sunday, I went to do my "job", which is to visit the 60 or so residents of a local Alzheimer's facility. I was especially relaxed and happy on this day and the residents were so responsive! I got to lay (upside down of course) on 3 people's beds for about 15 minutes each while they scratched under my neck which is my all time favorite thing to do. One woman remembered my name, exclaiming, "Daisy!" when I came in and her attendant said it was the first lucid thing she had said in 3 days. Of course I wiggle waggled my bottom out of control when I heard my name, which is my signature pit bull move that always garners me tookus scratches, my other favorite thing.
In all, I think I collected about 80 kisses and mommy said I looked very pretty with all the different shades of pink lipstick on the top of my head which is very noticeable there since I have a white stripe up the middle of my face. At the nurse's station on each floor, she gives me a wipe down before we head to the next wing and each time the washcloth was pinker than before! Getting wiped with a washcloth is always my least favorite part of the day, but if it leads to more kisses, it is worth it. You should see how I cower though when I see mommy with a towel in her hand, you would think I get beaten with it. Mommy just started giving me a treat right after though, so I'm starting to not look so sad when I see a towel coming at me.
Oh yeah! Another bonus: I'm completely over my fear of elevators, which has been my longest lasting fear. Just in the past couple of weeks, I've been able to forget that I'm on one, as mommy runs me through my obedience paces: "Sit, Down, Stay, Come, Jump. . . " Obedience is a great way to distract me from scary things or to cure me of a fear in a certain place. It really takes my mind off the problem and helps build my confidence at the same time. So good news all around!
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