A while back, commentor Dee Loralei asked me to put up a bleg:
I’m in desperate need of someone to rescue a great Border Collie, a three year old female, her name is Elliot and she’s a super terrific dog who needs a new loving home. She keeps picking fights with a female pit bull she lives with and she keeps losing those fights. Tonight for at least the third time in the last year she has picked a fight and has had to go to the ER Vets to get stitches…
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We’re in Memphis, and I’d be willing to drive say 700 miles to deliver this dog to a good, loving home. Can anyone here help? She’s a super dog… And she’s smart as a whip, mostly trained and mostly mellow. But she picks fights with the other female dog in her pack. She needs to be an only dog, or at least an only female.
Elliot’s still looking for a home that will appreciate her, and after yet another ER visit, she’s up on Craigslist:
I have sweet 3 year old border collie mix, female, spayed, up to date on shots. I rescued her when she was a puppy. She needs someone that can handle her energetic strong willed self. She has become more dog aggressive and food aggressive. She barks and gets excited easily outside but inside she is calm unless another dog is around. I want her to go to a home that someone can help her. She probably needs to be an only pet or on a farm with lots of room to run. She is okay with my cat until she comes near her food. I will screen all applicants. I want her to go to someone that knows what they are doing I will check vet references and home life. She needs so much time and training but she is worth it. No re-homing fee just a forever home please.
For the sake of non-dog-experienced eavedroppers, I will add: Elliot’s “issues” are just what you’d expect from a smart, strong-willed female dog with memories of being a rescue puppy. She wants things to be done correctly, she’s possessive about valuable resources like food and attention, and she’s not gonna take any lip from another alpha bitch just because she’s outweighed and outgunned. In a home where she can get the exercise & attention she craves, Elliot could end up as a star performer.
Please contact me at [email protected], or click on my name near the top of the right-hand column, if you want Dee’s email.