Pitbulls Used to Be Considered the Perfect "Nanny Dogs" for Children --

[LWolf]

338. I can't read any of that,

so I'm not sure what she is supposed to prove.

She likes people and is friendly. She's also very territorial. She's had minimal training, but she responds to both voice and hand signals. She does not jump on furniture or chew things. She is not destructive. She does not chase cats, chickens, horses, or other livestock. She gets along well with other dogs and cats, and with free ranging chickens. She WILL happily chase rabbits and songbirds. The rabbits think she is a joke.

She has spent her life on trail rides with me; sometimes alone, sometimes with others. She ranges around me in a circle, never leaving my line of sight. She's been known, when I'm riding with a large group, to stay mostly at tail guard, except the periodic times she trots to the front, where she sits, watches each rider go by, and then takes up the tail end again.

She regularly goes out for 4-5 hours at a time, and has been known to do twenty miles on the trail without a problem with her foot pads or anything else. She just turned 10. In the last year, she started needing help to jump into the bed of the 4wd truck; she'll jump, and I'll provide hands for her back legs, that didn't quite make it, to push off of. Other than that, she is as energetic and able as she was her very first year.

She will not run away. If the gate is left open, she'll stay home and keep watch over her territory.

Her only flaw is her excess undercoat. She sheds 365 days a year, leaving enough hair each week to stuff a small pillow. That undercoat, if we're not careful, can form a dense mat that even sheep shears struggle to get through. She stays comfortable through rough winters, but is high-maintenance when it comes to grooming.

I don't know what the FCI would think of her, but she's spoiled me to the point I don't think I'll ever want another dog.