Yippee! Finally!
I thought I’d post this as a kind of closure because of all the “Should I get a dog?” threads I’ve posted around here. I have really appreciated all the advice and am very excited to be part of the community of Dog People!
His name is Jimbo, he’s a beautiful 70-lb red nose pit bull, built like a beer barrel with a head like an anvil, and the sweetest personality you’ve ever seen. Amber eyes, giant feet, floppy ears. From above he looks like kind of like a dog version of a football player in full armour. He looks like he might have some bulldog in him because his elbows bow out instead of pointing back (because his chest is so big), and he’s got all kinds of loose skin on his face and back. I haven’t heard him bark yet, but when he clears his throat it’s like thunder so I expect he has a great loud booming voice when he feels it’s necessary to use it. (Also he’s got prominent nipples, which strikes me as strange for a male … but hey, he doesn’t seem to mind.)
He thinks I’m the bees knees and although he is humungous and solid muscle I have not had any trouble controlling him (even when he pursued my friend with relentless amorous intentions the other night … I’m told it happens after a neutering sometimes.) He sits and lies down when I tell him, now we’ve just got to get started on the "stay"s. It probably helped that I first met him when he was still groggy from his anasthetic, so I could establish dominance when he was too weak to fight back. Yay me! I am the top dog! Now he follows me all around the house and sleeps on the floor beside my bed (he started out climbing in with me, but he seems to prefer the floor.) When I’m sitting still he is a giant dogskin rug on the floor at my feet. I’m amazed at how chilled out he is, considering he hasn’t had a proper walk while we’ve been waiting for the stitches to heal.
He came through the pit bull underground railroad, someone pulled him out of a shelter before he was euthanized because I said I could take him. I can totally see why people collect pit bulls under the circumstances. (Pit bulls are heavily regulated in this province now.)
I am working on obtaining pictures, I don’t have a camera so I have to get the stars to align properly before I have some to share. Take my word for it, though: he is beautiful. I’m totally smitten.
