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 Thank you, everyone for your support during this horrible time.     
Ok, so I thought things were bad this afternoon, but now I can't even think straight.  I wonder about the IQ of some AC officers, but that's another topic.
Mike called the police dept. to talk to the officer that took the incident report from our neighbor.  AC had misunderstood the officer on the radio, and they have been looking for a stray black lab, right?  Mike asked him about that and there is no stray black lab.  The police said the neighbor pointed out a tan lab(?), and then he followed it back through our fence.  They now think that our Grace (tan golden retriever) is the dog that started the fight with the Shih Tzu.  So, now Timber is gone and we are faced with the possibility of having Grace branded a viscious dog and all that goes along with that: kenneling, muzzling, criminal liability if she gets out of the yard, etc.  My daughter is heartbroken; Grace has been her dog for 6 years and we don't see how Grace could just flip like that.  She and Timber have always played hard together, and Timber was starting to try to be alpha.  The neighbor lady is elderly, and I know she's very upset by all this, so perhaps she misunderstood the severity of their fighting and the little dog got caught in the crossfire. I'm grasping at anything.  I just don't know.  It's all so awful.  We have no idea what will happen tomorrow.  The officer said he may not come by to make a positive ID of the dog.  None of us heard anything or saw anything take place, so we have no defense.  It's all in the hands of the police and the neighbor.  So we pray, and we wait, and hope that the situation doesn't get worse.  Thanks, BPO, for your love and support.  I appreciate you all.
Have any of you had anything similar happen?  I feel so alone right now, like I'm the bad dog mom that can't control my animals.  I just can't believe that this is how my day went.  Can I have a do-over, please?

I got home from work today after a stressful day, and wouldn't you know it, more stress was waiting for me just over my backyard fence. 
There's a 6mo. male pit bull puppy in the neighbor's back yard.  It belongs to the (ex?)boyfriend. 
I heard this pup crying at her back door this past weekend and found that he had NO food for I don't know how long (several days since the BF was kicked out), and NO water available. No one was home. So, I took him a big scoop of food and found a bucket for water.  He was so happy to eat!  That was 4 days ago, and today the water bucket was filled with yard clean up, the food bowl was overturned, and I realized the last time he ate was when I fed him.  I am SOOOOO angry it makes me sick to my stomach!  He's sweet tempered and craves attention, but the last pit that lived over there killed my daughter's cat. My neighbor's not at all interested in the dogs in her yard.   I am not anti-pitbull.  I AM anti-stupid-macho-male-pitbull-owner who thinks it's cool to put the biggest chain possible around their dog's neck and parade around town with it, and let it get into fights with other dogs just to prove his 'manhood'. Then when the dog's not being 'shown', it's neglected or worse, to make it mean.  There's a lot of that going on in our area.  It's a gang status thing. 
I called animal control.  I really despise irresponsible dog owners.  Thanks for letting me rant. 

I has been said that this place is addictive...th ere is much truth in that! Because of the support of all of you, it was easy to say YES! when we got a call from friends this week, asking if we would like to rehome their one-year-old male Siberian Husky.  I had met the dog in Feb. (before we got Annie) and told them offhandedly, "If you ever need to find him a new home, let us know first."  Well...they did.  I took Hubby to meet him (love at first sight!), then we slept on it.  Hubby's biggest concern was  "THREE dogs?!?!?  I don't know about THREE dogs!"
 
We now have THREE dogs!

Hope the video & pic works!

Introducing: Timber



Grace & Timber meet:

I apologize for the poor quality of the video, it came off a cell phone.

Hi, All! 
Seem like several of us are having puppers with tummy/booty problems.  Annie is having diarrhea.  What do you all do for it?  I think she may be reacting to her food switch.  I thought I was going slowly with the change, but now this (it started yesterday).
She had her morning treats, but no reg. food yet today.  She's just been sleeping a lot.  Can you give a big dog Immodium?

Hi all,
I am wanting to adopt a rescue Saint female, 5-yrs.  I have found her, though we haven't met.  We have two indoor cats and a golden retriever female, also 5-yrs.  How are Saints with cats?  Ours are not agressive, but will take a swipe at the dog if she's bothering them to play.  Does the breed generally tolerate (ignore?) cats and other small animals?  I know there will be an adjustment period.  I had a female Saint as a teenager, but we didn't have cats then.  Any input from experienced Saint & cat parents?  Thanks!