hi everyone.. I finally get to post a pic of my baby gurl that I had named China. She's pit and shar-pei mix, and mixed with lab too I think.
One day in late '97, my Mother stopped by and had this cute wrinkly puppy with her. The pup originally came from my step-sister. I was instantly attached to the pup, and I think she liked me too. When my Mom left, the pup stayed with me.
I didn't lose anything to her chewing..she had plenty of toys (nothing with sqeekers), I had given her some old shoes (it just worked that she knew to keep her mouth off my shoes), and a couch cushion. She ended up putting a hole in the cushion n would hide her toys in there. She did mess up the blinds coz she had to be nosey, wanting to see what's going on outside.
She will still knock down curtain rods. Stuffed animals don't last long.. she isn't happy until she gets all the stuffing out.
She's dog aggressive towards other dogs, but she was great with the yorkie we had, and now Simon.. the lil dog in the pic.
I had wondered if Simon reminded her of Jasper (the yorkie). When we first got Jasper, she used to let him nurse off of her (altho she didn't have any milk.. she still never had any pups). She's motherly towards kittens too.
My neighbors who are guys don't trust her, they say she's crazy.. they won't even knock on my door.
As for kids, my daughter was 6 when I got her.. and my home has always been the hang-out so she's always been around a lotta kids. Outside she's very watchful over kids and she gets upset when she sees an adult walking towards them.. she'll do a mixture of crying with a bark here n there. After the person walks past the kids n is walking away.. she'll bark and bark and bark. I never tried to train that out of her. One time at a neighbor's house, she vocally warned a woman who was there. It make her stop and ask me if the dog was growling at her. Yep, I told the woman that I can't really apologize for my dog. She said the dog was just doing her job.. not a problem, she's a really good dog (I was glad she understood). She asked how I trained her to do that... I didn't. She was amazed that the dog was wanting to protect one of her children.
We humans can understand when a parent is parenting a child. But I think all my dog understood is this crying child (still in diapers) running away from an adult.. the adult is doing something to hurt the child. She was chasing after him with a belt (having something in her hand didn't help much) n was gonna beat him for going into the street. She didn't beat him with the belt that day.
One thing I did when it came to kids is have them give her treats.. sometimes carrot sticks which she luvs.