Hi.  We’ve renamed Sheba to Ouija (like the board).  It’s turning out to be a perfect name for her…entertaining and yet full of Voodoo under the surface.  
 
She was grumpy and sullen for about a week because she missed your house so much.  But she has recently come into her own life here in NJ.  Still she has a nasty habit of ransacking my house almost immediately after I walk out the door.  Even to get the mail.  Nick can come and go, but it seems she can’t leave me.  So she now goes to “doggie daycare” 3 days while I am at work and comes home exhausted from swimming and playing all day with the rest of the dogs. She loves it and jumps right out of the car in the mornings when I drop her off.

Ouija does enjoy the beach.  We go in the evening to beat the heat with my neighbor’s dog, Jack, and they are totally in love (picture attached). On the beach they are inseparable and run and romp continuously.  They totally ignore any other dogs that might want to join in.  The saying is “a tired dog is a happy dog” so I let them play most evenings until they practically fall over.

If I go in the water Ouija doesn’t mind joining me even with all the waves.  She turned out to be as surprisingly good swimmer.  It’s funny to see her big head bobbing around in the surf as she paddles around.  We can’t wait to go on vacation and see how she does at the lake house.  We think she might dive right off the dock with us.

She also starts a beginners training class next Saturday to hopefully learn some commands and help feel more secure. Hopefully it will also help to combat the separation anxiety. We know she can learn and have been able to teach her “sit” and “lay-down” but she needs a lot more work with “stay” and “come”.   We’ll see how that works out.

So all is good here.  She still has some issues to work out but is very well adjusted and happy. We are totally amazed at how non-aggressive she is.  As they put it at daycare “She’s a big mush.”  She fits in well with us and we were lucky to get her.  Thanks for your work at the rescue.

Carolyn

Quija’s photo album

  July 23, 2010   Hi Kim, I just wanted to let you know that we had to put Grace to sleep on Friday night. She was just not doing well and was not herself anymore. She spent all Thursday night awake and sitting down, I think so that she could breathe better, because she… Read More

Note from Jodi to webprincess- This is from Danny (Colleen’s son) about Sammy who they called Hope. She came from the CACC and was being supported by a feeding tube. She couldn’t even handle the small amount of food given to her through the tube. She was yellow. It was too late. Can you please… Read More

    I just want to thank you so much for allowing us to have this amazing dog. I am so happy I was able to find such an awesome rescue to help out. I will definitely be giving your information to other people that are interested in American bulldog breeds.  Jax is getting so… Read More

We realize it’s been a couple of weeks since we updated our site but to be perfectly honest, nothing much has changed…..We still desperately needs donations and foster homes to save these sweet and sensitive goof balls. We’re still getting inundated with owner surrenders and dogs about to be euthanized at animal shelters and there’s… Read More

Hi everyone, As usual, it’s been a long week of e-mails and phone calls from shelters about to euthanize American Bulldogs and owners that want to surrender their loving dog because they can no longer keep them. This is a 24/7 job and we all volounteer our time and money to try to save as… Read More

Another whirlwind week!!! Pickles is on her second surgery, her pin slipped and she is under anesthesia as we type. The phone calls to surrender family Bulldogs, calls from shelters with dogs on “The List”, calls from people reporting abuse. It never slows down. People who are moving are calling giving us less than a… Read More

It’s been a overwhelming, grueling week. We have had about 20 e-mails a day from shelters, and families that need our help. Umteen phone calls and no place to put these Bulldogs in need. Florida took in 3 new dogs, Maryland took in 5 and Pennsylvania took in 3. If you can open your home… Read More

Our deepest gratitude goes out to our volunteers. Without them, ABR doesn’t exist. Thank you to all of our area reps, our foster homes, transporters and to everyone who has made such generous donations. Please be sure to visit our adoptables link for more of our available dogs. Thanks for visiting and as always, we… Read More

Greetings everyone! We’re taking a break from the weekly website updates. We will posting updates on our Facebook page. Be sure to check it out!

        Happy Tails:   Hey guys, it’s me Hula Girl with my new BFF. Check out my Happy Tail. Rocco Paco here! I’ve been adopted.            

    Hi Jodi, I just wanted to thank you for working with our family to find the perfect dog. Hula has become part of the family and is giving back as much love as she gets.  Our daughter is fascinated with Hula and they get along famously. I have attached a picture of the… Read More

  Happy Independence Day everyone!!!!! This is a partial update with probably more to come over the weekend. We haven’t heard from our MD folks as of yet but wanted to go ahead and get this posted since it’s a long weekend. We know we sound like a broken record, but we truly need donations…. Read More

  Jack with his foster mom, Mary, and his newfurever little humans   Hi  Carey!Just a quick note to say thank you for everything you’ve done to help with Jack!  We got home last night and could not be happier.  He is THE best pup for our family.  I do not even think we could… Read More

It is with lasting thanks that American Bulldog Rescue would like to acknowledge the following people for their generosity and thoughtfulness: Karen Downey Tonni DuMoulin Naomi Recore Lisa Curtis Brown Janet O’Mara Kihm                                            … Read More

An older, tired-looking dog wandered into my yard. I could tell from his collar and well-fed belly that he had a home and was well taken care of.   He calmly came over to me, I gave him a few pats on his head;  he then followed me into my house, slowly walked down the… Read More

    “Max”, “Max”, “Max”… what is there to say about this rebellious teen trapped in a dog’s body. I know he’s only a year and a half old, but he acts more like a teenager than a two year old. Yes, I equate him to being a child, just as I do with his… Read More

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