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Bronco was purchased and kept in a back yard until we
received him into the rescue October 2007. We had a hard time finding him a foster
home at first so he was boarded for 78 days. He was also extremely unhealthy and
skinny.
The vet/boarding bill at this point was $1,789.10.
He went to his first home they loved him he was around
children but he was only there for two days because their female Labrador decided she wanted to be an only dog.
Bronco’s was placed immediately into a foster home and I was
called within 24hrs because he decided their small dog was a toy and
picked him up in his mouth and took him outside to play.
Bronco was then picked up and went to his next foster home.
I call him the Weim Whisperer. While Bronco was staying with him the
4th foster family saw Bronco and wanted to foster him or adopt
him. The 3rd foster was
ok with that.
This is a note from his 4th
foster family.
I took Bronco in the first week of January,
I took him as a foster with the intentions of keeping him. He got
my attention when I went to get my Mia from Craigs
after our holiday trip. I sat down to say hi to Mia and he flopped
into my lap, he was so full of personality and so loving. I had to
have him!! We then soon discovered that the dog knew NOTHING, not
his name, was not potty trained, counter surfed, right in front of you
and he didnt care (counters, tables, the trash
can and not just for food, he took things and tore them up.
In general I think that Bronco is gonna be a
good dog and if I did not have my youngerst
daughter I might have been able to stick it out with him a little
longer. Bronco has 2 sides to him, one is
a sweet baby boy that just wants to be loved. On his sweet side, I
know he liked being here and he wanted to be here, he adored the
kids and Mia. He was of course completely spoiled while he was with
us. We were able to teach him his name, to come (for a treat) and
sit in front of us. To sit, sit for leash on and off, sit til I get ur food in the bowl.
Paw, then tell him to switch, and he will.
Lay down, with a treat to the floor, it is actually pretty cute.
Take it nice and he is very gentle. He loves to go in the car and
he rides very well. I had him going to and from the car without a
leash and one day he decided to take off, so he was back on the leash.
Potty.......ish, from day one is would just go
when and wherever he felt like it, he would go again by the time we got
the first mess cleaned up, it was very frustrating. Jocelyn and I
even considered taking him to the vet to make sure there were no medical
reasons for his bathroom problems and just aout
the time we got it all set up take him he started going to the door and
indicating when he had to go, I think it was Valentines Day, I was so
excited and proud, that was short lived, maybe 2 weeks of no
accidents and constant good boys and he just started going in the
house. I would take him out stay with him watch him go and the
minute he would get back in the house he'd just go...on the stairs, in my
bedroom, livingroom, diningroom,
literally wherever he was he would just stop for a second and go.
Now the dark side,as
much as he adored Mia he was beyond jealous. I counldn't
so much as pat her on the head in passing and he would immediatley start barking in her face, jumping on her
and biting at both of us, I would try to push him away when I wanted a
moment with Mia or I'd try to love on them both at the sametime (that would tend to calm him a little but he
still didn't like her having any attention). Even if my husband was
petting and loving on him if I would pet Mia he'd come unglued.
With my youngest daughter, my biggest concern, Jade is almost 10 years
old but the size of the average 6 year old. He loved her and they
loved to play but he would get very carried away and hurt her.
example: We were at the park one day, he started playing with the
girls Jade and her friend) and then he suddenly grabbed Jade, with
his paws, threw her to the ground and then grabbed her, thank god, to big
sweatshirt and started thrashing her around over and over, she got
away from him and they ran to the fence and started to climb it while
screaming for help. Jade would get up every morning and the second
she came out of the bedroom he would be grabbing at her (with his mouth),
it got to where I had to push in front of her and get her past him and
down the stairs to the kitchen before he'd let up.
I cannot have anyone over he jumps all over them at the door and they do
go home with bleeding scraps and scratches.
He seems to respect my husband the most, although he is 6'6 and
265lbs. When we couldn't get him under control, Jay would get up
and get in his face and that would usually put an end to it. With
me, he wanted love and the dark side, he would
jump all over me although I could get him under control, usually if you
grab his collar he'll stop. With the teenage daughter, well she
just wanted him to be her baby and as long as she was babying him he was
great! But a guy came over to take her to the movies and we were
not home, the minute he came in Bronco was all over him and yes he went
home with wounds and scared (it's ok, he gets a hi-five we didnt like the boy, lol)
When he brought Megan back we were all home and the poor boy all but
hugged the door. Bronco did nothing and Megan told him it must be
because I was there. I invited him in and he declined stating he
just wanted to make sure Meg got in ok and he left. (he
was clearly afraid of the dog). Jades skate coach and kids came
over, she is 4'11 and her kids are one a little bigger than Jade and one
a little smaller, I had to hold him the whole time they were here to keep
him off of them, the minute I'd let go he'd jump on them and start biting
at them, these guys have a big dog and shouldn't have had to be afraid
but they were.
At the dog park, oh shoot he loves it there!! He is very
independent at the park, he is friendly to the
other dogs and usually looks for the largest ones to play with. He
doesn't pay too much attention to the people including us. At first
we took him out everyday with treats and let him just run, we would call
him in the middle of games or exploring or whatever, so he would learn
his name and his people. When it was time to go we would call them
both over to get them leashed, it was working great!! Then he decided to
start ignoring us to the point to where Jay would have to chase him and
lead him by the collar to the gate to get him leashed.
Bronco loves and need toys, good sturdy toys he also loves all treats (he
is a weim).
He also has found a way out of the backyard, I live on a golf course, the
golfers really don't appreciate that, then one day he went into a
neighbors yard and apparently when the guy went out there I guess
to let his pitbull out, Bronco went into total
attack mode, hmmmm. The guy came to my
door pissed to say the least, I went out the back gate and indeed he went
out his door, or tried to, and Bronco wouldn't let him out, he was
barking aggressively and jumping at the guy, never paying attention
tot he pitbull standing by. I got him to
the fence and held him by the collar so that my oldest daughter could get
around his yard and get him for me. We appologized,
but that was pretty much the last straw.
Now do I think that he is aggressive or just rough, yes he is also very dominating. Do I think he is unadoptable,
no, I feel that with a strong hand and no other kids or pets he'll be fine. Oh and in need of training, this poor dog
was tied up outside and has no indoor or pet manners. If he get some work I think he'll make a great pet for the
right person.
I picked up Bronco from his 4th
foster family on 3/13/08.
It is $15 a day for his
boarding. So that is $180 as of
today 3/25/08. I made arrangements
for Bronco to get traded with another dog in the Southern California
Rescue because they have their own facility, volunteers, etc. They asked me for a write up on Bronco. I sent them the information above and
they changed their minds and decided not to take him into their
rescue. I am at a loss. I need a place for him to go that they
can work with him. He can be a
great dog but he needs to be with an experienced dog person,
training. I have an option for
$1100.00 from a training that will work with him for 30 days but we can’t
spend that kind of money when we could save multiple adoptable dogs with
that money. Plus we have vet bills
to pay for Angel and her puppies.
If I don’t get some sort of
action plan or know that Bronco is going to a person or place that can
help him I will have to put him down.
I really hate to do that but I don’t really have another choice
but to put him to sleep.
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