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Austin,Tx- I am having trouble finding a good home for a dog I rescued! Female Pit Bull, any ideas?

I rescued a female pit bull about a year ago after she was found pregnant in an abandoned trailer. I have successfully rehomed all of her pups, and have worked with her a lot to get her to trust people again. She is an amazing dog! She is so sweet and loving, good with all of my other dogs, my cat, and both of our kids, ages 3 and 7. I have had her spayed, microchipped, vaccinated, on hw prevention, and am offering to supply everything needed such as food, 6 month supply of hw prevention, toys, bed, blanket, chews for a small adoption fee of only $50 which is a negotiable fee. I have posted an ad on craigslist, and on LuckyMutts Rescue website. I am having trouble finding her a good loving home because of her breed. Any ideas, or is anyone in my area interested in adopting a hug-a-"bull"? unfortunately, i am unable to keep her because I have 3 dogs of my own and have just returned to school full time so I cannot afford to foster her anymore. Also, my oldest male pit has begun picking on her and I do not want these arguements to evolve into full-blown fights...which they are bound to do with pitties. Plus, the reason I kept her so long was to help rehabilitate her and now she is more than ready to move on. And for "Rhonda C"...if there was any "professional" in the area that was willing to accept her, I would have been more than happy to let them handle it but since they all just wanted to put her down, I think you are wrong. She will not end up in a bad home, because everytime I rehome a rescued dog (and I have found homes for about 12-13 strays including her pups) I do interviews and follow up visits and check on the animals to be sure they are being taken care of. All of the animals I have rehomed are well taken care of. I make sure of that. Genevieve o (or anyone else who might be interested in adopting her), you can reach me by e-mail at austin_angel86@yahoo.com

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1. NEVER place a classified ad for pit bulls. This is how dog fighters get them. They set up their friends and family to play nice home type people. You need to go through a pit bull rescue. Call some humane societies and get referrals. You need to be really careful And NEVER place an unspayed pit bull. Guaranteed, will end up in dog fighting.
2. List her on PBRC.net with a detailed bio and pics of her with your kids / dogs / cats. Be sure you only place her with a male - do NOT place her with another female. And be sure she is spayed prior to adoption. Good luck. PBRC is your best bet for sure. You may want to bring her to obedience classes too to help her and promote her.
3. I live in Austin. Keep posting on CL; make sure you mention she is good with cats and kids! Take her to Town Lake dog park; inform people you meet that she is available for adoption. ** she already said the dog was spayed.
4. i think a good name for a rescued pit bull is chance, itll tell people shes a rescue and obviouslyshes giving hope to pit bulls
5. One poster here wandered why it was wrong for her to breed her "mutt". She will need to find homes for her pups. When she does that it shortens the chance for your little Pit Bull to get a home. Thank you for homing those pups, and trying to get this little girl a home. You are an angel. Wish I could take her, but I have cancer and unsure of the future right now. God bless you.
6. This is a good reason that it should be handled by professionals. Bet this dog ends up in a crappy home. And being fought or used as a bait dog. Truth hurts but she should have been spayed immediately and placed in a home that would be permanent and not juggled. To many kind hearted people get involved in something over their head with good intentions but that doesn't help the animal. I hear that at work every time I'm holding the animal so it doesn't struggle as the euthasol is injected into it to put it to sleep. I am not putting you down at all I think you are trying your best but unless you find a one dog home you are going to hear things like what you just said." I do not want these arguments to evolve into full-blown fights...which they are bound to do with pitties." I have 4 pitties that live together with a shih tu and a shih tzu mix and no there is no fighting aloud.
7. Contact the Humane Society or any other shelter in your area and ask them if they have anyone that's interested in adopting a Pit Bull. Is it possible you could keep her as your own dog, since you had her a year, anyway?
8. Networking can help. Try writing a short e-mail, similar to what you just posted here and adding a photo of her. Send it to friends you know who work in businesses where they can shoot out e-mails to their friends and co-workers. Ask that people pass the e-mail on. That may help to locate a good home for her. TY for rescuing her and doing all those great things for her!
9. Excellent job on the rescue. I can`t help you with the adoption but just give it time, you`ll find a good home for her.
10. I live in Garland Texas, and I would go get her if I had a good place for her. Unfortunately, I already own 6 pits. 4 of which used to be fighters. That person that said that people like you shouldn't get involved with the dogs is stupid. If it wasn't for you, the dog would probably have ended up dying or put to sleep. If you find a home for the dog, make sure you can get a phone number and an address from them. If the look at ALL suspicious in any kind of way, make sure to require them to send you pictures of the dog from time to time and make it so that you can go see the dog. That's what I did before Garland made it so you can't sell pups anymore. But I have 34 pups that I personally made sure would be good dogs, based on their parents temperaments and personalities, and I get pictures of them ALL the time in the mail, and any time I don't get pictures I call and make sure the dog is ok. Sorry I couldn't be of much help, and good luck finding them good homes.
11. no dogs left behind is a good place to take her they put an ad on the internet then when someone wants to adopte them the socity goes out to the house to make sure the animals get along and the living conditions they check in with the family every week and on the dog and haVE THE ADOPTERS SIGN A Contract saying if they can no longer take care of the dog to bring it back to no dogs left behind. no dogs left behind will never turn the dog into the humain society or shelter or pound
12. I agree never put a pit-bull ad anywhere,those dog fighters can be charming. I do know of people who take dogs,even rescue dogs,in. Also my mom is looking for a dog,we live in Austin.and she just loves pits.And you said that she gets along with other animals,she lives on 3 acres and her best friend is the lady who rescues dogs,so let me know.I'll talk to her,she'll say yes right away.
13. I Think It's risky Adopting out a Pitt yourself, sad, but I don't trust alot of people looking for these dogs, even if the dog is sweet they can always us it for breeding, I think your best bet is a breed rescue, where they have the time to do checks on prospective adopters, good luck,sound like you did a wonderful thing for her & her puppies.