Location: South Central Kentucky

Adoption Fee: $75



Info:

This is Harmony; she's a 4 year old female pit mix, spayed, up to date on vaccinations, gets along with dogs and cats.

House trained - I take her outside to potty 4 times a day, typically at 8AM/12-1PM/5PM/9PM. She has never had an accident in the house.

Somewhat leash trained - she will pull at the start when she's excited but calms down if you make her sit for a second. 

Sometimes barks at people passing by outside - This is hit or miss, it appears to be a case-by-case basis and not a gender/race/size discrepancy. 



Personality:

Very playful, loves her toys, playing tug of war, fetch, and knows a small amount of commands such as "sit", "down", "up", "shake", "speak", and playing dead when you say "Bang" with a finger gun motion. 

Treat motivated, I keep some generic by the lb. treats from Rural King, collagen rolls/sticks, and peanut butter on hand for when she's being a good girl. She also loves pup cups from any restaurant and I will admit I do give her the occasional cheese burger when I haven't been able to give her as much attention as I'd prefer. You just have to ask her if she's "Ready to do some tricks?" and she'll hop to it.

Was raised in a 2-dog/2-cat household with her sister up until 3 months ago when my living situation changed, and has been alongside 2 older cats until now. She has only had one occurrence of showing any kind of food aggression - barking at my mother's cat a week or so after we moved in. She has never bit or otherwise harmed anything, but will tear up a stuffed squirrel like nobody's business. 



Backstory:

Harmony was born as a stray farm dog. My girlfriend at the time wanted to help her daughter's father rehome the strays that were born on his property. She ended up adopting her out to our neighbor who, at the time, we believed was a decent person. Over the next 2 years I watched her go from being an inside, heavily attended, seemingly loved part of their family to an emaciated yard ornament. It escalated to a point where we were giving her food & water daily because she simply was not being attended to and appeared to be on the brink of starvation. 

I will spare you some details, but Harmony ended up being abandoned in the back yard. We felt entirely responsible for her being in that situation, so we agreed we would take her in until we could find a suitable home for her. 

I have worked on rehabilitating her to the best of my abilities, but I am not a professional dog trainer by any means. She's since been spayed, gotten up to date on her shots, and no longer cowers in fear when approached. I'd like to start the process of finding a new home for her, one with someone more knowledgeable than myself and equipped to handle a dog that was abused as a young pup.

I realize due to my own personal problems I have waited well past the traditional "foster period", but ultimately I am not equipped to give Harmony the attention or active lifestyle she deserves. 

Please help me find a GOOD home for Harmony. Someone that will treat her as family and has the time/resources to invest in this incredibly good girl along with the knowledge of what caring for a previously abused dog entails.

Available for Adoption: Harmony