About Chopper

Hi. This is Chopper. On mother's day we brought her home. She was brought to us by someone who was a family member to her deceased owner. However I found her story in an instagram account who said to be a rescue organization. We were told a whole lot of a different story than what the website I found her Said. Never the less she was such a sweet girl when we met her and as soon as we brought her home we noticed that she was not ok with cats, She is aggressive towards other dogs, didn't understand basic commands, didn't know how to eat out of a bowl or drink, dragged people on walks, was not potty trained and forgot almost instantly the people in the house, and had an issue with people entering her space(living room) now, I have been working with her to the best of my abilities, mind you I know closed to nothing about dogs my old buddy Bob died a year ago after 14 years of pure love and devotion but he was a very submissive, passive dog, so I never had to try hard with him. While chopper has improved so much, she now tolerates the cats, understand basic: sit-down and wait, walks next to you on a leash the whole barking to the rest of the family has not improved at all. My kids have to announce themselves at the top of the stairs and I have to answer them so she's ok with them entering the living room. Yet still growls and gets uncomfortable. My husband it's a whole other story. She definitely doesn't like him, growls everytime he gets up from the couch or enters the home after work or comes near me. Last night the living room had only the TV r̩flexion as light. My husband got up went to the bathroom next to the living area and when he came out she growled and he startled triggering her. she launched at him with a violence I've only seen on TV. It took myself my 18 year-old son and my 16 year-old daughter to yank her of his arm. He ended up in the hospital with stitches in 3 different places and many tooth and paw scrapes on his body. I'm sure my leg might be injured as well. And even so, I still believe THERE ARE NO BAD DOGS in this world. There is only idiots like us, who can't handle them and monsters who abuse them. My husband wants to just take her to a shelter but I believe she deserves so much more than that. She didn't ask for her human to die and leave her, she didn't ask to be left abandoned on a lot in the LA heat for 2 years with little to none human contact. You can tell in her eyes how hard she tries and how much she can love and how much she's probably endure. We have given her all the medical attention she needs with exception of a tooth that might need to come out but it's not a must and we are waiting for her to have her menstruation or not because the vet can't tell if she has been fixed or not. When she came to us she was over weight, with high thyroid and a phantom pregnancy, she has been semi nesting since but has calmed down alot. She's definitely lost some weight. I home cook her meals and add some dry dog food as well as exercise. I can see how much she's improved which is why I know that I probably have helped her but I'm no longer the right person for her. I have no idea how to treat past trauma on a dog. I'm riden with ptsd, bipolar depression and anxiety myself. Which is even more of an example of why I'm not her right fit. Not to mention my husband will probably kick us both out of the house if I refuse to give her up. Please, please, please help her. Please find this girl a chance. Thank you for reading and God bless your cause.

Los Angeles County
Santa Clarita, California