About Batgirl

I need your help to help this dog. She is currently in Columbia, South Carolina, but we have a very short time to find a miracle for her. The short version is she needs a person who is: - a SOLID dog handler (she's an 80 lb linebacker with high prey drive). - No other pets in their home - No little kids (or household members that are more likely than not to leave a door or gate open) - LOVES dogs, even the knuckleheads. Ok, here's the longer version. Batgirl was in a shelter in my community for almost 2 years. For nearly a year, she was amazing. She was considered an easy dog, went out on daytrips to the beach and around town nearly everyday with different volunteers. Went out to the yard to play with groups of dogs. She was happy go lucky and easy going. Then she was adopted. 6 months later she was returned for getting into a fight over a bone with one of the other dogs. So back to the shelter she went. Then she was fostered for a little over a month but was returned. Back to the shelter. 4 months later she went out to foster again and this time the foster (same as previous foster) saw a very different dog. She had lost weight, she was sullen, she was reacting to things she did not used to react to (like the garbage man). Then she bit a guest in her foster home who had reached over her while she was asleep. It was pretty minor, but back to the shelter, and now with a euthanasia deadline. As is often the case, euthanasia deadlines can create panic and someone with a good heart and good intentions - all the way across the country in South Carolina - reached out to help. She was driven there and once there, it was clear this person was not at all equipped to handle a big, strong dog, nor did she have adequate fencing. Thanks to my amazing family, my cousins who live in the same town she was in (what are the odds?!) swooped in to help her. For the last month, she has been cared for by one of their co-workers, in a home environment. They fell in love with her in 20 minutes they said. That's easy to do. She has so many amazing qualities. But, they also have other pets, and kids, and a few days ago fencing failed, she scooted under the fence and went after their dog. Sadly, this home is no longer safe or appropriate for her and so she loses yet another connection. Batgirl's options are shrinking. She is such an easy to love dog, happy to see her people, loves being a couch potato, loves trips to the ocean that she took with her foster dad in Charleston . . . but unless you really, really know how to manage multiple dogs safely, she needs to be an only dog. She has some quirks too, and we can talk about those if you or someone you know is interested. She immediately loved the husband in her foster home and her foster mom said 'she's a guy's dog!'. She travelled with him 3 days out of the week while he was on the road for work. She loved that. She went to his job sites and met his co-workers and she loved that. And everyone in her new extended family loves her. But love is not enough. She needs consistent and structured management. Solid fencing, a strong enough handler to make sure she is not a threat to other dogs while being walked or out in public. This is the same dog that had California college kids taking her out for day trip every day in the shelter. We know she can get back to the happy go lucky dog she used to be. But she needs time, consistency, someone devoted to her and patient while she works through the emotional damage all of this bouncing around has created. She's frustrated and rightly so. Maybe you know someone who would love to have a best friend like this and can help her (I will provide guidance on what she needs to be safe and successful). She is currently in Columbia, SC and is boarding at my cousin's vet clinic. She is loved, spoiled and well cared for there - and they close in 2 weeks as the clinic has sold. She has a real short window of time for the person she's been waiting for to show themselves, scoop her up and help her be whole and happy again. If that's you (or even if you think maybe it could be) please reach out to me fast and let's chat.

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Richland County
Columbia, South Carolina

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Jill