Honey Settles in...

Well, Honey has been at with her new family a week, today. She settled right in her first few hours home. Look at this sweetheart!

Her new family had their first case of the "zoomies" this week. Her new mom loves her so much! Honey still needs some work, she is a little rusty on manners since she really never had any!

We will keep you posted!

See this cute little bugger over there------------->

Well that is Frank when he was adopted and now 4 years later he needs a new home.

4 year old American Bulldog mix
House Trained
Crate Trained
Loves to take hikes in the woods
Good with larger kids
Not needy, independent but would like a close relationship with a family
Loves balls and toys to hike and run through the yard with

Frank is looking for a great new home, he has been with his owner since he was 8 weeks old, but due to a new baby, he is not getting the attention is needs. Rather than see his quality of life suffer, the family would like to see if there is someone who could love and enjoy his company as much as they have.
Frank has traveled the United States – twice! And gone swimming in both oceans. He is an avid hiker and great with his basic obedience and leash manners.
He will bark at strangers who approach the house to protect his family. He is a big fun guy, but would benefit from a person, couple or family that would make him an tight part of their circle. He is not dog aggressive or cat aggressive. Around other dogs, he generally ignores them to play with a log or toy.
He is a good bed buddy, and also does great on an outdoor dog run.

If you are interested in Frank, please call Janet at 540-937-6555 – to schedule a time for a meet and greet.

Honey, American Bulldog Available for Adoption

Honey has been adopted! Congrats to Eric and Rachel!
Honey has been adopted! ! Congrats to Rachel and Eric in Baltimore!
This beautiful girl is named Honey. Honey quickly outgrew her owners. Honey is a dog we rescued from a life of being tied to a tree. Her owners were well meaning but as she grew, they could not control her. She was forced to be tethered to a tree, sometimes getting loose and running the neighborhood. Honey definately recieved all the TLC a puppy needs, as she is very sweet and loves people. Honey is an extremely affectionate dog, period. She will lick you to death and wants to be a lap dog. She really had no formal obedience and did not walk on a leash well. She pretty much dragged anyone. Honey has been evaluated and began training and has been in foster care for a few months. Her foster family, who is very experienced with bulldogs, they have put a lot of work into getting Honey looking as beautiful as she does now. They have gracioulsy offered their obedience training services for our rescue as well. Honey is well on her way to becoming a well adjusted member of the family. Are you the family for her? Due the situation with her basically learning the ABC's of manners at one year of age, we will require a mandatory obedience contract with her adoption. We prefer her to be adopted in the MD/VA or surrounding areas. We will be checking in with her progress, and refuse to allow another family put her training on the back burner. Please do not apply if you are not 100% dedicated to training and making this dog a family member. You will not find a better group of people then the Old Glory gang to gather advice on training and American Bulldogs. Honey is spayed and up to date on her vaccines. Below is an update from her foster family, Old Glory American Bulldogs. We are currently fostering her and working on her manners. She does not display any symptoms of an abused dog. The woman who owned her was very elderly woman. She told me she loved her very much, but she was just overwhelmed with her energy and athleticism, as she changed from a puppy to an adult. That's why she was willing to foster her out to a rescue who could find the RIGHT person or family for Honey. For the last 3-5 months she was kept tied to a tree and did not have much human interaction. It is clear that she was loved and cared for when she was younger. She is one year old. The old woman's adult son had taken her to the vet for regular shots and check ups. She is in perfect health, Full of energy. And extremely SWEET. Honey is responding well to the obedience we are teaching her. So, if you are ready to give this pup a chance, please email Michelle at mdebbrr@aol.com

BSL-MD

A few of us created this yahoo group, BSL-MD@yahoogroups.com. There was a proposed BSL Bill, called #70-07 in Baltimore County. The details will follow my message. We were outraged with the SEVERE restrictions this bill was focusing on. Muzzling of pit bulls, outdoor kennels for pit bulls, mandatory insurance on the dogs. It was crazy. The proposer of this bill was steadfast in his decision and luckily the rest of the council did not feel the same.

On October 15, 2007. Pit bull owners united and we had a peaceful rally outside of the courthouse the day this bill was voted on. Here are some pictures from the event, courtesty of Alexis.

http://s49.photobucket.com/albums/f279/lexluv100/BSL_Rally/

EBBRR

Hello, thanks for reading our blog. My name is Michelle and I am a Co-Founder of Ethical Bull Breed Rescue and Referral. I have been doing Pit Bull and American Bulldog rescue here in Maryland since 1992. I started off volunteering with shelters and then moved on to helping other rescues with transports and then I started volunteering with an American Bulldog Rescue. Eventually it became time to start our own, which is EBBRR. (Ethical Bull Breed Rescue and Referral)

Originally the plans were to become a one, stop, shop for "bulldog type" breeds. We wanted to provide individual breed characteritics and information to help people make more informed choices. We also wanted to become a huge meeting place for all bull breed rescues to showcase their dogs. Unfortunately things snowballed so quickly, we really never had enough time to create the website we always wanted. I was not prepared to receive approx 500 emails a day, from all over the United States! There are so many dogs out there being given up and no one wants to take their dog to the shelter.....but they also do not realise we do this out of our homes. It really started to become depressing. After a few years of trying to save the world, I realised I can only do what I can do. Period. It was a hard adjustment and it certainly was a hard lesson to learn but I finally got it!

I have met a great group of friends doing rescue here in Maryland. I have a really nice partners and some great volunteers. Of course it is never enough. So email me if you want to help us out! mdebbrr@aol.com

Right now the rescue end of EBBRR is on hiatus. We are taking a much needed rest. The past 4-5 years have been really hard and I need a break!! I am focusing on rebuilding the website the way we wanted it and finalizing the non profit status of the group.

This will probably be a slow moving blog... but stick around or check back soon. I hope to have something that strikes your interest on here someday. *sigh*

Thanks for stopping by,
Michelle (mdebbrr)