Fezzik

It's way easier to have a Pit Bull than a Beagle hanging around the house.

Waaaay easier.


Our rescue group pulled Fezzik from the pound Monday morning and took him to the vet for shots, a bath, a behaviour assessment, and basically the whole nine yards. We picked him up on Monday evening. I was on edge all weekend - nobody knew anything about this dog. It wasn't that I was worried about him being one of those mythical "evil Pit Bulls" that I've heard about in the news and yet have never EVER seen in person - it was just so... unknown.

Was he housebroken? Would he be scared of us? Good with cats? Good with dogs? We have to keep him separate from us for ten days - would he destroy the room we put him in? Would he bark incessantly for the entire ten days? Would there be some disaster we hadn't even considered?

We showed up at the vet's office with high hopes. They brought him out to the front, and within one and a half seconds of seeing him, almost all of my trepidation melted away.

He came bouncing goofily out at a high speed, smiling and slobbering at everyone. The vet tech let his leash drop and he went flying past the office cat, acknowledging him with the merest of glances. He wanted to be petted by everyone, but could not bring himself to hold still long enough for this to happen.

The drive home was uneventful (if a bit slobbery), and he has been in quarantine in our mudroom for two days now. Eight more to go! We can walk him and spend time with him out in his room, but he's not allowed to interact with our dogs until his quarantine is up. It's haaard to keep him separated. He knows we're on the other side of the door and he's been crying quite a bit to be let in. These are the rules though, so we'll stick it out.

He's been surprisingly undestructive out there by himself. He peed a little bit once, but ever since he realized that he gets multiple walks a day, he's been fine. There's been no chewing, very little barking, and no scratching at the door. Even if he destroyed the room, though, we'd get by. He doesn't deserve to be given up on again.


Once his quarantine is done, he'll be officially up for adoption. I don't have a good sense of the timing of adoptions around here yet, but I would think he'll go pretty fast. He's young, friendly, and very handsome. Oh, also, I have to mention that he's one of the biggest Pit Bulls I've ever seen. I don't think you can tell from the pictures, but he's a wopping 77 pounds of muscle!


Our friend Nay and Jay took Oland the Beagle so that we could rescue Fezzik. They run a boarding kennel and obviously cannot quarantine dogs effectively since there are always ten or twenty dogs there, but they can take dogs like Oland that are done with quarantining. We would have stuck with the admittedly sweet-natured Oland as long as it took for him to get adopted, but I much prefer the Pit Bull.


He's so smooshy and cute.