Extreme Squirrel Chasing

When "Dove", an eight-week-old female pit mix puppy, came to Rosie's, she was starving, and had rickets from malnutrition. Due to her poor condition, she developed generalized Demodectic mange and a Staph infection.


I brought Dove down from Rosie's last April to foster at our house. During her first six weeks here as we tried to boost her immune system with good nutrition, supplements, and medicine, she went through several healing crises, and was very ill. We feared that we were going to lose her, but after a long struggle to get rid of the mange and other issues, she is healthy and glowing.

Squirrel hunting has become one of her favorite avocations, and along with our other Red Lake dog, Lily, they harass the poor squirrels who feed in our Cottonwood tree. Lily stands guard at the bottom of the tree, while Dove climbs aloft in pursuit - a hitherto unknown ability of pit bulls!

As with Lily, we have become failed fosters again, and Dove will be staying with us forever.
DeeDee