Name: Rox-c

Age: One year, seven months old

Gender: Female Breed: Pit Bull Home: Davenport, Iowa, USA

T his is Rox-c, and when I got her she was on the verge of being emaciated. Her current owner at the time had just taken her back from who they sold her to, due to lack of care and nourishment. She was around five months old when I got her and now she will turn two around June 2012. I am a homemaker so I am with her 24/7, and she sleeps in the bed like a human (under the blanket, on a pillow). She is the sweetest thing. She loves meeting new people, and loves playing with small dogs.When someone is at the door she will come barking... with her ball in her mouth. She thinks of herself as a lapdog, if you are sitting on the couch (even with a laptop in your lap) she will graciously glide through the air and land on your lap or as close as possible, making herself fit even if there was no room.



She has tons of toys from .50 cents to $15, but she prefers her .50 cent little orange and green rubber football. If she can't find her football (because it's in a closed room) she will go find her soccer ball or rugby ball to start kicking around. In the summer time the neighborhood kids will come over to see if Rox-c can come out and play soccer. If I am doing dishes and my feet are cold, she will lay on them for me. If there is a baby around she will sit next to it, as if protecting it, and will let it pull on her ear and tail and she just wags her tail and smiles. If I tell her to spin, she will start spinning in circles (most of the time she will get her football first, then start spinning).



She always knows how to make me laugh, and if I'm laughing she will continue to do what she was doing. Even though she is around 80 pounds and top heavy, she will sit up on her butt like our Jack Russell (or a prairie dog) and wait for her ball to be tossed. I have recently taught her how to play dead, and she even sticks her tongue out and widens her eyes, it melts my heart with the things that she does. She can also; Sit, Spin, Stay, Lay, Jump, Get her Ball/Rope/Stick (each by name), Shake and Other Paw, Go for a Ride (she will sit like a human in the seat with a seat belt), Play Catch, I can say take a bath and she will get herself in there for me and wait, If she is running in the house I can tell her to slow down and she will walk, If she isn't listening (which is very rare) I can count backwards from five and she will be by my side no later than three. She loves swimming and going to the park, but most of all she loves being by my side and getting loved by me.



No matter how rough things get, she and her "sister" our Jack Russell named Budders seem to understand. They are always by my side and listen better then I do lol. Besides my boyfriend, they are my better half.





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