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About Nelson
Nelson is a 4 year old, male, American Bulldog who is de-sexed. He comes from a family with children and another dog and has been around cats. He loves cuddles, pats and lazing about and is happy to let you know when he wants to be left alone. He will sit, drop and stay for food. Actually, he will do most things for food :) He also loves water - the hose and swimming!
He has been in foster with us for a few weeks and has shown improvements in many ways. He is walking much better on the leash with his new harness and responds well to continual training. He is losing weight easily with lots of walks. He is interested in the dogs he comes across and will pull towards them but our foster has not done any nose touches.
He has had issues with anxious barking with the owner but the foster has reported that he will bark if he hears a noise like a car door shutting, if someone is approaching the house, if the dogs next door are barking or if you leave him but he has had his neighbors monitoring the barking while he is out and he will normally settle after a few minute unless the dogs next door are barking.
He loves his food and his intake needs to be monitored closely as he gains weight easily! He is food protective and will need to be trained in this area.
He will chew up a bike tire if left lying on the ground and does not like things that move like bins, wheels on bikes and swings and will try to bite these if he sees them. He does not do well at a child's playground.
He can be protective of his space and needs good introductions to new people coming into his home.
Two fosters have reported that he is a lovely dog. He needs to find a forever human that has the time to invest in him with continual training and exercise. He has shown that he listens and responds well to training so he will hopefully be able to come a lot further with the right person.
This pet has been adopted and found love with its new family.
The rescue group has removed this pet and it is no longer available for adoption.
The rescue group is no longer taking adoption applications for this pet.