Bruiser

Meet Bruiser

We got our little Bruiser on Oct 8, 2009 from the Humane Society. He is a Boston Terrier with some Australian Cattledog mixed in (he has the Aussie merle coat and a blue speck in his brown eye). When we got him he already knew how to shake-a-paw, high-five, and sit. He has never had an accident in our house. He is a compact, medium-to-high energy dog who loves to retrieve his ball and frisbee and play hide-n-seek and go for walks. He is doing great about not jumping on people he meets at the door. He loves to work for treats. He loves to fetch... We checked out our local Humane Society website and came across him. We read up on his history and temperament and decided we definitely have to meet. Well after meeting him, we knew for certain this was the 'one'! When we got him, he wasn't yet neutered, even at the estimated age of eight years old. The Humane Society advised us that whoever dropped him off had told them he is 'too aggressive.' We still haven't noticed any evidence of this. He is the sweetest little dog, wonderful temperament and so affectionate, just sometimes a little excitable or unsure. He now loves and trusts his pack leaders, and we full-blown in love with our little guy. The Humane Society advised us that the previous owners kept him outside in a kennel all the time, but that his body and fur type is more suited to indoors. Well, I am sure any dog would be hard to control if they were left alone all the time with no exercise and nothing to do and not neutered. He is very respectful when it comes to food manners. Although he is curious and wants to smell, he will sit a couple of feet away while we eat our food. We have trained him not to jump up on our couches unless we invite him to. We also tell our friends to feel free to point to his bed and tell him to sit or lie down when they are occupying the couch. He waits in the livingroom watching us in the kitchen when we prepare his dogfood, and when we are done he will sit until we tell him he can eat. We re-named him Bruiser because he went through such a lot in his before-forever-home. He also had to withstand almost 2 months of kennel-cough, poor thing, as well as neutering (it's policy when you get dogs from the Humane Society to get them spayed or neutered but we would have anyway).