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Hi! I am an out of towner but I grew up in the QC area. Please, if anyone could just boost the signal. Surely there's someone, or someone who knows someone who knows someone, that could take in this dog. Ruby truly is a great dog. She's easy to care for, she's funny, she's sweet, she's well behaved. She gets along with all humans adult and children, and all dogs big and small. She's spayed, vaxxed, dewormed, and chipped. She just has a strong prey drive and can't live with cats.

Her backstory: Ruby lived in a home that neglected and abused her. Then a kind person took her and, and she loved her as well as she could but just couldn't take care of her correctly and her HOA forced her to give her up. My good friend took her in, but Ruby couldn't come into the house because of the cats, so she was living in my friends garage instead. And no offense to my friend, but garages are dirty, and there were no windows, and it was starting to get hot.

So, we took Ruby on a trial basis. I wanted her, but I knew it may not work with the cats. There was a backup family otherwise we'd have never taken her, but they fell through.

Honestly Ruby is a great dog, but she just cannot live with cats, and my cats are stressed out to the limit. I'm asking if anyone can take her, or ask around to the people you know, or ask people to ask people. I find it hard to believe that in all of the Peoria metro there isn't anyone who would take this dog, but I'm reaching out to the rest of Illinois and I will go out of state for the right situation.

DM me if you'd like to meet her. She is super friendly and very sweet!

Thank you.

https://www.adoptapet.com/pet/48157202-peoria-illinois-american-pit-bull-terrier-mix

Please, if anyone could just boost the signal. Surely there's someone, or someone who knows someone who knows someone, that could take in this dog. Ruby truly is a great dog. She's easy to care for, she's funny, she's sweet, she's well behaved. She gets along with all humans adult and children, and all dogs big and small. She's spayed, vaxxed, dewormed, and chipped. She just has a strong prey drive and can't live with cats.

Her backstory: Ruby lived in a home that neglected and abused her. Then a kind person took her and, and she loved her as well as she could but just couldn't take care of her correctly and her HOA forced her to give her up. My good friend took her in, but Ruby couldn't come into the house because of the cats, so she was living in my friends garage instead. And no offense to my friend, but garages are dirty, and there were no windows, and it was starting to get hot.

So, we took Ruby on a trial basis. I wanted her, but I knew it may not work with the cats. There was a backup family otherwise we'd have never taken her, but they fell through.

Honestly Ruby is a great dog, but she just cannot live with cats, and my cats are stressed out to the limit. I'm asking if anyone can take her, or ask around to the people you know, or ask people to ask people. I find it hard to believe that in all of the Peoria metro there isn't anyone who would take this dog, but I'm reaching out to the rest of Illinois and I will go out of state for the right situation.

DM me if you'd like to meet her. She is super friendly and very sweet!

Thank you.

https://www.adoptapet.com/pet/48157202-peoria-illinois-american-pit-bull-terrier-mix

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EDIT: Okay, I really let another poster get to me, and I want this to be a positive post. I'll share more context here and then delete my frustrated comments, because life is too short to be stressed out on reddit...

FAQ:

"Why don't you take her to a shelter/rescue/foster?" - I've called several in the area and they are either at capacity or I'm still waiting on a callback. I have a few outside of my area I haven't tried yet but I will continue to widen my radius after the holiday.

"Why don't you try Facebook groups or Craigslist?" - I have! Those are good suggestions though!

"Why post on Reddit instead of trying one of the many shelters?" - Again, I've been calling all the shelters and rescues with no luck. The link I shared in this post is to her Adopt a Pet listing, which is recommended by several of the shelters. Interested parties can apply there where they will be screened and interviewed. I'm not going to just drop her with a rando. And I don't expect anyone to just take a pitbull from me either, I also expect to be interviewed.

Any other questions, please ask! I'm probably not responding to comments I think are negative or unhelpful though. I need Ruby to find a home ASAP and I'm trying every avenue I can conceive of. Even asking strangers at the McDs drive through.

Please, if anyone could just boost the signal. Surely there's someone, or someone who knows someone who knows someone, that could take in this dog. Ruby truly is a great dog. She's easy to care for, she's funny, she's sweet, she's well behaved. She gets along with humans adult and children, and other dogs big and small. She just has a strong prey drive and can't live with cats.

Her backstory: Ruby lived in a home that neglected and abused her. Then a kind person took her and, and she loved her as well as she could but just couldn't take care of her correctly and her HOA forced her to give her up. My good friend took her in, but Ruby couldn't come into the house because of the cats, so she was living in my friends garage instead. And no offense to my friend, but garages are dirty, and there were no windows, and it was starting to get hot.

So, we took Ruby on a trial basis. I wanted her, but I knew it may not work with the cats. There was a backup family otherwise we'd have never taken her, but they fell through.

Honestly Ruby is a great dog, but she just cannot live with cats, and my cats are stressed out to the limit. I'm asking if anyone can take her, or ask around to the people you know, or ask people to ask people. I find it hard to believe that in all of the Peoria metro there isn't anyone who would take this dog.

DM me if you'd like to meet her. She is super friendly and sweet, and anyone who loves doggies will love this dog!

Thank you.

https://www.adoptapet.com/pet/48157202-peoria-illinois-american-pit-bull-terrier-mix

Please, if anyone could just boost the signal. Surely there's someone, or someone who knows someone who knows someone, that could take in this dog. Ruby truly is a great dog. She's easy to care for, she's funny, she's sweet, she's well behaved. She just has a strong prey drive and can't live with cats.

Her backstory: Ruby lived in a home that neglected and abused her. Then a kind person took her and, and she loved her as well as she could but just couldn't take care of her correctly and her HOA forced her to give her up. My good friend took her in, but Ruby couldn't come into the house because of the cats, so she was living in my friends garage instead. And no offense to my friend, but garages are dirty, and there were no windows, and it was starting to get hot.

So, we took Ruby on a trial basis. I wanted her, but I knew it may not work with the cats. There was a backup family otherwise we'd have never taken her, but they fell through.

Honestly Ruby is a great dog, but she just cannot live with cats, and my cats are stressed out to the limit. I'm asking if anyone can take her, or ask around to the people you know, or ask people to ask people. I find it hard to believe that in all of the Peoria metro there isn't anyone who would take this dog.

DM me if you'd like to meet her. She is super friendly with all humans, including children, and while she's never lived with dogs she seems to get along fine with them. It's just cats that are the issue.

Thank you.

https://www.adoptapet.com/pet/48157202-peoria-illinois-american-pit-bull-terrier-mix

This is mostly me ranting.

Ruby is the most perfect dog on the planet, just not with cats. Our four cats are so stressed right now that one of them is not eating. I have been trying for months to find a suitable home. Literally anyone who loves doggies and doesn't have a cat could take this dog, she's so easy to take care of! Why is this so hard?

The last candidate flaked, and the one before that completely ghosted us. Why is this so hard?

Here's her page if anyone here could share it. We're in IL but we will travel for the right family.

https://www.adoptapet.com/pet/48157202-peoria-illinois-american-pit-bull-terrier-mix

Pitty tax attached!

So for context, we took this dog in on a trial basis. She was living in my friend's dirty garage, and before that with an owner that meant well but wasn't really responsible with her, and before that with an owner who neglected her. I'm kind of a bleeding heart. We have four cats and we knew that it would be a challenge to get them all to get along. But alas, we can't make it work. She just barks at and chases the cats and they are now terrified. We're now unofficially her foster family until she can find a better fit family.

I just feel like we have the absolute sweetest dog in the world, she's potty trained, we have now crate trained her after only a month, she loves humans and kids and other dogs, she's just so joyful and awesome. But I feel like since she's a pitbull, and since she can't be around cats (and probably also small dogs, but I haven't tested that theory yet), it's making it hard to find a home.

I have: Created an Adopt a Pet page, told everyone I know to tell everyone they know, applied at all of the local no kill shelters in the area, posted on reddit and Facebook in different subs and groups. My next step is posting some flyers at local vet's offices if they'll let me. I didn't really expect that many inquiries about her this soon, it's only been about two weeks, but I didn't expect zero. (Actually, I got one inquiry, but he was trying to negotiate the rehome fee like he was buying a car, so that's a no for me.)

I want to keep her out of a shelter, but at the same time we need her to find a new home sooner than later. My poor cats are in the basement for most of the day and are stressed out, and I would love some advice on other avenues of finding her a home that I have not thought of yet. I also feel like the longer she stays here the more attached to us she'll get, and that breaks my heart.

I really do love Ruby, this is so hard to do. I'll listen to any advice.

Ruby is an amazing dog! We took her in on a trial basis to see if we could get our cats to agree, but they do not. Outside of not being good with cats, she's truly the goodest dog ever! You can read more about her here. DM me if you have questions, or apply here at this link. We're screening all applicants and there is an adoption fee. Please share this with anyone, she needs a good and loving home!
https://www.adoptapet.com/pet/48157202-peoria-illinois-american-pit-bull-terrier-mix

Ruby is an amazing dog! We took her in on a trial basis to see if we could get our cats to agree, but they do not. Outside of not being good with cats, she's truly the goodest dog ever! You can read more about her here. DM me if you have questions, or apply here. We're screening all applicants and there is an adoption fee. Please share this with anyone, she needs a good and loving home!
https://www.adoptapet.com/pet/48157202-peoria-illinois-american-pit-bull-terrier-mix

I've posted here a couple times. After great advice from you all and from some pittie loving friends, we have Ruby home with us for overnights, a trainer coming on Tuesday, and we're committed to making it work with the cats! Welcome home, Ruby!

I'd always heard that there was no such thing as a pure bred pitbull. I have been doing some research and I see it's complicated. But when our new adoptee's former owner claimed she was "pure bred", I got skeptical. Image search suggests she's more likely a boxer mix, but also possibly a pitbull mix. I was wondering if anyone in this sub had an opinion.