Duetsche_Doggen
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She is beautiful! I really LOVE her coloring!
Nice story vrod. She has a pretty fawn coat.
Sorry for the outburst, guys and girls. I'm pretty protective of those who are mine and this one was in a shelter that kills in the neighborhood of 15, 000 dogs a year. It kills me that she almost didnt make it under their kill rule for owner surrenders.
Okay. I know she may not be your "cup of tea" so to speak as she is a watered down version of a fila; however, she "saved" me. I didn't want another dog. Ever. I was hurting over the fact that we lost our girl and that I had taken her to a teaching hospital and wasn't there at the end. It still hurts that I thought that I was doing the right thing and promised her that I would save her no matter what it took and I LIED because nothing we did worked. I would have, happily, turned over my life savings to save my Hazelnut. I was dead set on not bonding with this girl when Paul brought her home to me. She wasn't having any of that business. She demanded that I was hers and she was mine. I've, always, had an OEM around and thought they were the end all be all of bonded dogs, but our girl opened me up to other options. She may not be a "real" fila in your eyes, but she is a beautiful girl both inside and out in ours and I can't imagine life without a fila at this point. Rearranging my life around a dog doesn't phase me. I'm not a fan of people or guests in general as it is. This, simply, gives me an excuse.
Pay no attention to dogman, most of us don't anymore. LOL
Oh, we would never breed her or any dog. I'm just not cut out for that. She wasn't what I was looking for (I wasn't looking and was pissed off beyond belief at my husband for trying to replace Hazelnut.). I would have never gone looking for a fila at that time, but she's close enough in temperment that you can bet your bootie that I'm in love with the breed now and will be looking for one next time we get a dog. I'll, likely, go through rescue, although the fila pups are beyond adorable.