rehoming pup

Woodbridge VA

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This is Lily. She is an almost 2 year old Catahoula leopard dog mix. She is around 70 lbs. She was rescued from a kill shelter in Tennessee. We have had lily all of her life and it is heartbreaking to do this. Lily is a smart and funny dog, and she has so much personality but we babied her too much when she was a puppy, and we have added another baby to our mix and Lily is very unhappy with us. I know that she loves us, but she no longer thrives here and that’s what she deserves. She has been getting herself into trouble lately, going into the trash, eating food off the tables, etc. which is all things she has not done before. We believe this is due to the reason that we treated her more like a second child and now with an actual second child, (4months) she does not get the attention she is used to and is acting out for it. Because of this- she gets in trouble, it’s hard to clean up with everything else going on, and it makes her sick. We’ve tried not leaving food out, putting her in her cage if we have to leave things unattended but she will tear up the trash even if there’s no food in it. She will reach into the sink and grab our plastic/kid ware out and chew it. And if she isn’t getting into things, she’s sitting in a corner whining unless someone has the time to give her some love (which to be clear she does get- just not enough for her liking). I truly believe these habits will go away if she had another dog to play with to keep her company and her attention or just had more attention in general. She maxes out our pet weight limit (with our 5lb cat) so another dog is not an option. Lily has been around dogs of all ages and sizes, children and cats and kittens. She is kind to all things, but is easily overexcited and could use some work with that. My brother in law just recently moved out of our house and took his two dogs so now lily is an only dog again (another reason I believe she may be upset.) and we believe they were the reason she tolerated the baby so well in the first place. I don’t think she would ever harm the baby or anything but she is just very jealous. I’m sorry for such a long post, but she’s family to me and because of that I’m not looking for a rehoming fee really (it will be discussed) and I’m not in a rush to rehome her. I’m looking for someone that can give her a better life. Ideally this person would be semi active and have a dog or two, maybe an older child. My 4 year old does decent with her but she’s a decent sized dog so sometimes he’s not match for her. If youre interested I would love to speak with you. Willing to travel.