It was pouring rain and
in this not-so-great area.
So I pulled over, trying to get her, and she came pretty close
I couldn't get her.
So I drove around.
I couldn't find her.
It was acres and acres.
It was kind of on a recycling plant
and there were so many places that she could hide.
The next day, I just couldn't get her out of my mind
and I drove back to the location to see if she was hanging out and
So I just started feeding her in the exact same spot.
And then the next day,
I went back with a dog trap with a friend.
hit her on the back of the leg.
I was so disappointed.
I mean, I just started crying.
She got really scared of me after
the trap failed
and she wouldn't come as close to me as she did on that first day.
She would just see my car and leave.
But I was laying in bed thinking about this dog and
I can't imagine how scared she was and where she was sleeping.
Just to keep her coming back to the same location,
I set up a feeding station.
I'd go there sometimes two or three times a day.
I'd come home at lunch and drive by just to see if I could get a sighting.
I went to Home Depot.
I bought two bungee cords and a big chain.
I went back with the same friend. So we set the trap again.
And I chained the trap to the tree and I just started feeding her in there.
Each day, I would push the food bowl a little back more to the back of the trap.
We brought chicken pastrami and I set the food a little bit around the entrance
and we put the jackpot in the back of the trap.
And we went and parked behind a tree.
My friend who I was with, she couldn't even look.
I walked up and she was nervous but she was so beautiful...
and her eyes!
And then, just kind of sat there with her, used good energy,
talked to her.
Loaded her in my car.
Brought her to the vet.
I kind of had to coax her out.
And then, just sat there with her for about an hour
and she finally started to relax.
She started appreciating the touch and the pets and
she hadn't had that in so long.
We went back the next day, gave her a bath.
And the bath was a real bonding experience.
She kind of really appreciated that and became more relaxed each day.
Every day at lunch or after work,
I would just go bring her burgers.
And I think on Day 3 I got that little tail wag.
With love and trust and removing the fear.
She started to get excited.
Then on Day 4, she just tackled me on the couch.
When she was almost done with her training,
I just started reaching out to my friend and she's like,
"There's a beautiful family with two older girls who are interested."
Usually the black pit bulls are the toughest to be adopted
but that's what we had before. I'm like, "No, that's what I want!"
I said, "Give me the one that I knew would probably be in boarding
for so long, not even find a foster."
Yeah, that's what we wanted.
When I first brought her home,
she was like, "Where am I? I don't know this place."
But once she knew, "OK, this is my home,"
She started coming to the door.
She just wiggles her butt.
She's just the sweetest thing.
She's so protective of us.