Pickles Pit Bull Terrier Vancouver, BC

Pickles is now ready for a home of her own!!!!  You can read all about her on her hilarious and fabulous blog!: http://picklesisinapickle.wordpress.com/ 


It has taken a community to raise this wee one and Pickles would like to thank the following wonderful people for their amazing generosity! Thank-you to everyone who helped out we have reached our $3000 fundraising goal for Pickles, as well as those who donated $1200 towards Pickles initial vet bills while under the care of Chilliwack Animal Control. 



First and foremost thank-you to her foster mom Simone and family for working so tirelessly to raise Pickles`medical funds and committing to caring for her through-out her surgeries.
Thank-you to the following people for donations of toys, food, chauffeuring Pickles, and buying fundraising items made by Simone: Kyler and Tara, Lisa and Lori, Bad Dogs Gone Good Sunday Breakfast Club, Gloria in memory of BB alumnis Silver and Abe, Miyeko, Anne, Katie, Jennifer, Sarah, Terri, Elizabeth, James, Camilla, Laurel, Michelle & James, Jeanne, Wrigley & Chloe, Jen, Deb & Chris, Gini, Laurel, Chevy Stevens, Jen & Kale & Ross, Kyla, Kuttu & Pixel, Eileen, Janelle in memory of Hercules, Paul, Margaret, Meera, Jonell, Red Cedar Cottage, Mary, Denise, Gail, Andrea, Lisa, Mary Sue, Ellen & Jay, Victoria, Larissa, Liz,Denise, Jeannine, Margaret, Alex, Althea, Wendy, Joanne,Dana, Ashley, Alexa, Amanda C. & family, Meghan & Spud, RawPaw, N/A Nothing Added, Long Live Cats and Dogs, Diana & Taylor, Michelle, Wild At Heart Pets, Sam, Sarah from Bad Dogs Gone Good, AmandaJeanne & Wrigley & Chloe, Jenn, Jonell, Danielle, Aquapaws Hydrotherapy, Michal Russell from luvupets photography and more for generous donations towards her care!! 


Hi there,I'm Pickles! I'm also known as THE SHREDDINATOR but more to that later. I'm the cutestpuppyever and have the most adorable yet oh so ridiculous ears! I recently celebrated my first birthday. I was found as a stray back in August 2011 after I was hit by a car. I was just a wee 8 week old baby back then. I had severe external injuries, a broken pelvis and had to have double FHO surgeries. After a long recovery I'm doing much better now and am starting to look for my forever home.I'm a breed ambassadog and love people! Because I'm still a youngster myself, I might do best with older children because sometimes I forget myself and might play a little too rough for the little kids. I like to hand wrestle and I'm told I'm a great kisser! I love to snuggle in bed, preferably under the blankets. I like to be spooned, fussed over, love to get petted, love to get a good massage or belly rub.
I'm very smart! My foster mom works with a clicker and I know sit, jump, down, stay, high 5, shake a paw, wave, leave it, beg, come, up on the bed, up on the couch. I walk nicely on the leash. Of course I'm still very much a puppy so sometimes get distracted and will need somebody to continue working with me to solidify the work my foster mom has put into me. I'm really food motivated and eager to please so training is a lot of fun!When I arrived in my foster home, I was severely malnourished. The vet and shelter tried to get me to eat all sorts of kibble and wet food but I refused. So my foster mom switched me to a raw diet. I LOVE IT and I thrive on it. I went and stayed at the shelter for about 2 weeks when I got my first FHO surgery and when they put me back on kibble, I didn't eat as much as I should and lost a bunch of weight again so I need a home where I'll get a raw diet for the rest of my life. I'm extremely dog social at this point in my life; I haven't met a dog yet that I didn't LOVE. Because of that, I'd love it if there was a playful canine sibling in my new home because I LOVE to wrestle. I currently live with a male ACD/Greyound X and a senior Chihuahua and I adore both of them. I'm so good with other dogs that my foster mom has been using me to try and help other dogs over their fear of dogs. I love cats though some cats can be a bit intimidated by my wiggly butt but I have learned to ignore them and leave them alone. Bunnies? No problem! Outside I ignore squirrels, birds etc. I'm even gentle to slugs, just bump them gently with my nose. They say I couldn't hurt a fly. What can I say, I'm just all about love! I'm house broken. I however am a big aspiring artist. I'm known far and wide by THE SHREDDINATOR. My works can be seen on my blog. My preferred medium? Anything I can get my teeth on. If you are one of those people who is in love with "things", I might not be the one for you. You see, for many months I couldn't and/or wasn't allowed to walk so while healthy puppies can run steam off at the park, my outlet became shredding and I became REALLY good at it. Those "indestructible" toys? They're not indestructible when I'm around! I'm looking for a home where they understand and support my "artistic tendencies" and give me plenty of "art supplies" so I won't have to go and find my own supply in your closet. Now that I'm physically a lot better and can go for walks, I have gotten better at leaving my foster parents' stuff alone but still require fairly close supervision and I'm locked in an XPen when they can't watch me. On a more serious note - Because of my injuries and the trauma I went through, I do come with a bit of "baggage": I do have physical limitations, I need low impact exercise - Walking. I'm never going to be a marathon runner, hike for 20 km through the wilderness or play fetch for hours. I need to stay lean, any excess weight is really hard on me. Because I have no femur heads and one hind leg is longer than the other, I'm prone to overcompensate in other areas to make up for my weaknesses. It is very important that my new family is very pro-active about my health to make sure I don't start having issues with my spine or my front legs because I'm overcompensating, I simply don't have any spare body parts left. I would profit from weekly hydrotherapy session, acupuncture, massage etc. A good raw diet and supplements such as green lipped mussel are also key to keep me healthy. It is a lot of work but it's worth it in the long run. I'm worth it! The other issue I'm dealing with is that I can still get quite fearful when I'm out and about and I need somebody very patient who can help me over my fears. Some days I'm doing really well, other days I'm really scared and just freeze and it can take me an hour just to walk around the block with my foster mom, one step at a time. When I'm scared and panic, I can't think straight, I just want to run home so for my own safety best is to not let me off leash unless I'm in a secure fenced area. Carrying me is enforcing the behavior and pulling is just going to make me more fearful so you have to be really, really patient with me. I am often taking two baby steps forward and then one backwards but I am slowly getting better. Living in a busy area/on a busy street would be really overwhelming for me still so I need a home in a quiet area where we can slowly work our way up. I used to be able to walk along busy streets but unfortunately it took a long time for me to heal from my second FHO surgery and couldn't go for walks for about 2 1/2 months and that's when I became really scared. But with your support and patience I can get through it. Anyway, to find out more about me and what I've been up to in the past year, please visit my blog: http://picklesisinapickle.wordpress.com/


Make sure to scroll all the way back to August 2011 to read through my whole journey so far. It would be really cool if I could have access to a computer in my new home so I could keep my friends and fans in the loop!