ROCKIE Bull Terrier Las Vegas, NV

Rockie
Gender: Male
Age: 9
Weight: 60lbs
Breed: Bull Terrier
Neutered: Yes
Vaccinated: Yes
Microchipped: Yes
Location: Las Vegas, Nevada

Rockie’s Backstory: Rockie lived most of his life in a California sanctuary – mostly kept in a run by himself, isolated with little interaction with humans or other dogs. ROCKIE IS SWEET, SO SWEET.
He just needs help with his manners. If you had been locked up most of your life, your social interactions might need a little polishing and others might require patience with you.

Cats: Unknown. But let’s go with no. No, seems like a solid plan.

Home: Fenced yard. Needs leash work around other dogs. Otherwise walks pretty well on a leash.

Kids: Possibly. Recommendation of older children because he is deaf – he should always see your movements and should not be startled.
X-Pen Trained: Getting there! He does OK in the 2-foot-tall x-pen if someone is in the same room with him. He likes being with his people. Otherwise, would not recommend leaving him in one without someone there – he doesn’t like it and will shove the X-pen around.

Potty Trained: Yes! On overnights/weekends with volunteers and going to stores ALL throughout Downtown Summerlin, he has not had one accident.
Feeding: Do NOT try to take food away from him, or a wrapper that he found on the ground, etc. Try to distract him with something else before you do. He gets pissy, so do I when you try to take chicken
nuggets from me.

Dogs: At this time, we’re listing him as an only dog.

People Meets: Meets with potential fosters/adopters are tough. He likely has met HUNDREDS of people at Downtown Summerlin, Mandalay Bay during Superbowl Weekend. He seeks people out. All hellos have been short and sweet – giving treats to him and short pets. They’ve gone GREAT. Once someone he doesn’t know tries to do more than that, that’s when he loses his manners. He reacts, would NOT call it aggressive, he seems to get annoyed, and he just doesn’t like it.
Volunteers that are able to engage and pet him longer, spent TIME building a relationship with him. Focused mostly on just walking him, giving him treats & working on his commands on initial visits with
him – nothing more than that. He doesn’t like it when you get in his face the first time you meet him – neither do I, so why do this to a pet you are meeting for the first time?! On meets, we have told people that, and people almost immediately get down in his face, go for longer pets. Work on simply coexisting with him for the first 1-2 weeks, the rest we are confident will follow.

Leash Manners: If you walk him around an area where no other dogs are he does great. If dogs are around, forget it. Hold on tight to that harness! Try the harness front clip which helps with pulling. Otherwise, Rockie is going to take you for a walk.

Rockie AKA ROCKSTAR is a goofball! There’s not much he takes too seriously. Besides treats. He will do just about anything for a treat. With a face and personality like Rockie’s, we think he will find his furever home, he just needs help with his manners. Rockie is super treat motivated and with some positive training and consistency, he’ll be well on his way to having manners with you. He’s overall an amazing dog that is sweet, happy and isn’t overly energetic. He loves playing fetch in the backyard and walks in quiet/mellow areas but he relaxes and naps a lot too. He is more than happy to lounge on the couch and watch TV with his humans. Rockie wants to be loved so badly, and give love so badly. Anybody out there would be incredibly lucky to have Rockie as their dog.

If you’re interested in meeting our perfect and not-so-perfect Rockie, please email adoptanimalnetwork@gmail.com.