Rhea Pit Bull Terrier Lyndhurst, VA

This girl is terrified in the shelter. Won't even eat unless no one is watching. She's improved vastly since intake, but only so much can be done until she's out of the shelter environment. She needs a MAJOR confidence boost.

Rhea had a slumber party for one night in a foster home with two other dogs, one indoor & one outdoor cat: She was still timid, but opened up immediately. She got brief bouts of zoomies and seems like she'd become a velcro dog as she followed her foster around everywhere. She LOVES to cuddle and gives sweet kisses. With the dogs, she was still timid, which is understandable, but not aggressive. With the mature dog, she more or less avoided though HE was calmly interested in sniffing and playing. With the younger, rambunctious pup, she also tried to avoid but eventually played a tiny bit under close supervision. She got overwhelmed quickly and though she never growled, snarled or tried to bite, she did bare her teeth and play time was quickly put to an end. She was fairly neutral around the indoor mature, calm, senior kitty. Rhea wanted to sniff, but the cat hissed at her and she backed up and left him alone. She didn't seem to notice or acknowledge the outdoor kitty even when pointed out.

Rhea likely needs to be around dogs of similar energy levels and who respect her boundaries.
Overly rambunctious pups and likely puppies are probably not wise and she gets easily overwhelmed. Same goes for kids younger than about 10.

She's very shy and would likely need a long decompression period before potential adopters saw her truly comfortable enough to come out of her shell. Rhea is a special case and we're all rooting for her! GO RHEA!

NEEDS: patience, POTTY TRAINING and love.

updated 12/16/24