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<p class="MsoNormal"><font size="3" face="Times New Roman"><span style="font-size:
12.0pt">We adopted Liz seven months ago. At the time, we already had Flo
and Gabe. Flo had just turned a year old and Gabe was still a pup.
Liz had been a stray before she ended up in rescue and then eventually adopted
by us. She never has acted like she had been abused, only probably
hungry. She has been a challenge from the start, surely from everything
that she had been through. She has been like a selfish bully since the
day she arrived. Everything is fine as long as she gets all of the
attention, toys, treats, etc, etc, etc. I have worked really hard with
her trying to help her understand that although she has a place here, she is
not in charge and the others are allowed to be here too. She has been so
mean and hateful to the others that I'll admit it has been really hard for me
to bond with her like I have the other two - I know – that’s awful.</span></font></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><font size="3" face="Times New Roman"><span style="font-size:
12.0pt">We have had a fairly good truce for awhile and it really seemed like
things were settling down and would be ok. I still keep a close eye out
because she still tries to pull her bullying tactics when she thinks she can
get away with it. The other day, my husband was sitting in the living
room with all of them, Liz sleeping in close proximity to his chair. He
calls Flo over to him and as she is walking by, Liz tears into her, unlike
anything she has done in the past. Liz bloodied the side of Flo's face
and one of her ears and it took my husband AND teenage son to pull Liz off of
Flo.</span></font></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><font size="3" face="Times New Roman"><span style="font-size:
12.0pt">I really don't know what to do. Making excuses for her because of what
she went through in her past only goes so far, especially when she does
physical harm to one of the other dogs. We have spent seven months making
sure she had proper meals, proper vet care, walks, cuddles, attention, warm in
the winter, cool in the summer, clean, flea-less. I guess we are back to
square one. And I guess I can cancel her one day a week stay at doggie
daycare with the others that they are starting next week. I certainly
can't risk injury to someone else's dog if that is what she is capable of doing
to a dog she has lived with for months.</span></font></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><font size="3" face="Times New Roman"><span style="font-size:
12.0pt">Very frustrating, disappointing and disheartening.</span></font></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><font size="3" face="Times New Roman"><span style="font-size:
12.0pt">Alicia, Flo, Gabe and Liz (did I go too far??)</span></font></p>
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