Size
(when grown) Med. 26-60 lbs (12-27 kg)
Details
Not good with kids,
Spayed or Neutered,
Shots are up-to-date,
Story
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Meet Bruce a 4 year old french bulldog weighing 30 pounds. Please read ENTIRE bio!
Bruce was in San Antonio animal care center after being on bit quarantine.
He is wiggly , funny and strong. He knows sit, ,paw, waits for treats and food, and has good potty and fantastic leash manners . He is an excellent dog for he right person. He needs a home familiar with the breed and willing to put some time and training into Bruce. Bruce needs to be an only dog unless he is adopted by an extremely experienced adopter willing to get a behavioral trainer in to work with him. Bruce in not an aggressive dog but does have some of the not always so great traits of a bully breed.
He is not an overly dominant dog either. Bruce meets dogs on walks and in the visiting yard with a happy body, wanting to say hi, wiggle, downward dog, sniff the bums, he is happy to see the other dogs. When another growls at him, he actually will turn his head downward and away, and back away from the dog. His problem is territorial behavior and jealousy. He does not like to share his toys, or his person. If he has a toy, that toy is his and he does not want a human or a dog to take it from him. If a dog tries to interact with him or sniff a toy while he has the toy, he goes after the dog. If he is in your lap getting pets and cuddles and another dog or person, tries to come in, he will growl and snip at the air towards the person. The odd thing is he gets super duper sad after the fact and knows he did something wrong and he immediately wants love and attention and to play with said humans, dogs etc He is such a sweet and loving, cuddly boy. Bath, nails, paw and nose cream, vaccines, going to the vet, meeting people on walks, everyone can love on him, get in his face, I can take his food right out of his mouth and he zero reaction. He is not an aggressive dog, he just has this one really bad and really big deal behavioral issues but honestly aside from that he is a perfect muffin. We all love him so much.
He can be stubborn at times. He does tend to bark a lot when you first leave the house. He appears to have some mild separation anxiety but he does calm down once he can't see or hear you anymore. He needs a home where his human is home a lot. He wants to be with his human as much as possible. He would be best adopted to a person with experience and NO KIDS. Which sucks because again he has met kids, he loves kids on walks and visiting but we do not know what unpredictable behavior he may have once he gets attached to those kids and deems them "his" and friends come over etc. So better safe than sorry and we say no children.
He really has a huge heart and a lot of feelings. He is a sweet soul and I think maybe with some training and redirection with the right person he could really be a gem of a dog.
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