Search and see photos of adoptable pets in the LAS VEGAS, Nevada area Our Featured LAS VEGAS, NV Partner: Las Vegas Wrinkle Rescue - Bulldogs So you've decided you want a rescue, what are the steps to be taken? Be prepared to answer a lot of questions. You will be questioned about your lifestyle, your family, your schedule, and other animals in the home and what you are expecting from a pet. This is not done to offend you. The rescue person is asking for two reasons; first to match you to the most suitable Bull Breed, and second, to make sure that your home is an appropriate one for the Bull Breed. Very often people want a Bull Breed solely because of its looks, not aware that its personality may be completely different from what they want. A rescue Bull Breed has already been torn away from at least one home, and LVWR is going to do all that we can to make sure that it never needs to go through that again. Donation Fee: Donations of $150 to $350 (based on the age of the dog) is expected upon the date you adopt a dog from LVWR.

How does your adoption donation help us? It helps pay for the boarding, shots, spay or neutering, and any other health issues we see prior to adoption. We accept personal checks, money orders, cash or Pay Pal. Donations are tax-deductible. All dogs are temperament tested by our volunteers and their health and temperament monitored prior to placement. We do not knowingly place aggressive dogs or dogs with bite incidentsAKC English bulldog pups with champion bloodlines pups are currently 6 weeks old and I amWhich breed will win Westminster? Las Vegas offers odds on February 14, 2016 at 6:30 AM, updated Twenty-nine years ago, a German Shepherd for the first time won the top prize at the Westminster Kennel Club Dog Show.  No other  German Shepherd has been named best of show in all the years since. But if you believe the Las Vegas oddsmakers, this could be a German Shepherd's year. When and how to watch the Westminster dog show For the sixth year in a row, Johnny Avello, executive director of race and sports at the Wynn Hotel and Casino in Las Vegas, has published odds on which breed will win the Westminster show, which will take place Monday and Tuesday in New York.

(Avello produces the odds for entertainment purposes. He and the Wynn aren't taking bets on this.) And he put at 4 to 1 that a German Shepherd will take best in show, the best odds given to any breed. Close behind is the Skye Terrier, for which AVello puts the odds at 5 to 1.  Like the German Shepherd, a Skye Terrier has won Best in Show at Westminster only once before, in 1969. A dog absent from Avello's list? The most popular dog breed in America, the Labrador Retriever.  This breed has the largest number of entries this year (51) but Avello probably feels comfortable discounting its chances based on the fact that the Labrador, in 140 years, has never won at Westminster. Here's a look at  the odds Avello gives other breeds: 9 to 1: Pomeranian 10 to 1: Brittany 11 to 1: Boston terrier 12 to 1: Whippet 14 to 1: Shih tzu 15 to 1: Boxer 18 to 1: Scottish terrier 20 to 1: Pekingese 22 to 1: Samoyed 25 to 1: Spaniel (English springer)

30 to 1: Beagle, over 13 inches 35 to 1: Keeshond 40 to 1: Fox terrier (wire) and English Setter 45 to 1: Pug, Dalmatian, and Greater Swiss Mountain dog 50 to 1: Saluki, Chihuahua (smooth coat) and Bouvier des Flandres 60 to 1: Mastiff and black Cocker Spaniel 65 to 1: Greyhound and German shorthaired pointer 70 to 1: WeimaranerBest Price Stickley Furniture 75 to 1: Brussels griffon, Australian shepherd and AkitaMoen Shower Handle Not Flush 100 to 1 : Newfoundland, Italian greyhound and black and tan coonhound12 Inch Red Tail Catfish For Sale 85 to 1: French bulldog 100 to 1: Chow chow, poodle (standard), miniature schnauzer, Doberman pinscher, pooldle (toy), bearded collie, Airedale terrier

125 to 1: Bulldog, Rottweiler, Welsh terrier, bloodhound, border terrier, American foxhound, Dachshund (wirehaired) 150 to 1: Shetland sheepdog, Bichons Frise, Australian cattle dog, Old English sheepdog, Papillon, Penbroke Welsh corgi 175 to 1: Border collie, Great Pyrenees,  Great Dane, 200 to 1: Maltese,  golden retriever, miniature bull terrier, 225 to 1: Manchester terrier (toy), Puli 250 to 1: Siberian husky, Tibetan spaniel, Alaskan malamute, Briard, Chinese crested 275 to 1: Schipperke, Tibetan terrier 300 to 1: Norwegian buhund, Petit Basset Griffon Vendeen, Portuguese water dog 350 to 1: Collie (smooth), Leonberger Field (All others): 75 to 1 Westminster dog show to include many pups from Pa."I tried to adopt Zack, the terrier depicted here, from the Nevada SPCA in Las Vegas, also known as Dewey Animal Shelter, on August 18, 2009. I did not even get as far as an application. The worker who allowed me to play with the dog outside its kennel and to take it outside to a fenced yard area, told me that I was not qualified to adopt the dog.

Because when she asked me if I had experience with terriers, I truthfully said that I did not. She said that since I had no "breed experience" I could not adopt Zach. I said that I was willing to do whatever it would take to become acceptable as an adoptive parent for this dog, including taking classes and volunteering at the shelter. This same woman said I would have to take a class FIRST before I could qualify to adopt, which would include "community service" that could be performed at the shelter. I asked where I might take such a class and was given a vague "community college" answer. (That night, I went online to search for the classes. I discovered there was canine good citizen training at a local school, but of course that requires the owner to attend the class with their dog. There were no classes I could take without having a dog with me.) The worker then asserted that "terriers are called terrors for a reason," (huh?), that the dog was uncontrollable, would destroy everything I owned, was a digger and had intolerable separation anxiety.

I had seen none of these traits in the pup (9 months old) during the hour or so that I spent with him. In fact, what I liked about the dog was that even in his eagerness to explore the yard while unleashed, he came to me each time I called him, and sat for me when I asked him while gently pressing his rump. He was lively and energetic, drank water from my hand, clearly needed training, but was small enough for me to handle easily. The worker said Zach could not be left alone for a second because of the separation anxiety; he would have to be kept company 24/7. I had a month off from my regular job and was planning to spend a lot of time at home working on a freelance project, so I said I wouldn't mind. I figured if I found it difficult to train Zach myself, I would take him to a professional and we could learn at the same time. It was all to no avail, though. And besides, I was concerned about not being able to leave him alone for even a couple of hours. That seemed like a lot to take on, so I let the issue drop.

I have regretted that almost every day since. I wish I had discovered your website before I went to Nevada SPCA. If I had, I would have told them anything they wanted to hear, including that I had breed experience just to get the dog, knowing I had time to train him and that with proper training and an understanding of his position in the pack, his separation anxiety could be cured.... They made it sound like separation anxiety was a lifelong trait that could not be assuaged. I am very confident in my ability to handle a medium-sized dog. (In fact, I was the only one in my family who was at all assertive with a Pit Bull my cousin adopted. That dog was treated like a human by everyone but me. He understood by my firm no when he tried to jump on me in greeting that this behavior with me was unacceptable. He jumped on everyone else except me. He begged for food (successfully) from everyone except me. I just established dominance by instinct because I didn't want the dog jumping on me and I didn't think it was right for him to beg for food or really to eat from the table when he had his own food available in his dish.)

I guess in a way I do have breed experience with a terrier, because a Pit Bull is one. But I didn't spend a whole lot of time with my cousin's dog (whom she ultimately gave away because he was "too much work."). "I think about Zach all the time. I really liked him and I have not found a pound puppy I like as much as him. I saw a nice Pit Bull puppy at another shelter (nonprofit foundation) but the dog was too submissive—it seemed like she had been mistreated. When I called her to me in the pen she would run over but would then put her head down on the ground and cower. I think that would be much harder to modify than willful behavior. Also, she will grow to be too large for my apartment. Zach was the perfect size. "Zach was at the Nevada SPCA for two weeks before I met him, according to the worker. Two days after they denied my request to adopt, his picture disappeared from their website. I can only hope this delightful little guy was adopted. Maybe one of the workers wanted him for herself and that's why they denied me??