Cooper

This is Cooper, an American Bulldog that I adopted out a few months ago. I received these pictures from his adopter yesterday. He's doing very well.

He lives with two other dogs and a number of cats. There are horses and chickens as well. The chickens learned to stay out of the dog yard and the owner took her time in introducing the dog around the horses.

Cooper was always a very friendly, sociable fellow. He has enough of a presence to make a stranger think twice, and I expect he would protect his new mom, but a well-intentioned person has nothing to fear from this dog. He really loves people and greets everyone with an enthusiastic wag of the tail, a big smile, and a slobbery kiss if he gets the chance.

He was really well behaved right from the start, but his adopter immediately started him in one-on-one classes with a trainer. I wish everyone would do that. It solves so many problems before they even start if the owner has a leadership position and the dog has some good, solid, basic obedience.

I really liked her approach. She didn't require or expect the dog to be perfect right from the start. She did her part and took control and responsibility for making it work.

He gets a combination of dry and raw food to eat, including fresh eggs everyday. He apparently loves going down to the river to swim, who wouldn't this time of year?