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Mia the Blue-Nose American Bully Pit

A day in the life with Mia the American Bully (Bully Pit) puppy. 1 year 2 months, 60 pounds, 18 1/2 inches from the ground to the highest point of the shoulders (the withers).

A blue nose American Bully Pit is wearing a hot pink collar sitting in grass and she is looking forward. Both of her ears are up and there is a wooden fence behind her.

1 Year Old (14 months old).

Pack Walk

A blue nose American Bully Pit, an American Pit Bull Terrier, a brown with black and white Boxer and a blue nose Pit Bull Terrier are all on leashes standing on a sidewalk and they are looking to the left.

Out on a pack walk with Spencer the blue-nose Pit Bull, Leia the blue-nose Pit Bull, Mia the American Bully and Bruno the Boxer.

A blue nose American Bully Pit, an American Pit Bull Terrier, a brown with black and white Boxer and a blue nose Pit Bull Terrier are sleeping in the back of a mini van.

After the walk everyone crashes in the van for the ride home.

Blue-Nose Nap

Top down view of A blue nose American Bully Pit, an American Pit Bull Terrier and a blue nose Pit Bull Terrier sleeping under a table.

Mia, Spencer and Leia taking a nap together.

Someone's at the Door

A blue nose American Bully Pit, an American Pit Bull Terrier and a blue nose Pit Bull Terrier are standing in front of a house door looking at the horse on the porch. A brown with black and white Boxer is looking back confused.

The dogs start to bark. Someone is at the door. Oh, it's Amie and Scooter the horse! Bruno looks back, "Mom look who it is."

A blue nose American Bully Pit and an American Pit Bull Terrier are sitting at the bottom of a screen door. They are looking out at a horse.

Hi Scooter!

Wanting Food

A blue nose American Bully Pit is sitting on a hardwood floor and she is looking up.

Why are you sitting there staring at me like that?

A blue nose American Bully Pit is sitting on a hardwood floor and she is looking up at a bag of Goldfish crackers.

Ohhhh, you are hoping for a fishy?

Treats Under Cups

A blue nose American Bully Pit, an American Pit Bull Terrier, a brown with black and white Boxer and a blue nose Pit Bull Terrier are standing and sitting on a tiled floor looking up at the camera. There is a person standing behind them.

Sara puts some treats under the cups. No one in the pack is smart enough to paw the cup over to get the food, although Mia was the one who was the closest to getting it. She pushed the cup that had the food under it around the floor with her nose. Spencer may have known, but he is not pushy enough to move a cup around the floor. He waits for the humans to hand him food.

A blue nose American Bully Pit, an American Pit Bull Terrier, a brown with black and white Boxer and a blue nose Pit Bull Terrier are standing and sitting on a tiled floor. They are looking down at a cup treat that was placed down for them.

Time to get Spayed

Five weeks after Mia's messy second heat the vet agreed to spay Mia.

A blue nose American Bully Pit is sitting on a floor in a Veterinarian's office and looking forward.

This was Mia at the vet waiting to be taken in the back for her spay. The vet also suggested it was a good idea to perform a prophylactic gastropexy (elective stomach tacking) due to the Bully type having a high risk of bloat. Since Mia was going to be cut open in that area for the spay, the gastropexy was easy to perform. Mia's stomach was tacked down to her body wall to prevent her from any future chance of bloating. She needed to spend the night to make sure all was ok before coming home.

A blue nose American Bully Pit is sleeping on a dog bed in the back of a van. She is wearing a blue flexable dog cone.

Mia the next day in the van on the way home from the vet.

A girl in a black and white sweater is touching the side of a blue nose Bully Pit that is laying on her side on a dog bed in a pen.

Sara saying hi to Mia after she came home from getting spayed.

A blue nose American Bully Pit is standing partially in a dog bed and a hardwood floor inside of an x-pen in a living room.

Sorry Mia, you have to stay in that x-pen. You are not allowed to have free roam of the house unless you are being followed around by a human to prevent you from hurting yourself.

A blue nose American Bully Pit is sleeping on her left side on a red and white polka dot dog bed.

Mia taking a nap in the dog bed next to me.

Close up - Stitches on the the belly of a blue nose American Bully Pit.

Mia's stitches from her spay and gastropexy.

Close up - The stomach of a blue nose American Bully Pit.

Nature Always Shows Itself

A blue nose American Bully Pit is sitting on a rug, behind her is a brown with black and white Boxer and behind him is a blue nose Pit Bull Terrier.

I had some treats for the dogs and they line up in their natural born order, once again. Mia making sure she is in the front and Spencer purposely hanging back, which leaves Bruno naturally in the middle.

A blue nose American Bully Pit, an American Pit Bull Terrier, a brown with black and white Boxer are sitting on a tiled kitchen floor and behind them is a standing blue nose Pit Bull Terrier.

Again, I am preparing their dog food and they line up. Mia near the front, Spencer hanging back, leaving Bruno and Liea in the middle.

A blue nose American Bully Pit, an American Pit Bull Terrier, a brown with black and white Boxer are sitting on a tiled kitchen floor and behind them is a laying blue nose Pit Bull Terrier. There is a person holding a piece of chicken and all the dogs are looking at the chicken.

Who wants chicken?

Spencer the back of the line dog wants to go outside to eat his bone in peace with no controversy. Mia the alpha dog wants someone else's bone. Anyone else's bone but her own, she is on the prowl. The two middle of the road dogs, Bruno the Boxer and Liea the Pit Bull eat their bones with no issues. Although Leia, the new rescue dog is a little worried Mia will steal her bone. The rule of not being allowed to steal another dog's bone or protect her own is new to her.

A blue nose American Bully Pit is sitting on a dog bed and behind it an American Pit Bull Terrier, a brown with black and white Boxer and a blue nose Pit Bull Terrier are laying on there own dog beds chewing bones.

I tell Mia "No". She is not allowed to prowl around trying to steal another dog's bone and she sits down and looks at me all distraught about having to back down. Shortly after she laid down next to her own bone deciding if she cannot have someone else's bone she just won't chew anything. She will often wait until another dog walks away from their own bone to get a drink of water. She will then go chew on the abandoned bone and the dog who got up to get a drink will discover Mia's brand new unchewed bone and the two dogs will trade on good terms.

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