Mia the Blue-Nose American Bully Pit

A day in the life with Mia the American Bully (Bully Pit) puppy. 1 year 5 months, 61 pounds, 18 1/2 inches from the ground to the highest point of the shoulders (the withers).

A blue nose Amercan Bully Pit is sitting on a grass hill and she is looking forward. Her right ear is up and her left ear is flopped over.

1 1/2 Year Old (17 months old).

The Pack

A blue nose American Bully Pit is sitting on a grass hill and she is looking forward. There is an American Pit Bull Terrier standing to the left of the Bully. Her mouth is open and tongue is out. To the right of the Bully is a brown brindle with black and white Boxer that is sitting on a grass hill.

Guardians of the galaxy... I mean yard. Left - Leia the shorty Pit Bull, middle Mia the American Bully, right - Bruno the Boxer

A blue nose Pit Bull Terrier, a brown brindle with black and white Boxer, an American Pit Bull Terrier and a blue nose American Bully Pit are standing behind a wooden board. Three of the dogs mouths are open. The Boxer has his tongue out.

Hanging out at work, left to right- Spencer the Pit Bull, Bruno the Boxer, Leia the shorty Pit Bull, and Mia the American Bully.

A blue nose Pit Bull Terrier, a brown brindle with black and white Boxer and a blue nose American Bully Pit are sitting on a rock in the middle of a field. There mouths are open and tongues are out.

Stopping at a rest stop while on the road. Never pass up a good photo shoot. Up on the rock guys, up, up... Now sit. Good babies. Stay. Left to right- - Spencer the Pit Bull, Mia the American Bully, and Bruno the Boxer.

An American Pit Bull Terrier is standing on a blacktop surface and to the right of her is a sitting blue nose American Bully Pit.

Partners in crime, Leia the shorty Pit Bull with Mia the American Bully

Carrying Thinks Around

Mia is still big on carrying things around. Before coming into the house she always grabs something to bring with her, tail wagging, rear end wiggling as she dances around any human that may be there. Every morning she still runs for a bone before greeting each family member as they wake, one by one, wooooing, wagging and wiggling with her head bobbing up and down.

Close up - A blue nose American Bully Pit has a banana peel in her mouth and an American Pit Bull Terrier is reaching over to take it.

Hey, Leia, get your own banana peal! This find is all mine! I got to bring it to those humans.

A blue nose American Bully Pit has a piece of stuffing her mouth and she is walking across a hardwood floor.

Mia, what is that in your mouth (as she wiggles and wooo's all around my legs). It's a piece of stuffing from your bed. You do know that is bad don't you? It's not funny, Mia. Drop it. You act like life is one big joke.

A blue nose American Bully Pit has a log in her mouth and she is walking down a hardwood floor. There is a person standing to the left of her.

Now what do you have? A log? Really? You mine as well bring that over to the fireplace. Come over here.

A blue nose American Bully Pit is walking down a hardwood floor with a fireplace log in her mouth.

Thank you for carrying it over, but don't make a habit of stealing the logs off of the wood pile.

Top down view of a blue nose American Bully Pit is walking across a hardwood floor with a log in her mouth past the wood buring stove fireplace.

I don't think you should put it in the stove by yourself. Give me that now and be careful not to drop it or you might put a dent in the wood floor.

A blue nose American Bully Pit is standing in front of a storm door and she has a couple pieces of sticks in her mouth. Behind her is a blue nose Pit Bull Terrier looking out of a screen door.

Mia, you can't just take wood from around the fireplace and take it outside.

Allergic Reaction

Close up - A blue nose American Bully Pit standing on a hardwood floor and looking up. The dog has welt-like bumps all over her head.

Mia was outside playing with Leia. When she came back in I noticed she was developing lumps all over her body. Oh no, an allergic reaction, but to what? Bees was my guess. I dosed her up with Benadryl (diphenhydramine) and watched her carefully. She was itchy, rubbing herself all over the floor to relieve her herself. You poor girl.

Close up - A blue nose American Bully Pit is sitting on a tiled floor and she is looking up. Her eye is a little bit swollen.

Notice her swollen eye and the lumps on her head. I gave her more Benadryl. I was ready to race her to the vet if it got any worse, but it started to get better. When Bruno the Boxer had an allergic reaction as a puppy the emergency vet had given him a hefty dose of Benadryl and I was told that was the thing to do ASAP when you notice a reaction such as this in a dog. Luckily with Bruno I had indeed stopped at a drug store and done just that on the way to the ER vet. So I was going to try that first with Mia.

A blue nose American Bully Pit is sitting on a rug and she is looking up. One of her eyes is swollen.

Looking and feeling a little better there Mia. Your eye is still swollen, but it is definitely going down and not getting worse. My best guess is you decided to take on a hive of defensive bees and you lost. But as of right now I still do not know what you got into. Leia, Amie's rescued Pit Bull was with her and she was fine, but Leia is more the type to run away if a bee comes after her, where as Mia would stay and take it on, snapping and jumping at them even as she got stung. Just like the first time she saw the fireplace as a puppy. If a car comes down the driveway and honks its horn Mia will RUN TO the front grill of the car cocking her head at the loud noise so close the driver can't see her anymore, where Leia, and all the other dogs for that matter, would back away from the piercing sound of the horn. Mia does not back down easily.

Hole Digger

Close up - A blue nose American Bully Pit is sitting on a stone porch and she is looking up. Her ears are back and she has brown dirt all over her nose.

Mia, from the looks of you, my guess is there is a new hole out there in the yard somewhere.

The Beach

The side of a blue nose American Bully Pit and an American Pit Bull Terrier are standing in water and in sand. There is a blonde haired girl holding the long retractable leash of the Bully.

The retractable leashes come in handy at the beach when the dogs can't run free, yet we want them to be able to run and play.

The backside of a blue nose American Bully Pit running into a body of water. In front of her is an American Pit Bull Terrier standing in water.

Leia spots a buoy and tries to fetch it.

The backside of a blue nose American Bully Pit that is standing in water. There is an American Pit Bull Terrier standing in front of the Bully Pit in water with only her head showing.

When her feet no longer touch the bottom she quickly decides she better swim back. That thing out there is further than she thought!

A wet blue nose American Bully Pit is sitting on a hardwood floor and she is looking up. Her right ear is in the air and her left ear is flopped over. She is wearing a hot pink collar.

Mia after a swim in the bay. "How about some dinner? I think it is about that time."

A blue nose American Bully Pit is sitting on a hardwood porch, she is holding her head up and looking to the right. Behind her is the backside of a blue nose Pit Bull Terrier that is looking back and it looks like he is smiling.

"Spencer I think I smell fish."

"Yeah I smell it too. Fish makes me happy..."

Down Time

Top down view of a blue nose American Bully Pit sleeping out on a dog bed with one of her front paws bent back behind her body in an odd way.

Worn out from along day. Mia that is an odd way to lay.

A brown brindle with black and white Boxer is sleeping on his right side. Next to him is a blue nose American Bully Pit that is laying down and looking up, and next to her is a sleeping blue nose Pit Bull Terrier.

Bruno the Boxer, Mia the American Bully and Spencer the Pit Bull curled up for the night.

General Rules

Four dogs are sitting in the back of a van. One of the dogs is trying to get out of the vehicle.

When the van door opens everyone is to wait for a command to get out, for their own safety, it has to be a strict rule. We can't travel with dogs jumping out of the van whenever the door opens. Of course Mia is the one who needs to be reminded with that bully head of hers. "Mia, back, and wait."

Puppy No-nos

A blue nose American Bully Pit is laying on a rug and looking up. She has tissues all around her and behind her is a trash can.

Mia! Again??!! Don't look at me like that. Those puppy-dog eyes won't save you. Stay out of my trash can!

Raising a Puppy: A day in the life with Mia the Blue-Nose American Bully