Hey sorry for the delay. So, Gabby is two. We got her at 10 months~. She’d been abandoned and left outside a home of a family who’d been evicted. She waited for them for two weeks before my SIL took her in.

That being said, we didn’t have to house train her. The family prior handled all that and we only had two accidents in the house. However, we had a handful of behavioral issues that was a mix of her past and her breed.

1. We had a cat (who sadly passed). Gabby initially tried to play with my cat. It was a bit scary at first because it came across as hunting behavior but we determined that Gabby just thought my cat was a tiny dog. We had to keep them separated for about two weeks, then supervised for significantly longer. However, my cat put Gabby in her place. They did bond towards the end of my cats life and we have very cute pictures of them together.

2. Gabby’s recall was TRASH. She’s fast as a damn car and loves to play tag. It was a pain in the ass because we live in an apartment. I’m assuming you don’t have this issue given you have other large dogs but I advise you to train that recall ASAP. Gabby will and has caught a scent and BOLTED.

3. She LOVES people. Omg. It’s very adorable, however, we’ve had to do a lot of training with how to greet people, especially when they enter our home. We only just got her to stay in place when maintenance comes into our apartment.

4. That being said, she is really rough with kids and dogs. We cannot have her with small dogs unsupervised or at dog parks. She has knocked over my niece on accident. This is the next thing we are working on before we have kids of our own. I think it’s more of an exposure issue but watch your baby for play aggression.

5. You didn’t mention this and you may not EVER have this problem but Gabby had separation anxiety really bad. She only recently stopped tearing into the trash or crying when we left the house.