Blitz was seized from a stray kennels in Sheffield, South Yorkshire purely based on his looks under section 1 of The Dangerous Dogs Act in the guise of public safety.

Blitz never was and never has been a Dangerous dog that is a risk too society. In fact we feel that Blitz has needed to be saved from Society.

Cross breed dogs are routinely seized from honest and decent, respectable families and households on a daily basis. Held/imprisoned in secret locations with no contact or visits allowed until their fate is dealt with at the hands of the judiciary.

Cross breed dogs suspected of being one of the four banned breeds within the United Kingdom are imprisoned away from their families at the detriment to their health and wellbeing.

Whilst in kennels dogs like Blitz are isolated, and restricted to an abnormal normal amount of exercise and do not receive the normal enrichment and stimulation that they would receive in loving homes.

As a result they display stereotypical behaviours including, but not restricted to, barking, cage biting, bouncing, resource guarding, non breed specific repetitive behaviours and destructive tendencies.

Blitz did not ask to be born as a Pit Bull type, his only crime was escaping his garden and roaming as a stray. The law protecting society from dangerous dogs is not fit for purpose and penalises innocent dogs.

As a result innocent and often family dogs that are not accustomed to a kennel life, never mind almost 5 years in a kennel often find themselves unable to cope in the compromised conditions. I know that Blitz was walked, loved, offered environmental enrichment and as a result developed a connection to staff. Even then he ripped off part of his pad on a front foot on the cage bars whilst reacting to a neighbouring dog. He was so bouncy and energetic with all his pent up energy that he went on to suffer stress fractures to his joints, and damaged his teeth biting at the bars, and further potential irreversible damage to his good nature. I asked that his teeth be repaired whilst under anesthetic for being neutered prior to being released ,however we subsequently found out that he was neutered under an emergency procedure known as an ex-lap when he ingested a toy left with him for enrichment.

Since his release it has been a constant battle of managing his medical issues whilst trying to socialise a dog held away from society, a dog unsure of the big wide world that so horribly let him down. Which in our opinion has resulted in him suffering PTSD as a result of his prolonged lack of exposure to anything other than basic conditions.

As previously touched upon we are starting to see the side effects of stress fractures from when Blitz was effectively imprisoned. He has developed a slight limp and often cries when waking and trying to move initially. Obviously we would like to be able to have the affected limbs x-rayed so we can put a plan in place moving forward to make sure that blitz receives the level of exercise he needs but without sustaining further damage,

Also. the damage sustained to his teeth whilst imprisoned as a result of chewing at the bars will potentially cause him issues in his later years so again for his immediate relief we would prefer these to be looked at at the same time as x-raying.

Blitz does not trust people.

Getting hands on by the vet is a challenge. but one that we are slowly overcoming and this is why in order to reduce the stress caused to Blitz by visiting the vet we would like these procedures to be done at the same time.

Adrian and Suzhy at Rase vets @ Gainsborough are amazing with their patience and knowledge and together as a team we can help improve his later years.

Dogs deemed to be of a banned breed type are allowed to live with restrictions and placed on the exemption list and as a result of this are denied health insurance.

Blitz was only 18 months old when taken away from society, and nearly 5 years had passed before being released into our care.

Blitz deserves our support for the future. please help us to deliver this