Meet Banjo: Banjo is a very sweet American Pit Bull Terrier. His estimated date of birth is October 5, 2010. Banjo was on his own in a neighborhood in Powhatan January 19, 2011 when a family brought him into their home. As sweet and handsome as he is, everybody thought for sure his family must be missing him. No family ever came for him. So a rescue friendly family in Amelia took this boy in and then sought the help of a rescue group to take Banjo in and he came to us.

Banjo has since had all of his vetting and neuter done. He is on heartworm and flea/tick preventative. Banjo has done awesome with his obedience training. He knows sit, down, stay, walks pretty well on lead (he gets excited). He rides nicely in the car. He is crate trained and is doing great with house training and manners. He goes out weekly for the Canine Adventure walks and loves it and is well behaved with his leash walking and meeting humans and dogs out on the trails. He is full of life and energy and has a very sweet disposition. He has all of the exuberance of a typical puppy and needs good exercise and continued work with his training.

This handsome boy will be a wonderful family member. He has a really sweet temperament. Banjo loves men and women and children. Since he is so young and full of energy, we will only consider homes with children who are eight years and older. Banjo is great with a variety of other dogs. We have worked with him on a daily basis with lots of different dogs and he knows how to adjust his play level nicely. He has no experience with cats. www.adrati.com adopt page has process and online application.

You will need to be an experienced dog person and have a vet reference and 3 personal references to be considered to adopt Banjo. No invisible fencing. A home visit and one week foster to adopt will be required. Adoption fee $50 plus $100 donation for a total fee of $150.