Sounds like a great idea. Here's a bit more info for the newbies if I may- At the top of the postings click on the link 'conversations' and scroll down until you see 'rules for trading' posting. This will answer a lot of your questions so it lightens the load on your 'adoptive parent'. Members there will be glad to help you. This side of the site is for planning actual trades. Good luck and welcome!

This is going to be an odd question, but I told my sister in law about this. She said she would like to get in on it, too. HOWEVER, she does not have access to the internet & unable to have an account here. I told her I could just request to have a little extra seed thrown in for her. Does this seem alright with y'all?

First Kudos to you for adopting. Second while you have gotten some good replies you need to know you may never have a "normal" dog some dogs are not wired right and when they experience neglect or abuse, it just gets worse. Having said that, here is my suggestion. Go get yourself a bottle of Rescue Remedy and start with 3 drops into her mouth in the morning...this may help her with her anxiety. If you catch her doing something like submissive peeing or eating something she isnt suppose to, try not to react too much (I know it is hard) if she is chewing a book, just tell her to drop it, and pick up one of her toys and tell her to play with that. Redirecting your dog by letting it know what is good and what you want it to do is key. To often we just tell them what not to do. Especially with your dog she needs to know what is okay. As far as her seperation anxiety goes, dont leave her. Even to get a cup of coffee, having her come to you is going to reinforce the bond and in her eyes is is another positive - you may have to actually put a leaash on her in the house and just either tie her to you or pick up the leash and have her come with you everywhere. You are going to need to stick to positive reinforcement behavior training. I suspect taking her on leash walks a couple of times a day will also help - I do not suggest taking her to a dog park, she is wayyyyyyy too unbalance for that. The more you teach her what is hers and what is okay for her to chew on and that you want her to come with you while you are moving about the house and the more stupid pet tricks you teach her, the more confidence you will be building. Stop the Rescue Remedy if she starts to diengage or withdraw at all. Good luck and please post to let us know how things are going.

'Why on earth would you allow a breed like that in your home is beyond me. Keep the pit mix and expect more of the same incidents in the future.' Why would you question what type dog a person has if they are a responsible owner, as sarah appears to be. She has realized that there is a problem and working to resolve it. This dominance/jealousy problem could have risen with any breed dog, not only a Pitt. I have been around/worked with dogs all my life; the three times I was bitten was by a Cocker, a Jack Russell and a Sheltie. Pitts are not the top bitters, but as larger dogs they do more damage when they bite. A lot of smaller dog bites are also not reported making their bite statistics lower on the list. I've seen Pitts who were wonderful "people/kid dogs", who were wonderful pets and great with other pets and I've seen Pitts who were wonderful pets but couldn't be trusted around other pets, same as can be found in any breed. I can't say I would never have a Pit because I've had too many rescues to say never but I probably wouldn't go out and intentionally get a Pit due to not knowing bloodlines or how the animal had been raised. At one time there was a guy here in Florida who bred Pitts just for fighting. He took the worst of the worst and bred them over and over. If you got a dog from his bloodlines in error, you could very well have a problem because this IDIOT had bred them to be vicious. I've seen people who want their Pitts to be bad and train/abuse them to be so. Sadly, in cases like these the dogs are the ones who suffer. Personally I think that people of this ilk, people who fight dogs and people such as this breeder need to be put into a cage and forced to fight in the same manner which the dogs are forced to do. Animal abuse laws aren't strict enough in my opinion. People who abuse animals have no respect for any kind of life as far as I am concerned. Bless you sarah for fostering.