My Gypsy is now 13 years old, when i took her home i was 15 !! she was 2 months old. I was living in a portuguese community and everyone has his own dog to protect himself, my bf was doing his best to make of her a dangerous dog, it was horrible, sometimes she was really bad to protect me, she (because i can't say it for my dog) was sleeping on the balcony, she was starving, and she was scared and beaten. I wasn't in love anymore with this guy after one week we had this young dog, i realised he was a monster, he was so violent. But this poor dog stayed a bit 'unpredictable" for a few months after this.With the help of his best friend (who wasn't anymore his friend after this) i finally escaped from him with my dog, he didn't want to let us go, he was crazy ! I found a tiny house with a BIG garden, and i lived there nearly a year with my dog, just us, we were sooo nice there ! and we stayed very close if you see what i mean with this friend who helped me, we were together since a bit of time when he's dead in a car accident, so Gypsy is all i have from him now. She's a lovely dog, with the kids she's awesome, she's a good guard but she's not dangerous at all !!!!!! i know if i tell her to catch someone, she'll do it but not with the same anger anymore. But i prefer fighting by myself and don't use my dog I love her