We volunteered at our local
shelter this summer, unfortunately it is not a "no kill" shelter.
There was one very sweet dog which we walked and played with for almost
a month, yet no one adopted him. The day before his time was up,
we decided to rescue him with the thought that we would keep him or find
him a home. (There were also many other dogs which were wonderful
and should have found a home, but they didn't. Unfortunately we couldn't
adopt them all. We have decided to only volunteer at "no kill" shelters
in the future.)
We named him Freckles, got him all his shots, he's negative for heartworm, current on his heartworm preventative, and we've had him neutered. I would say he is just now about a year old. As he has matured, he has decided that he needs to be top dog, but we have an older dog who thinks Freckles is wrong. Freckles is better off in a home where he would not have to share his people or his backyard with another dog. Freckles is possessive about food, we can take it away from him, but he wants all the food (his bowl and our other dog's bowl, too). We were told that he was a Border Collie, but he looks more like an Australian Shepherd to me. He is very quick and would make a good agility dog. He loves to swim. He has never met a person he didn't like. Boarder Collies and Australian Shepherds are said to need a job to be really happy. I believe this to be true about Freckles. I considered training him to be a hearing or service dog, but he'd need to live in the house with people for that. And while that is where he'd really rather live, he can't, because I'm allergic to dogs. Freckles lives outside at our house, so I can't be positive, but I think he is house broken. The reason I think this is because he refused "go to the bathroom" in his cage at the shelter for the month he was there. Freckles has dug under our fence, and learned how to unlatch both gates unless they are pad locked (very smart dog). We want to find him a good home, and we'd be more than willing to take him back and try to find him another home if you decided he isn't the dog for you. He simply can't live with us permanently without making our older dog miserable. Please, if you think you'd
like to see if he fits well into your household, email me at:
Thank you,
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Nov. 29, 2005
Border Collie or Australian Shepherd
1 year old (approximately).
Active: Good running mate, but is happy to sit at your feet while
you type on the computer.
Friendly to people and small dogs. Barks at strange big dogs.
Loves our other dog, but he wants to be the boss.
Smart: Can unlatch gates.
Healthy, all shots current, heartworm negative, on heartworm preventative,
neutered.
Needs:
He needs people! He would not make a good dog to
just leave in the backyard. He really wants to be with people all
the time.
I believe that he should be in a home with either submissive
dogs or no dogs. I had hoped that the dominance issue would be worked out
by now, but it hasn't. Both my dogs want to be top dog.
Please consider giving him a try.
Thank you,
Engela
261-8230