Midge
Midge is a 2 year old blue female that is ready to move on to a new home. She is not a dog that anyone can adopt, she will need a special home that is willing to spend time working with her to gain her trust. She wants to be a people dog but she has had zero socialization and life experience. She is a sweet girl with a heart of gold, but she is not going to be an overnight project and I feel like it is in her best interest to get her into and bonding with her forever home as soon as possible.
She has come so far in the two weeks that she has been here. When I got her she was terrified and untouchable. She would panic and run if you even looked at her. Now she is comfortable with me, and I can touch and pet her on her terms. She is even starting to come up to me for attention, but always from behind. She has become very social in her kennel and will wag her tail when she sees you. Out of the kennel she is likely to run away, but come up to you if you turn your back. It is highly likely that she will revert back to this same behavior for the first few days in her new home. Her new owners will most likely just have to ignore her for a week or so until she is more comfortable.
She has never lived in a house before, but is doing great being in the busy part of the house watching everything go by. Her crate door is often open and she will come out to say hello or check on her person if I go out of her sight. She darts back to the kennel anytime she is nervous. She does pretty well if you put a leash on her and just have her follow you around. She will allow people to pet her when she is on lead but is still uncomfortable. She does enjoy short chin scratches. She is not housebroken, but has not had an accident either. Her new owners will need to send her out regularly just as you would with a puppy.
Midge lights up when she is with another dog. She is paired up with a male Dane at this time for outside time and she interacts with him well. She wants to play and is very social with him and that has really helped in being able to handle her and show her that people are fun. She regularly interacts with my 3 smaller female dogs. They are bossy and she mostly ignores them. Given time and confidence that may change. She really needs to be in a home with a playful male dog to show her the ropes.
She walks on a slip lead well, but will panic and pull back. I would not put her on a harness, halti, or flat collar. She mostly follows at this point, and most of the time if I want her out of the kennel I have to put a slip lead on her. She does best if you just put the lead on and go without looking at her. She is not a dog that you will walk around the neighborhood anytime soon. She did ok when we walked her into the vet, but was very nervous. I would not even think about letting her be off lead without being in secure fence.
Midge has to go to a home with a secure 6 foot fence. In moments of panic she will scale a fence and almost made it out of my 6 foot fence the first night. At her previous home she was said to jump 4 foot fences on the regular. We would also prefer that the fence be attached to the house meaning if a door is opened and she gets out it is only into a fenced yard.
She is not food motivated at all. She will not take food from your hand or if you toss it onto the floor. She will eat treats if you put them in her kennel and walk away. She eats her food well in the crate.
I don’t feel that she is going to do well in a busy home. Ideal for her would be 1-2 adults with occasional visitors. For the first few months she would enjoy just hanging out at home learning to be a dog and building confidence. She does do pretty well riding in a crate in the car and seems to feel comfortable riding.
We will not place her in a home that is not willing to crate her for now. The crate is her only source of safety and is a great tool for shy dogs like this to watch and interact with their surroundings. I mostly keep her door open and she prefers to stay there.
Midge doesn’t need pity and to be treated like a “rescue” she needs someone who wants to see her succeed in life, who won’t make excuses and who will challenge her to step out of her comfort zone. She has potential to be such a great dog and she deserves someone that will help her get there.
She has been microchipped, vaccinated, spayed and pexied. She is still healing from her surgery but will be ready to go after January 1st. I would like to see her get into her new home sooner than later so that she can bond with her new owners and not so much to me and then have to start over.
You can view her progress over the last couple of weeks on our Facebook page. If you are interested in giving Midge a new life please fill out an application below
Zola
Zola never stops moving. To see her in action, please visit her here on our Facebook page.
Meet Zola! This 10 month old girl is just too happy and playful to get good pictures so here is a video!
She’s a really sweet girl, always wants to snuggle, knows some basic obedience and is very willing to please. She was raised with small children and would do good in a home with older children. She is very active so a family that likes to be active would be great.
Zola is good with other large breed dogs and would be good with a male dog. She is too much for smaller dogs though. She should also find a cat and chicken free home. She did kill a chicken in her last home and I don’t trust the way she looks at my cats even though they do come in the fence and she doesn’t hurt them.
She is still very much puppy and likes to chew in things if she is not in a crate or supervised. Give her some time to grow and she’ll get better.
She has been vaccinated, microchipped and had a spay/pexy. She will be ready to go soon so if you are interested in her please submit an adoption application below.
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