Coby - Weimaraner Dog For Adoption

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his toys and growls and, being kids, they would come up to him reaching for his face and he had an instance where he snapped at one of them. In addition they weren't able to give him much personal time and attention as they were focused on the kids and also didn't want to have to feel like she had to worry about how the kids interacted with him. We have been in contact and there is 3 1/2 year old that is very sad to have lost him. The family that he came from had one parent that worked from home and they had never taken a vacation so he had literally not been alone from them. They used to kennel him as a puppy however have had him free roam. They said he was not destructive at all in the house however he loves toys and "nibbles" on his blankets...basically making them very "holy"...but that being said it was confined to his blankets on his dog bed. He loves toys and chew toys! At the house where he was, he was not allowed to be on the couch or beds...at our place he has made himself at home on the couch and is quite content on his bed at night, or just sleeps in the living room on the couch. When someone comes to the door he barks quite loud and deep. In addition, if he is left alone he also barks, but then quiets down when no-one comes for him. I have been bringing him to work with me during the day, and he has bonded very strongly with me and adapts well to people around him. At my work, he is exposed to a good number of new people. Depending on how someone approaches him, he can be a little defensive and growl but it's a very natural response from the situations I've witnessed...he usually just engages playfully with most everyone. He has been through a lot in the last week and is still adjusting. The only times I've noticed he has been unpredictable is if he is confronted with strangers who approach him too fast when in his personal space, if he has a bone and doesn't want it taken away or when he has tried to claim the bed as his own (which I had let him up on the bed and then told him to get down when my spouse wasn't on the same page) and it was in the middle of the night so I might have caught him off guard ...however I have easily been able to assert myself as the pack leader and he has respected the boundaries well. At the dog park, he is very social and does well with other dogs and does not get aggressive at all, even when faced with a dog that wants to assert control. He is very excitable, when people around him have excitable energy...but then he also adapts well to low energy environments and just "hangs" with us at night when we are home. He will let you know when he has to go out and is very well behaved at home and when out and about. He does really well traveling in the car. He will paw at the window if he wants it down but does great when I go into stores; he isn't destructive and doesn't bark. He waits patiently. He is an amazing dog. He likes to be around his people and I don't know how well he would do if he were left alone for extended periods of time...he would definitely do well in a house where someone was home and I think he would be fine with kids as long as the kids were 7 years or older and understood boundaries and could use judgement (the prior owner confirmed this as well). Apparently he is good with cats, but I haven't confirmed this myself. He does well on a 16 foot retractable leash and even off leash he does well...he runs ahead and comes back. He is an excellent dog, very sweet, goofy and an amazing weim! Any couple or family will be very blessed to have him. I get the sense that he would do well with another dog. At the dog park he engaged well with all of the other dogs. There was one dog outside of the dog park, in a one on one setting, that was smaller that he was asserting himself as the dominant dog...putting his butt in their face and was standing over them. He does well in situations where we give him boundaries and I’m assuming he would respect the boundaries another dog sets. If the older dog was entirely submissive I could see him using his influence to claim toys but I don’t see any red flags with his interaction with other dogs.

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