MICHI - GERMAN SHEPHERD DOG / BASENJI / MIXED DOG FOR ADOPTION

Description

Dog Breed: German Shepherd Dog / Basenji / Mixed. Foster Update: Michi has learned how to “dog”! The way she says hello to us and new people is so quirky with her turbo tail. She got to see foster kittens and showed no aggression. Once play time is done, she loves to crash next to a foster on the couch. Michi is curious and always wants to be where we are at, but she is great relaxing in the crate while we are out running errands and sleeps peacefully there all night. She loves to relocate her favorite toys and even keeps them intact! House training is going great. The dog-door was used for the first time today and no accidents in the house in over a week! Michi was a little afraid when she arrived at her first ever foster a few days ago. Each day she became more confident and playful. She was initially spooked by noises, but has improved greatly. We feel like the more she bonds with us, the more she comes out of her shell. Her safe space was and is the crate where she sleeps quietly all night. She takes her favorite toys into the crate. Funny to see a puppy clean up after themselves! She even naps in the crate with the door open during the day, or under the desk of the work from home foster. The foster has a dog that has taught Michi how to walk around the neighborhood, walk around the nearby big-box pet store, and walk the nearby big-box home improvement store. She will benefit from more interaction with new people. She appears to be interested and playful with other dogs, but shows no signs of barking or aggression. She just wants to play! Michi is food motivated which makes training easy. She has not had any accidents in the crate and has done great with house-training… much better than most that we have fostered. She easily follows us around the house and outside. Quickly re-directed when needed. With those ears, she can hear what you are thinking without saying a word! Michi was rescued from a high kill shelter in Texas. Meet and greets are by appointment only. An approved application is required to schedule a meeting. Check out our events page for upcoming open adoption events! We have no additional back story or update for this dog at this time. When we do, it will be updated here. This is all the information we have currently. Approved Applicants may make the adoption fee payment by clicking donate above. Partial adoption fees will not hold a dog. Dogs adopted with our rescue come with FREE training from #GoodPup to help you build strong bonds from the start! If upon meeting the dog of your choosing at your scheduled pickup time you find that you aren't a good match, your deposit will be fully refunded. Adoption fees include vaccines up until time of adoption, microchip, spay/neuter and 1st 30 days of free pet insurance. We are not affiliated with MetLife pet insurance. (you have to sign up for the insurance or it will not go into effect). Adoption fees help cover the medical care of the animals while he or she waits for a new home, as well as food and transportation costs. These fees help to provide care for the other animals in the shelter or rescue group who may have medical bills that are much higher than any possible adoption fee. The money also acts as a donation to help support the organization as a whole, allowing the group to continue its efforts to rescue and rehome pets. The dogs in our care are fostered in Colorado, Texas, and New Mexico. While all dogs are picked up during our scheduled times, sometimes transport dates change due to unforeseen circumstances. More questions? Read our FAQs here: 4p4l/faqs/ Breed labels are a "best guess" by a shelter veterinarian and cannot be guaranteed. A new study has concluded that (in layman's terms), breed assumption is NOT indicative of behavior in mixed breed dogs. Therefore, if a dog looks presumably to be a German Shepherd breed, one cannot assume the dog will have a high prey drive. From the study: "Although many physical traits were associated with breeds, behavior was much more variable among individual dogs. In general, physical trait heritability was a greater predictor of breed but was not necessarily a predictor of breed ancestry in mutts. Among behavioral traits, biddability—how well dogs respond to human direction—was the most heritable by breed but varied significantly among individual dogs. Thus, dog breed is generally a poor predictor of individual behavior and should not be used to inform decisions relating to selection of a pet dog" - .science/doi/10.1126/science.abk0639

• Physical Attributes

  Altered

  Yes

• Behavioral Characteristics

  OK with Kids:	Yes
  OK with Dogs:	Yes
  OK with Cats:	Yes

• Additional Information

  Was the Dog Found	No
  Other	Up-to-date on Vaccinations