GIZMO (NY) - RAT TERRIER (SHORT COAT) DOG FOR ADOPTION

Description

Dog Breed: Rat Terrier (short coat). Gizmo, a sweet and sensitive 5-year-old, 12-lb. rat terrier, is looking for a special forever home that can offer her a lower stress environment. Loud noise, new situations, and unfamiliar people and dogs cause anxiety for timid Gizmo. When she is stressed and can't hide in a quiet room, she will manifest her anxiety by standing her ground and barking loudly. She is very wary of strangers at first, but with patience and treats, she'll soon warm up and then become great friends and want to play and snuggle. Young children, however, make her particularly nervous, probably intensified by some toddler grabbiness in her past, and she can't be trusted to react appropriately. Although she has lived peacefully with other dogs in the past, she has also had multiple incidents of altercations with other dogs, and it's clear that she would prefer to not have to share her home with other pets. In a calm, predictable, adults-only home without other animals, Gizmo will show off her true self: wonderfully playful, relatively independent, and a warm snuggler. She loves chasing a Frisbee around the yard and will play fetch with small toys indoors. When she gets excited, she also loves tug-of-war, doing rat runs, and being chased around by her trusted person. At walk time she gets super energized, which does tend to make her very vocal and pull too much on leash, but within a couple of minutes she settles down and becomes more manageable. Gizmo is reliably house-trained and crate trained (in her crate she is quiet and calm), and she has a nice repertoire of known cues, such as sit, off, leave it, come, go to bed (crate), and bang. Her silliest trick is that she will hide un der a pillow when you say "Kevin's here," and she will surely love to learn other stunts you may teach her. Please check out more photos of this beautiful, loyal girl at imageevent/newrattitude/gizmo If you are interested in adopting this dog, PLEASE READ THE DETAILED ADOPTION PROCESS information on our website at . NewRattitude/adopt/ From there, you can access our adoption application or contact our Adoption Team for more info.

• Physical Attributes

  Eye Color:	Brown
  Ear Type:	Semi-erect
  Coat Length:	Short
  Grooming Needs:	Low
  Likes to Vocalize:	Some

• Behavioral Characteristics

  OK with Dogs:	No
  OK with Cats:	No
  Energy Level:	Moderate
  Activity Level:	Moderately Active
  Exercise Needs:	Moderate
  Obedience Training:	Has Basic Training
  Other:	Crate Trained Housetrained Likes to Fetch

• Additional Information

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