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My basic info
Breed
Labrador Retriever
Color
Brown/Chocolate
Age
Young
Size
Med. 26-60 lbs (12-27 kg) (when grown)
Weight
–
Sex
Female
Pet ID
–
My details
Good with dogs
Not good with cats
Purebred
Shots current
Spayed / Neutered
Housetrained
My story
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Bailey: ~1 year old spayed female chocolate lab ~ 55 pounds
On a cold and rainy night, Lab Rescue got a call from a security guard at Intel. A young female chocolate Lab was found in the stairwell of their parking garage. She was looking for something…or maybe someone, but there was no one in sight. How did she get there? Where was her family? The guard didn’t know, but he did know he did not want this sweet dog to go to the shelter. So he called Lab Rescue. One of the rescue reps drove right out there to pick this sweet girl up, and named her Bailey, after the chocolate liqueur.
Her initial impression was that this wonderful girl might have had a hard life. She flinched when she didn’t quite know how you'd touch her. Her eyes were almost pleading. Maybe someone had a heavy hand and scared this girl. She seemed to love people, and appreciate affection. She was a little unsure at first but slowly she came around and became more trusting. Bailey didn’t have a collar or microchip, and she hadn’t been spayed. She was a little thin. She eats and takes treats eagerly, leading us to believe that she has gone hungry at some time in her short life.
What Bailey does have in spades is personality! This little girl is just a cuddle bug. She loves to play fetch. She will happily roll over for a belly rub. She’s very responsive, and may have had some training. She knows sit, and she will even wait to take the treat, if you tell her to Wait. She also knows Down, and about half of roll over. She has probably spent a lot of her life outside; she has callouses on her elbows, which you don’t usually see in someone her age. Bailey loves car rides and she is very well behaved in them.
Now that we’ve had Bailey for a while, we know more about her. Bailey is in a house with other dogs, and while she often plays well with them, she can get possessive about sharing the attention of the humans. She sometimes doesn’t like to share her toys or your bed. She’s young and this can most likely be addressed with patience, leadership and clear rules. She doesn’t need other dogs to be happy; her interest is the humans, and she would be fine as the only dog in the family. Bailey needs work on the leash (as do most of our rescue Labs!). When she sees a small dog she can get quite excited; she may just want to go meet them, or she may think they are prey. Bailey has a strong prey drive, and she should go to a home without cats.
We’d like Bailey to go to an experienced dog home, where she can get the love, leadership and care that this young girl needs. A home that has prior experience with rescue dogs and has dealt with behavioral challenges is preferred. She needs a family that can set and reinforce boundaries and appropriate behaviors for her. We’d like a home where someone is home at least part of the day; it’s hard to train a dog when you are working full time. She is crate trained, and can be in the crate for a few hours alone, but we don’t want her to spend her days alone and locked up. She needs to be with her family, and like all young Lab’s she needs a good amount of exercise (a tired dog is a good dog!). Although Bailey has been good with the children she’s met on walks, we think that some of her behaviors would be challenging to manage with children around. Bailey would probably prefer to be an only dog. Bailey’s new family must take her to training, to teach both Bailey and humans what proper doggie behavior is, using patience, consistency and love. With time and leadership, Bailey can become the wonderful dog we know that she is.
Bailey is house trained, spayed, up to date on her shots, heartworm free and micro chipped. She is located in San Jose.
If you are interested in learning more about this sweet, funny, cuddly little girl, have experience with rescue dogs and addressing behavior challenges, and are prepared for the time and training needed to make her the great dog she will be, please contact Rescue Rep Debb
