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My basic info
Breed
Giant Schnauzer
Color
Black - with Gray or Silver
Age
Young
Size
Large 61-100 lbs (28-45 kg) (when grown)
Weight
–
Sex
Male
Pet ID
–
My details
Good with kids
Not good with dogs
Not good with cats
Purebred
Needs experienced adopter
Shots current
Spayed / Neutered
Housetrained
My story
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Here's what the humans have to say about me:
Ace is an extremely loving 19 months old, 80lb. Giant Schnauzer. Operative word here is GIANT! He is looking for his forever home. Ace came to us from a NC shelter, although we were able to speak with his owners. They got Ace at 7 months old from a backyard breeder, with two small kids and immediately he got larger and would knock the children down playing. The family was gone very long hours and kept him in a wire crate and then he slept there as well. So a majority of his life has been inside a crate with only the TV on for noise and no training.
He was neglected not only with no companionship, but matted and filthy. Sporting his new haircut and clean now, he’s showing off quite a bit. He’s just learning to play with toys and wants to play with his humans constantly. He’s friendly and just wants to please and be petted constantly. He cannot get enough attention, since that’s been lacking his entire life. Ace is HIGH energy at this point, being a puppy, no training, and with no way to release his energy, he’s just like a bouncing ball. In only a few short weeks he’s learning to live with activity in the house, being around all the people, and not living in a crate all the time. He is very boisterous if he’s in a kennel. Ace needs some basic training, he’s a very fast learner, in just a day he learned to sit. Now, not for long, remember he’s a puppy. So his attention span is a little short. We have learned he will try to counter surf, which has only happened once here. But I keep a close eye on him when free in the house.
Ace walks well on a leash, doesn’t pull and is fully house trained. He takes things from you very gently and is not food aggressive at all. But he can be dog aggressive. He should be an only dog. I’ve taken him to Petco and Petsmart, he didn’t mind the other dogs in the beginning, but if they approach him, his posture changes and he’s on alert. He rides very well in the car, once in, he settles down and just lies on the back seat, although I have used the dog seatbelt the first 5-6 rides, then allowed him the backseat without it and he did great.
We did have a trainer to come work with and evaluate him, her advice was: a new owner would benefit greatly with basic in home training, once Ace has that under control, you may be able to introduce him to other dogs slowly, but she highly recommended being an only dog due to the fact he has so much separation anxiety at this time. Our trainer did not feel it necessary for Ace to be in any long term training, but for his new adopters to continuously work with him throughout his life. Although his owners got him at 7 months, the breeder stated the pups were ready to eat on their own and taken from their Mother at 4-5 weeks old. This is entirely too young and we believe this is a huge reason dogs have the anxiety as Ace does. He does not bite, has not growled or even attempted to have any aggressive behavior towards a human.
Ace is fully vetted with all vaccines, rabies, neutered, heartworm negative, on monthly preventative and microchipped.
THIS DOG IS BEING FOSTERED IN DURHAM, NC AND YOU MUST BE WILLING TO DRIVE TO THAT LOCATION IN ORDER TO PICK THE DOG UP AT THAT LOCATION WHEN IT IS ADOPTED.
Adoption donation requested at time of adoption for this dog is $625 Please email emptypockets1@nc.rr.com for an application if you’re interested in adopting Ace.
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