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My basic info
Breed
Carolina Dog/German Shepherd Dog
Color
Black - with Brown, Red, Golden, Orange or Chestnut
Age
2 years 6 months old, Young
Size
Med. 26-60 lbs (12-27 kg) (when grown)
Weight
47 lbs (current)
Sex
Female
Pet ID
–
My details
Good with kids
Not good with dogs
Needs experienced adopter
Shots current
Spayed / Neutered
Housetrained
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*** Zuzu can be too playful for children under the age of 12. She is “Mensa” smart and an experienced dog owner committed to positive training methods is a best fit for our girl. Zu wants to be the ONLY pup in your life. Zuzu says “other dogs are just for play dates” and she calls perpetual dibs on her family. She is vocal at times so a single family home is a must. A fence at least four foot tall is strongly preferred. Please first fill out an online adoption application https://bit.ly/3gQaDCO, then we can arrange for you to meet Zu. Adoption donation is $200. *** She was born 8/31/21 in the Missouri Ozark Mountain foothills. She is likely to weigh 50-55 pounds full grown. Her owners said the pups are terrier husky mixes but a fun fact is that each pup can have a different daddy. We suspect Zuzu could have Carolina Dog in her heritage, perhaps German Shepherd Dog and possibly a smidge of Shar –Pei for good measure (she is “gushy” and oh so squeezably soft. She was fostered with a sibling and has met multiple adult dogs. A youngster raised in a foster home comes with many advantages; comfortable in a home environment, known personality and temperament for best fit with adoptive family, socializing well underway, crate trained and house trained when kept on a schedule. Ideally her family could come home midday to let her out to relief herself if they work away from home. A more developed brain learns faster, retains new information better and thrives with enrichment activities to puzzle out and routine exercise. We recommend training classes to all our adopters; learning is fun + a great bonding experience. Zuzu is a brilliant problem solver with a stubborn streak at times – but she relishes learning new things in an interesting and enjoyable way. She would not do well with harsh punitive training methods. We recommend force-free pain-free training like https://gsltc.org. You can count on her to be in on whatever the rest of the family is doing. She has a silly celebratory barky-howl when she is happy, excited or feeling sassy. She is not high energy but requires mental stimulation to engage her mind. She watches tv (really!!), sits, excitedly does a few spins for you before every meal, (mostly) comes, crates herself when her foster family is preparing to go to bed and (usually) when asked to “go to your room”, lay down, alerts to someone at the door and then settles, gives high-five and is vigilant about maintaining the yard a squirrel and bird free zone. She needs help walking on lead but is improving. Our favorite Zu trick: 1. Pick out THE toy after rummaging through the toy box. 2. Parks herself on a comfy couch with THE toy. 3. Drops said toy on the floor. 4. Looks at you to pick it up. 5. Gets it herself because the best you can do is laugh. 6. Repeat. Zuzu was seen by a veterinary specialist 6/15/22 for her ongoing occasional potty accidents (1 every 2 weeks or so) upon awakening. 4/28/22 she underwent an ultra sound exam of her bladder/kidney with cystocentesis to obtain a sterile urine sample. Zuzu has now been prescribed a course of Incurin medication to control urinary incontinence in spayed dogs. If she, improves as anticipated, the dose will be tapered down to the smallest effective maintenance dose. Likely she will have to be on this inexpensive medication for life. Meds will run about $13.75/month, or less, depending on lowest maintenance dose.