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My basic info
Breed
Border Collie/Golden Retriever
Color
Red/Golden/Orange/Chestnut - with White
Age
3 years 3 months old, Young
Size
Med. 26-60 lbs (12-27 kg) (when grown)
Weight
–
Sex
Male
Pet ID
855
My details
Shots current
Spayed / Neutered
Housetrained
My story
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Here's what the humans have to say about me:
Tucker is a 2 year old male border collie mix who looks more like a golden mix. Tucker is very smart and loves training. Due to his brilliant mind, although he might love you right away, will need time and patience to gain his trust. Tucker is a happy dog and super fun to train.
Tucker spent a great deal of time with one of the best trainers in Texas Karen Deeds to work on his resource guarding and leash reactivity. He now has a great foundation that will need to be continued and reinforced in his forever home. He will come with all the training resources.
Tucker will do best with a person who enjoys training him as much as he does and won’t mind reinforcing boundaries from day one by creating structure and routine which helps to create a better relationship. Tucker will need both mental and physical stimulations. He loves other dogs as long as there are no resources (toys/food) and the other dog is mature and calm.
Training Tucker is so rewarding and fun. He will love you and entertain you with his goofy nature. He loves to talk and will wake you up by making small sounds from his crate. He can be your running or cycling buddy by patiently teaching him your pace. No small animals or cats as he has a high prey drive. He will do best in an adult only home to prevent access to items he may want to steal like children's toys and food.
Tucker needs slow introduction and since multiple meet and greets with the potential adopter before making a decision about adoption, we are looking for Austin and surrounding area local applicant who would be able to drive to meet and spend time with him multiple times. As he is an anxious pup and he prefers to have some familirity in an unfamiliar environment and knowing you lreally well before coming with you will set him and you up for a successful transition.
If you have patience and time and love training an intelligent dog you will quickly gain his trust which is so gratifying. In return you have the funny smart dog buddy Tucker! Tuckers’ trainer calls him a fun jerk with lots of attitude and spunk!
