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My basic info
Breed
Corgi/Australian Shepherd
Color
Black - with Brown, Red, Golden, Orange or Chestnut
Age
4 years 11 months old, Young
Size
Small 25 lbs (11 kg) or less (when grown)
Weight
25 lbs (current)
Sex
Female
Pet ID
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My details
Good with kids
Good with dogs
Good with cats
Shots current
Spayed / Neutered
Housetrained
My story
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Here's what the humans have to say about me:
It's impossible to meet Bella and not feel like you just got a dose of sunshine. This 4 yr old corgi / mini Aussie is 25 lbs of soft fluff and all smiles. To make new friends, she offers her favorite ball. Once you throw the ball and repeat you have sealed the friendship of this energetic sweet girl.
Bella is well-mannered and gets along with other larger dogs and cats. She would do well in a home with either older children or a home with space and ball time. She is potty trained, and knows basic commands. Her grooming needs are usually taken care of at home and will sit still for a trim, nail trim, and ear cleaning, and takes some encouragement for the bath. She is smart and is eager to learn new tasks and tricks. She has the potential to be great at agility training.
Bella will communicate her needs with her nose and point to objects when she has your attention. She is a talker, so piglet sounds are for when she is happy, and soft growls and grunts are her way of talking not aggression. She enjoys laying next to you but isn't necessarily a lap dog. She is a working breed that enjoys a job, even if it is to herd all her toys in the center of the living room. She is crate trained. Although she loves her food toppers such as fish, liver, vegetables, and eggs, she is not food motivated. Her happiness comes from being a good girl and chest rubs.
Don't let her small size fool you, she is an excellent hiking companion and will run circles around you on the trail. She just started to learn frisbee and is happy to sit in her car seat for car rides. Her favorite morning routine is getting cereal milk. And now thinks all milk left over is rightfully hers.
Backpacking her to Target or the farmers market sparks lots of attention and she handles herself well even with lots of strangers. Her release phrase is, "wanna say hi?", then she will approach with a wagging tail. She trusts you will be her advocate if a situation becomes too much.
Corrective training needs to be on the softer side as she is a sensitive-natured fluff and her feelings are easily hurt. Since she is so eager to please, positive reinforcement for the right thing works much faster. There is nothing sadder than a blue little fluff with puppy eyes, you'll feel like a monster. When she misses you she likes to sleep on your slippers but won't chew them. If shoes are left out, she observes which ones you use the most and will bring them to you, sometimes she brings a left and a right from different pairs but the effort is adorable. Has a hard time with the color green but has a variety of balls with color and texture and likes the bobble food toys. She is afraid of squeaky toys. Her current favorite is a yellow ball from Playology. (Which technically has a soft squeak but sounds more like a duck than a dying mouse)
She knows when the camera is turned on even if she is sleeping, will hold for pictures on command, and looks forward to a high pitch "good job" after each picture is taken. Hope you enjoy her pictures, as it was hard to pick just a few.
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