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Marley is a big, handsome hunk, and a fairly easy going and confident companion. He is a genuinely medium energy dog. He loves going out for a walk or an adventure, even a gentle jog, but he doesn't need hours or miles to wear him out. He's very happy with a trip to a restaurant (snacks?!) or a bar, or a gentle stroll and a picnic on the beach. A mellow lifestyle suits this gentle giant just fine. He loves to cuddle and nap on the couch, and hang out with his humans, but when you need to leave him he's relaxed and happy in a crate, though he doesn't need one. He uses a dog door.
He's fully house trained, a total couch potato, great in the car, and walks well most of the time on leash. He does have a strong prey drive, so not a good fit for families with cats. When he sees a squirrel, or a dog he really wants to say hi to, he can really pull. And, since he weighs 95lb, he is very strong indeed!
Marley can have dominance issues if he feels challenged by another male - or they don't want to play with him and try to correct him. He has gone on pack walks and been great!!
Marley does need to be desensitized around bicycles, he has had a bite incident with someone on a bike riding past. So that is a consideration and so, he may be better suited to a more rural environment and likely as an only dog or with a submissive female. Older kids (no bikes) would be okay too.
Fosters say Marley is a "love bug, been trained to sit, down, off, up stay, shake, working on hold, drop, heel release command is 'free.'" He is best suited for life with adults as only pet. He can be left alone. He has moderate activity level needing at least one good walk or jog per day.
Marley is a big, handsome hunk, and a fairly easy going and confident companion. He is a genuinely medium energy dog. He loves going out for a walk or an adventure, even a gentle jog, but he doesn't need hours or miles to wear him out. He's very happy with a trip to a restaurant (snacks?!) or a bar, or a gentle stroll and a picnic on the beach. A mellow lifestyle suits this gentle giant just fine. He loves to cuddle and nap on the couch, and hang out with his humans, but when you need to leave him he's relaxed and happy in a crate, though he doesn't need one. He uses a dog door.
He's fully house trained, a total couch potato, great in the car, and walks well most of the time on leash. He does have a strong prey drive, so not a good fit for families with cats. When he sees a squirrel, or a dog he really wants to say hi to, he can really pull. And, since he weighs 95lb, he is very strong indeed!
Marley can have dominance issues if he feels challenged by another male - or they don't want to play with him and try to correct him. He has gone on pack walks and been great!!
Marley does need to be desensitized around bicycles, he has had a bite incident with someone on a bike riding past. So that is a consideration and so, he may be better suited to a more rural environment and likely as an only dog or with a submissive female. Older kids (no bikes) would be okay too.
Fosters say Marley is a "love bug, been trained to sit, down, off, up stay, shake, working on hold, drop, heel release command is 'free.'" He is best suited for life with adults as only pet. He can be left alone. He has moderate activity level needing at least one good walk or jog per day.
Milo Point Richmond Adoption Center is open by appointment only at this time due to Covid-19.
Milo Point Richmond Adoption Center is open by appointment only at this time due to Covid-19.
More about this rescue
The Milo Foundation is an established 501(c)(3) nonprofit, no-kill organization providing an alternative for homeless pets throughout California, through education, adoption services, and providing sanctuary for animals until permanent homes can be found.
Founded in August of 1994, The Milo Foundation Sanctuary is located on two hundred and eighty-three acres in Mendocino County - offering lots of room for the animals to run and play. The Milo Sanctuary animals typically (but not exclusively) are harder to adopt animals and those needing more rural type homes, such as dogs with social or behavioural challenges, feral cats, horses and other farm animals. The Milo Point Richmond Adoption Center is where the majority of our new rescue intake takes place, typically friendly, adoptable cats and dogs, puppies and kittens rescued from shelters where they were facing euthanasia. The Sanctuary is where highly active or reactive dogs can go and have plenty of space, other canine companions (if they are dog friendly) and live in a stress free environment until such time as the right adoption match can be found.
The Milo Sanctuary is what enables Milo to be a No-Kill organization. Milo brings dogs back and forth from the Adoption Center (MPR) to the Sanctuary to give dogs a break from the stresses of the kennel environment and back to MPR later to try again at being adopted. Potential adopters also do come up to the Sanctuary to adopt, by appointment.
The Milo Foundation is an established 501(c)(3) nonprofit, no-kill organization providing an alternative for homeless pets throughout California, through education, adoption services, and providing sanctuary for animals until permanent homes can be found.
Founded in August of 1994, The Milo Foundation Sanctuary is located on two hundred and eighty-three acres in Mendocino County - offering lots of room for the animals to run and play. The Milo Sanctuary animals typically (but not exclusively) are harder to adopt animals and those needing more rural type homes, such as dogs with social or behavioural challenges, feral cats, horses and other farm animals. The Milo Point Richmond Adoption Center is where the majority of our new rescue intake takes place, typically friendly, adoptable cats and dogs, puppies and kittens rescued from shelters where they were facing euthanasia. The Sanctuary is where highly active or reactive dogs can go and have plenty of space, other canine companions (if they are dog friendly) and live in a stress free environment until such time as the right adoption match can be found.
The Milo Sanctuary is what enables Milo to be a No-Kill organization. Milo brings dogs back and forth from the Adoption Center (MPR) to the Sanctuary to give dogs a break from the stresses of the kennel environment and back to MPR later to try again at being adopted. Potential adopters also do come up to the Sanctuary to adopt, by appointment.
