My name is Yuki!

Yuki was assessed by a certified dog trainer on 10/31/2025.

Yuki is a happy, affectionate girl who exhibits no fear of humans she loves people. She walks up to strangers seeking a pet or treats. Because she is deaf, she can get spooked if someone comes up behinds her and touches her without making your presence known to her prior. Because of this, she needs a home with only older children (12+) who understand doggy manners and can be taught to respect to allow Yuki to come to them first and not spook her. She needs a home that understands boundaries and respect as well as to gracefully announce your presence to her instead of sneaking up on her which can be stressful for her.
She would do best having a yard to get her zoomies and plays out. Probably no apartment or with immediate neighbors as Yuki can be very vocal, which she seems to have learned through experience that barking is the way to get attention but this is a behavior common to any dog that has been encouraged to use their bark to get attention, it is not specific to Yuki’s breed or deafness.
A far as dogs, when Yuki was in the shelter she was assessed as dog friendly. She has been assessed walking through Petsmart with a trainer and she came very close to other dogs, every time she got super excited and although she barked, she had a waggy tail and body posture suggesting she was desperate to get their attention and play. However, she is probably best as only pet or only with a calm dog that won’t come up behind and spook her. If she has slow introductions she may do ok with another calm, gentle dog, and if with another dog, then a structured home. She would need to take time in the home to decompress and slowly introduced to them over a few weeks. Even behind baby gates at first and first getting used to scents of the other dog.

Yuki is very trainable and very smart. She does use hand signals. Some hand signals she knows are “come”, “sit”, and “thumbs up” for good job.

Too vocal for apartment living.  Prefer a home.  

Video playing in the river:   https://youtube.com/shorts/I1ee8F2qiDg​

Video playing with other dogs.   https://youtube.com/shorts/ZSENZnir2T4

Age: 2 years 2 months

Weight:  34 lbs

Temperament: Gets along with older respectful kids

Training: Housetrained, crate-trained, knows several hand signs

Vetting: Spayed, up-to-date on vaccines, heartworm negative

Email for questions:    http://kcchall238@gmail.com

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