My name is Jewels!

HOW TO ADOPT: This animal is available for adoption by appointment. To schedule a time to meet this animal, please email meetme@arl-iowa.org.

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- Very sweet and friendly once she's comfortable with her people; likes to be close to you and snuggle on the chair or couch

- Will come up and ask people for pets

- Likes to chew on Nylabones and play with rope toys, stuffed animals and balls

- Working on learning sit

- Foster family says she is about 80% potty trained but will need some help from her new family to get all the way there

- Goes in her kennel at night and when her foster family is away

- Foster family says she is still learning what things are and aren't okay to play with and chew on

- Came from a situation where they did not get the socialization and exposure to the world that dogs typically get from a young age. Because of this, they may struggle with new situations, may show uncertainty with novel everyday objects, may need help understanding leashes, and will need patience and structure with housetraining.

- Will likely do best in a home with a fenced-in yard as she continues to get used to walking on a leash; likes running around her foster family's yard

- Has done best with a "helper" dog when it comes to learning that people can be OK, and we recommend that they go to a home with another dog

- Great at sharing food, treats and toys with the other dogs in her foster home

- May not do well in a busy home with young children

All adoptable dogs and puppies are spayed/neutered, microchipped and up to date on vaccinations (rabies and DA2PPV as appropriate for their age)

The ARL's shelter software requires that we choose a primary breed for our dogs. Visual breed identification in dogs is unreliable, so for most dogs we are only guessing at primary breed. We get to know each dog as an individual and do our best to describe each of our dogs based on personality, not breed label.