Size
(when grown) -
Details
Good with kids,
Good with dogs,
Story
Winny is a sweet and gentle 7-year-old Black and Tan Coonhound lady. After stops at a shelter and foster care, Winny is getting her groove back and is ready to find her new forever home!
Winny is loving and devoted and enjoys naps on the couch and a solid 10 hours of sleep a night (ideally, on your bed). She is reliably potty-trained, and communicates with a unique blend of whimpers & sighs, along with a healthy dose of her infamous side-eye. Winny is not a big barker unless there’s something urgent going on, or if you’ve left something delicious on the counter (not recommended).
Winny is non-reactive and relatively indifferent to dogs and kids, and she's just too big for the small kids. She’s a bit too interested in cats to live with them. Adults are her jam, and once you make it into her inner circle, you will enjoy how loving, loyal, and truly hilarious she is.
She is true to her hound roots and is very food-motivated, so it has been easy to teach her new tricks! She has already mastered sit and shake, and has now added lay down and dance to her repertoire. She loves to spend time outside and might enjoy a fenced in backyard. She’s up for some slow and leisurely walking, usually a route of her choosing, but sniffing is her main priority (although she will easily be persuaded to continue the walk with a bite of cucumber, carrot, or a blueberry). She’s a big girl at ~96 lbs so will need a grown-up walking partner.
Winny looks gorgeous after her successful bilateral cherry-eye repair surgery thanks to Ruff Start. She will be on an ongoing regimen of relatively low-cost thyroid and allergy medication, but is good about taking her pills. Now that she’s on the right meds, we expect her weight to drop (80 pounds sounds like a good target weight) and her energy to increase. Winny does display some tendency toward being anxious about being left alone, but is not destructive with it and may need some gentle reprogramming and assurance that her people will return.
Winny is a bit of a homebody who loves to be with her people, but she has done well on a few outings. She likes to be included! She can be on her own for a few hours, but doesn’t love it. She might thrive with the company of another older, calm dog to keep her company.
If your couch and bed are a bit cold and have room for this sweet gal, Winny would love to be your companion.
