Size
(when grown) -
Details
Not good with kids,
Good with dogs,
Spayed or Neutered,
Story
Adoption Fee: $475
When available, all animals are fixed in accordance with Colorado law, up to date on vaccines (may need boosters), and microchipped!
What we know: Litter of 10 puppies, originally part of a litter of 14, found at approximately 2 months old in Texas. While in the care of another rescue, the litter slowly began breaking with parvo and sadly 3 puppies ultimately passed away. One puppy was transferred to another rescue, while the remaining 10 puppies were transferred into our care at approximately 4.5–5 months old.
**Cassie will be available through private meet and greets only to set her up for success. Please email info@coloradopuppy.org with questions or to set up a meet and greet**
Cassie has successfully completed a three-week board-and-train program with Art of the Dog Canine Academy. During her time there, she learned foundational obedience skills, improved her ability to remain neutral in distracting and stressful environments, and developed tools to better navigate situations that were previously challenging for her.
To continue building on her progress, it is important that Cassie’s training remains consistent in her adoptive home. She has been trained using an e-collar as part of her training program and is comfortable working with this system. Her adopters should be prepared to continue the training methods she has learned to provide consistency and help set her up for long-term success.
As part of Cassie’s adoption, Art of the Dog Canine Academy has generously offered her adopters complimentary lifetime follow-up training sessions. This resource is strongly encouraged to help ensure a smooth transition and continued progress.
Based on her trainers’ recommendations, Cassie will do best in a calm, low-stress home without children. She would do well with a compatible canine companion but is not considered an appropriate candidate for dog parks or other high-stimulation environments. Her adopters should be committed to maintaining her training and providing the structure and consistency that will allow her to continue thriving.
*Cassie was returned because she was going after the children in the home, even after repeated training efforts. She will require a home with no children. She also reportedly went after the man in the home. She was great with the previous adopters' dogs.*
From the foster: If Cassie has pulled at your heart, know her story evolving and I’ll keep her updates coming.
The first thing, and it’s the most important, Cassie has a big heart, a big loving, full of ‘do you love me?’ love bursting out of her jumbo size puppy body. This is a big puppy! Her motivation is love more than treats. She loves to be love, loves words of affirmation. If your other dog is getting love, she’ll come to your other side because 🥰 equal loving 🥰. ‘We share the love and attention.’ So you may get dual action simultaneous face licks! Cassie wants to give you love as a puppy, she’s learning what you consider okay. 🐾
Cassie was in an excellent intensive board & train program, not a home or playing with dogs, so back in our home, she’s learning how to incorporate her training into home things. For foster mom, we can cuddle but you can’t stand on me and lick in my mouth. [because ew gross!] Art of the Dog gave me the tools to modify that behavior. Cassie is a huge goofy puppy that can’t simply be pushed off you, she just takes it as a nudge then comes back with the lick and oh yeah, now dog hair is in your mouth too.
Cassie has been rocking her continued training. Her heel is fantastic and weaves through all her training and trust. Know that Cassie is a smart girl and will test you to see if you’ll hold her accountable. Our first days back together have been tests. Accountability is key (if this makes you uncomfortable, Cassie isn’t the one but it’s okay, CPR has so many who need homes). Coming back to our home, that didn’t have all these rules before, meant keeping to Art of the Dog training ques and rules. As her foster, I needed to know ‘tapping’ her wouldn’t damage her emotionally when she was testing me on holding her accountable. This is where Art of the Dog came to rescue. I was in a meltdown, am I hurting her? Why is she suddenly acting like her bed is a fiery pit in hell? She’s still a toddler in 60lb body, so she dropped to the ground like a limp noodle and wasn’t having it. What am I supposed to do? I can’t get her on, I’m zapping, she’s now hiding, and I’m crying. What am I doing wrong? What should I be doing? Am I hurting her? Everyone, including my own dogs was upset. Art of the Dog was there for me. 100%. I was told they were there to help, ‘but can you trust that? Yes, you can’. They were kind and understanding, listened to everything before offering a solution, which was shockingly simple. Guide to her bed with her specific lead. Yep, she walked right up and laid down and stayed. Stayed while I cooked (one of Cassie’s rules is she need rest on her bed “place” while I’m cooking & vacuuming to enforce good doggie manners), she stayed while her foster siblings bolted out the doggie door to bark. Stayed without a single correction until I released her. Art of the Dog laid a solid foundation. I need to learn to speak her language. AOD is there. In addition to giving me their time, they sent me videos for homework. Know the people there genuinely want your dog to have success.
Cassie is staying in a home with the happiest 80lb Golden and friendliest 40lb Rescue (that can hold his own in a rough & tumble game.) Cassie is still a puppy, a puppy that wants to play, but she is strong and is learning play manners. Art of the Dog gave me the tools to correct playtime when she’s not reading her playmates cues. Cassie is great with her foster brother and sister, sleeping, eating, walking and playing together but that doesn’t mean we didn’t have fights. That’s when Art of the Dog came in. They understand and have put the training place. Remember the saying: 3 days to decompress, 3 weeks to learn your routine, 3 months to show their personality. These fights were the decompression window. With time to learn ‘I’m safe. They won’t hurt me. I can trust the humans. I can trust the dogs’ we’re seeing the Cassie that shows how much love and work were poured into her.
If you’re looking for a puppy work-in-progress, you will enjoy the loveliest walks, a potty trained, bell trained & doggie door trained dog, who is learning trust, a dog that enjoys car rides and treats galore, Cassie is the girl for you!
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