Size
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Details
Good with dogs,
House-trained,
Spayed or Neutered,
Shots are up-to-date,
Story
HOMEOWNERSHIP REQUIRED!
Recipe for your new best friend: a dash of love and affection, a pinch of snuggles, and a whole lot of Sugar!
Sugar is a 9-year-old lab/shepherd mix and weighs around 70 pounds. She is spayed, up to date on all her shots, is house trained and crate trained. Her crate is her safe place. As always going to a new home she will welcome a little reinforcement on the house rules, but has figured it out very quickly in her current foster home. She was trained to an invisible fence in under 30 minutes. She is a VERY smart dog.
Sugar really does have it all: the looks, the manners (she sits with her front paws crossed all the time, so cute), and the drive to be the very best friend around. She successfully completed a three-month board-and-train program at Golden Heart Canine where she was a star pupil, and those skills have stuck with her! She has fantastic leash manners, knows all the basic commands and does very well off leash in the right circumstances. Coming back when called, unless a squirl is around. An added bonus is that Sugar is very treat motivated, so she’s always eager to learn new skills and tricks. You can put a treat at her feet and tell her to "leave it" and she will!! She has waited for several minutes before being told it is "OK" or "release" before going for the treat. She is very eager to please her master(s).
Sugar is quite an active girl, and always smiles when she’s out on walks and hikes. She LOVES playing with other dogs, always asking permission, and then approaching her fellow canines with many lady-like grunts to let you know that the wrestling match has begun. In her current foster home she is best friends with a 10 year old big black male lab, Chester. From day one they were comfortable with each other.
Sugar is the biggest sweetheart that has overcome a lot to reach this point. She was adopted as a puppy and never socialized, returned to the rescue as a very shy, easily frightened adult. Sugar has improved her social butterfly status so much but will still require more than one meet and greet to become more comfortable with you. That being said, once Sugar comes out of her shell there’s no putting her back in! She really makes you feel like the most important person on the planet, even if you were only gone for five minutes. Sugar is looking for her people to share kisses with, grab a good belly rub from, and take some Colorado joyrides in the car. She reaches peak happiness when poking her head out the window feeling the wind rushing through her fur! If you can show her patience and take the necessary steps to help Sugar trust you, she will reward you with unending love and affection.
Sugar can be unsure of new people coming into her area. So a controlled introduction is required. She does need time to be comfortable with new people and should be watched to prevent Sugar from doing a nip from the back, fear based sneak attack style. On the positive side she will let you know if there is someone at the door. So her mild fear issues can be a positive in being a good watch dog. She is very happy in a crate, so if people are coming over it is very easy to tell her to go to her crate and contain her there. Even when invited out later, she is happy to stay in there to avoid new people.
Sugar had a great summer in 2025, vastly improving her social skills and tempering her fear issues mentioned above. She went on a 4 1/2 month RV trip with her foster family (including Chester) to northern Canada (Northwest Territory and Yukon) and Alaska. Traveling 14,000 miles in the RV and another 6,000 miles exploring in the Jeep. She did GREAT in the RV, campgrounds, around the campfire and sitting at outdoor restaurants with travelers that flew in or took a cruise to Alaska without their dogs. She was loved on by many strangers that were missing their own dogs and did great. She attended "Chicken Stock" a 2 day bluegrass festival and walked in the dog parade with 100s of other dogs. In the right places she did great playing off leash, coming back when called. She did not know how to swim at the start of the trip, but now knows she can swim, although she still needs more practice.
Sugar's ideal house is with another dog to play with, has no feline friends or other small mammals (including children!) for right now.
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Adoption fee includes the following:
Spay/Neuter
Rabies Vaccination
Distemper / Parvo Vaccines (includes series of 3 for puppies)
Bordetella
Microchip with prepaid lifetime registration
Deworming
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