Size
(when grown) Med. 26-60 lbs (12-27 kg)
Details
Not good with kids,
Good with dogs,
Not good with cats,
House-trained,
Spayed or Neutered,
Story
Zoey's basic bio is below, but we maintain more detailed information about each of our animals on our website, which is also always up to date with animals removed immediately once they are adopted. Please visit Zoey's page on our site (https://www.muddypawsrescue.org/adoptable?dog=008753) to learn even more about Zoey!
Additionally, please note that the breed listed for Zoey is just our best guess based on the dog's physical features. We cannot make any guarantees about the accuracy of our guesses.
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Zoey is a complete lovebug!
She absolutely adores everyone she meets, whether they are friends in our apartment or strangers on the street. She greets everyone with a wagging tail and boundless enthusiasm, and she delights those around her. Multiple people have stopped us on the street to comment on her beautiful coloring and her friendly attitude. From our experience so far, she also seems to maintain this agreeability with other dogs. Per Muddy Paws’ rules, we haven’t given her unstructured time with other dogs yet, but she has not barked or growled at any dogs we’ve seen on the street. She is interested in other dogs in a positive, friendly way, only being slightly spooked if they bark aggressively at her.
She is very well-behaved and gentle even when playing with her toys. We don’t know about her background, but believe she must’ve lived in a home before because she seems to be potty trained, took to her crate easily, and knew her name well as well as “sit”. We’ve had no accidents, although she did mark on entering the apartment. She has not barked once in the three days we’ve had her! Similarly, she is extremely gentle with food. I’ve picked up her food bowl while she was eating, and even pulled a half-slice of pizza from her mouth, without any issues.
She loves to play fetch, and chases tennis balls and chew toys around our apartment with glee. When she wants to play, she’ll pick up her toy and drop it in your lap or bring it right up to you. While she has a lot of energy, she is also generally careful while she plays. For example, our friend put a toy on his head while playing, and Zoey immediately stopped, looked carefully, and then slowly, precisely picked it off of him.
An area of growth for Zoey is her leash training, although to her credit she’s made great strides in just the last 3 days. She already sits to wait on the elevator in our building, and it’s easy to get her attention on the street most of the time, except if she’s in a crowd. She is very human-focused and wants to please, so we anticipate she will continue to improve with structure and guidance. Zoey loves being with people, and can whine for short periods when leaving the house, but appears to settle within 15 minutes and we haven’t noticed any signs of escalated distress.
Zoey is a high-energy dog, and seems to enjoy significant exercise. So far, we have been doing three or four walks in a day, each ~45+ minutes. One day, we took her on a very long walk of 8 miles, and when she got home, she immediately wanted to play fetch. While she is still young, we jogged short stretches with her (1-2 blocks), and she loved it, trotting along nicely by our side. We think she would thrive in an environment that can match her need for stimulation and space.
