Size
(when grown) Small 25 lbs (11 kg) or less
Details
Good with dogs,
Needs experienced adopter,
House-trained,
Spayed or Neutered,
Shots are up-to-date,
Story
Ben8 months old & 14 pounds, My dog scanner says he’s a delightful mx of Rat Terrier, Jack Russell Terrier and Chihuahua with a dash of boxer thrown in to spice things up.We sent to Dallas Shelter to pick up Dyse for a friend in Nova Scotia and Myron passed by this boy and called to see if I knew about him. Of course I did, his age, weight and fully vetted...along with his shelter notes (evaluation) which I told Myron was the reason I didn’t tag him. “BAR, DID NOT ALLOW TO PET OR TOUCHED AND DOES NOT WALK ON LASH WILL ALLIGATOR ROLL” “GO SLOW” TOTAL SCORE 0 But I did tell him he was a cutie.Rescues don’t tag these kind of dogs, adopters don’t consider them. Who wants to get bit?“Give me 5 minutes” he said....but he called back in 2 minutes. “I can fix this boy, he’s a good dog” Ok..I sent the email in for the tag, DAS is efficient and the deal was done in 5 minutes tops and Ben loaded into the car with Dyce to transport back.Not bashing anyone here, but large shelters need to allow volunteers in there to evaluate dogs. It’s the difference between life and death. Ben was overwhelmed by the shelter environment. Caught as a stray and probably with a catch pole, brought into all the chaos, as soon as 72 hour stray hold was up he was poked and prodded by vets, employees and who knows what else...the little fellow was terrified. The evals are perhaps being done by people with too little training, time or whatever. I hate to say too little compassion cause I really don’t know. But for this little guy, he was in serious trouble...and it all boils down to what was listed in his file. Evaluation notes are what makes rescues (and adopters) decide to take a look.Once in a capable “non-scared” person’s hands, Ben got comfy real fast. Look at the photos of his freedom ride. Does this dog look like he bites? Like he’s hard to deal with? Not one bit, he rode in Myron’s lap, took a nap in the passenger seat, got a long fine with the behemoth Dyce riding behind him, and shared a sub sandwich between the 3 of them gently taking his portion out of a human hand that he had just met an hour ago.Didn’t stop there....after 5 hours in a car he arrived at BMAR and his door was opened by excited females oohing and ahhhhing over his small little handsome self. He gratefully lept into waiting arms and went about introducing himself to the girls...and of course all the “pack” dogs surrounding the car.Happy to report that this little fellow is crate trained, leash trained, will eat anything, likes dogs and potties outside.Now, let’s find him a home!
