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My basic info
Breed
Australian Shepherd
Color
Merle
Age
Senior
Size
Med. 26-60 lbs (12-27 kg) (when grown)
Weight
–
Sex
Male
Pet ID
–
My details
Good with dogs
Purebred
Shots current
Spayed / Neutered
Housetrained
Has special needs
My story
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"AMOS" -- has SPECIAL NEEDS. The lyrics from a Trisha Yearwood song come to mind "If I knew my heart would break, I would've loved you anyway." We know were asking the impossible, but we also know there are some great and loving homes out there who may want to help give a great boy a great home, even with an unpredictable outcome.
Amos is a 5 year old neutered male. He has canine epilepsy. We are presently working with veterinarians and diet to get his seizures under control. Why are we doing this? He is a very sweet and loving boy who just happens to have a health problem. Amos had two seizures 4 years ago as a puppy. More recently, he again had some seizure activity and was brought to the vet by his owner to be euthanized. The vet, realizing that the family had a lot of other things to deal with at this time, offered to keep and help rehome Amos. The family relinquished him and after a few days Amos went to a local humane society to be evaluated and placed. He passed all temperament tests with flying colors. Being that he needed a special kind of placement, the humane society contacted local rescues to help and NEBCR responded.
Amos was seizure free for a month. Then, about 36 hours after receiving his heartworm preventative, he had two seizures, 5 hours apart. He is now on medication to prevent seizures and has also been put on Novel Protein dogfood. Unfortunately, we have no glass ball to tell us that he will now be seizure-free or that the seizures will occur only once a month or once every six months. Seizures are unpredictable. We can't say for sure that the heartworm preventative caused his seizures this last time. This makes placing Amos even more difficult as whoever makes the commitment to this great dog risks having their heart broken should his disorder be more complex.
Now for the wonderful stuff about Amos. He is big time snuggler and cuddler. He loves to be right beside you and will lean right in for loving. He will go out and chase balls and Frisbees, but doesn't always bring them back so you will get lots of exercise fetching them. Amos has had some exposure to agility equipment and is really pretty good. A friend who only saw Amos once before, took him into the beginning agility class the other night and he was wonderful with her, doing all the obstacles with ease. After a while, he had a drink and then went all by himself into one of the classroom's crates for time out at the last half of the class. It's exhausting stuff, agility, don't you know? He has been with his foster mom for two weeks now and can be off leash in the large field out back. He comes when called and usually does not wander far from her side. Amos does have some herding instinct that seems to come out when you get a bit ahead of him. He'll push on in and give you a "herding nip" that certainly wakes you up. He will walk very nicely on a Gentle Leader with none of that nonsense so that's what we're using. Amos is pretty good with the resident kitty who is quite dog savvy and takes no guff. We have a feeling that he would give chase to a "scaredy cat" though. He's been wonderful with all of the other dogs in his foster home and the dogs in his agility class. He's been great with all the people he has met. He hasn't even flinched while having blood drawn at the vet's office. Amos LOVES his crate and even when we're just hanging out, he can be found in his open crate, snoozing away. He is not a high energy boy, but he's game to try just about anything with his people.
We are hoping to find some very special people--an adult home only please--for this very special boy. He won't be ready to leave his foster home until we've finished up with some follow-up testing at the vet's but his foster mom would love to talk to you about him or even introduce you to him.
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IMPORTANT: You should always choose a breed/dog that matches your CURRENT lifestyle. Border Collies are not for everyone, and contrary to popular misconception, most are NOT typically “great family pets” and “wonderful with children.” (If that were true, there would not be nearly as many in rescue!)
Before inquiring about adopting a dog from us, we recommend you do a little research to find out if a Border Collie really is right for your family. For this information, and details on our adoption process, please see our web site www.NEBCR.org.
Please note that you MUST FIRST fill out an adoption application AND have a home visit BEFORE being considered for any NEBCR dog. Our rescue representatives cannot consider you to adopt ANY dog until your application has been submitted and approved.
For more about Amos (including rescue contact information), and for more about other dogs currently available for adoption, please see our web site www.NEBCR.org.
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