My name is
ROUGE!

ROUGE is one of the “Fab Four” we saved from being euthanized at the Pound. The only reason that was going to happen to her was because they needed the space to bring in more unwanted or dumped dogs. She’s spayed, microchipped and was just vaccinated including rabies with her annual ones for this year. She is a beautiful girl with lots of energy and she’s looking for an experienced Shepherd owner. 

ROUGE has both beauty and brains and is a very smart, loving girl who loves attention. Her favourite place to be is right beside you on the couch so she can get snuggles and belly rubs. She does need lots of exercise to help burn off that young dog energy so she’s definitely looking for an active family who can give her the exercise she desires, take her on trail hikes and lots of adventures. She travels well in a vehicle and gets excited when she knows she’s going in it as it usually leads to a nice long walk in the woods for her. She loves to play fetch and when you throw the ball for her, she’ll chase after it and retrieve it back to you and drop it out your feet. A fenced-in yard is required for her as she loves to run around in one and chase out the birds, squirrels, chipmunks and well, let’s just say any creature that dares to land in her yard. She hasn’t met a cat but we’re advising no cats in the home as she’s never met one and also due to her high prey drive. She has a dog savvy 6yr old child in her foster home and they get along great and the young boy will play fetch with her and walk her around on her leash. She takes it all in her stride and just follows behind him like his little shadow. She’ll do great with children aged 6 plus in her new home as long as they’re calm, loving and considerate to animals.

ROUGE is crate trained and will sleep soundly in it at night. She’ll also go in it during the day and nap while left alone. She’s housetrained and will let you know when she needs to go outside for a bathroom break. She’s a very social girl and loves to chase and run around with the other 2 dogs in her foster home, there’s a female dog around her size and a small male Chihuahua. They’re both calm and that’s the type of dog that would suit her best in her new home. Saying that though she would do equally as well as an only dog too. She’s regularly taken to the off-leash dog park and does extremely well there with all the other dogs. A video has been added to show just how well she does there too.
ROUGE recently completed a 3-week board and train programme at Sunnidale Kennels in Angus and she did amazing well there. Her biggest improvement was her leash walking skills. She’s always been good on her leash mind but would just get a bit reactive when she saw another dog, especially if it was an energetic dog like her. She’ll now walk calmly by those other dogs and is rewarded with a couple of treats each time for being a good girl. Sunnidale is offering some free sessions with a trainer for Rouge and her new owner and tbis will help them to bond. This is also so they can fully understand the commands she knows and the best way for them to communicate with her. She was also trained on an e-collar and she responds very well to it and on a low setting. We have a full assessment report on her behaviour and training at the kennel to share with her adoptive family. She had really good manners and waits quietly for her meals and loves it when there’s berries, carrots or other tasty vegetables or fruits topping it. 

ROUGE is a very special girl who has been in care since she was just a pup of 5 months old. What she endured in those first few months of her life we’ll never know but we do know it wasn’t good. She has now been with us in foster care for over a year and we’re really not sure why no one has come forward to adopt her. She does need an experienced dog owner and one with Shepherd experience and a good overall knowledge of dogs. 

ROUGE sadly does have a couple of nipping incidents that happened at her foster home when she first arrived there but her foster says she completely blames herself for the incidents and feels they could’ve been avoided. Nothing at all has happened since then and she’s now proven herself to be a good girl who loves her humans. 
If you’re interested in meeting the lovely ROUGE then please put in an adoption application to do so.