Adopt

My name is Mila!

Posted over 8 months ago

Cared for by Oasis Pet Rescue
Adoption process
1

Submit Application

2

Approve Application

3

Meet the Pet

4

Sign Adoption Contract

5

Pay Fee

6

Take the Pet Home

Adoption fee: $600

This helps Oasis Pet Rescue with pet care costs.

My basic info

Breed
Belgian Malinois
Color
Brown/Chocolate - with Black
Age
3 years 2 months old, Adult
Size
Med. 26-60 lbs (12-27 kg) (when grown)
Weight
55 lbs (current)
Sex
Female
Pet ID

My details

Checkmark in teal circle Good with dogs
Checkmark in teal circle Good with cats
Checkmark in teal circle Purebred
Checkmark in teal circle Needs experienced adopter
Checkmark in teal circle Shots current
Checkmark in teal circle Spayed / Neutered
Checkmark in teal circle Housetrained
Checkmark in teal circle Microchipped

My story

Here's what the humans have to say about me:

Mila was kept in a pen outside and used as a breeding machine to make puppies and earn her owners money. When that stopped working, they dumped her at the shelter with her remaining unsellable puppy. They were so malnourished and underweight. Her nose was rubbed raw and her fur was in terrible condition. She’s come a long way in the last couple months since she was rescued.

Mila is a beautiful and loving and amazing dog who is very handler oriented and very smart (she is a malinois after all). To be blunt though, she is NOT a dog for just anyone. No malinois is, but Mila’s bad start to life left her with some scars that you can’t see. She kennel reactive towards humans and dogs she doesn’t know or fully trust, she’s never bitten anyone but she is still a fearful dog. She’s pretty good with strangers on a leash or outside where there’s open space but indoors and especially in a kennel she gets very defensive. She trusts me and goes in and out of her kennel happily and willingly but she definitely has scared some guests to the house who walked into the room she was in.

I love this dog with my whole heart and know what she deserves and what she can be with the proper environment. She’s very sensitive and emotional and smart and needs to be treated as such to thrive. She’s learned to walk well on leash, touch, heel, paw (or shake), sit, recall, and be house trained in just a few months, I know she is capable of so much more in the right hands, but I know she can also be a monster in the wrong hands, as she is of course a Malinois, and one with trauma at that.

Breed experience is an absolute requirement for any adopter. If you have not owned a malinois, if you are a first time dog owner, if you don’t have the time to dedicate to a dog like this, please don’t apply. Malinois are beautiful dogs but they are not beginner dogs.
If you believe you can offer this girl the perfect home for her, please apply!

She is good with dogs, cats, and didn’t acknowledge my chickens though a fence separated them. She’s house trained and has some basic obedience but we are working on manners still like not jumping on her handler or the counter tops. She loves to cuddle and would like to live inside of her persons skin if she could.

She loves her walks and would make the ideal running/hiking/walking partner for an active person who’s as dedicated to their dog as Mila will be to her owner.

She is spayed, heart worm negative, microchipped, UTD on vaccines, dewormed and UTD on prevention.
Rescue

Contact info

Pet ID
Contact
Sarah Bernard
Phone
Website
Address
779 Lauren Court, Bartow, FL 33830

Their adoption process

1.

Submit Application

2.

Approve Application

3.

Meet the Pet

4.

Sign Adoption Contract

5.

Pay Fee

6.

Take the Pet Home

Additional adoption info

We do not discriminate against any type of home or adopter, and do not deny applications for homes without fences, working people, etc.

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