My name is Meadow!

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If you are looking for an already well-mannered and well behaved dog, we would like to introduce you to this amazing 1yr old Husky X named Meadow!

Meadow was rescued by our friends at Save a Dog Network Canada from Northern Manitoba and came to us for her chance at a loving forever home. Meadow has the typical Husky markings with some light spotted markings from midway and back on the sides of her body that look almost like leopard markings but her size/frame is very petite. She weighs 45lbs and is about full grown size. She has the sweetest little face and what we call very dainty features! Meadow currently has patchy, thin fur due to poor nutrition and tough living in her past life, but it will grow to be the full and soft fur of the Husky breed in time now that she is on quality food. Meadow’s ears are the fluffiest part of her, they are brown on the back, and tend to be always up and on alert. She has big golden eyebrows that are just the cutest.

Since Meadow came to us she has already learned how to sit, shake a paw, lay down and she will even sit and do pretty paws for a treat! We are working on a few more tricks to put in her travel bag for her forever home. Meadow is amazingly smart and eager to learn, she has a great attention span when trying to teach her new things when treats are involved. But when it comes to her sense of tracking, forget it LOL, her listening skills are gone, she is on the hunt for whatever she smells or sees especially squirrels/rabbits or small rodents whether they are on the ground or in a tree! She has a high prey drive. We are assuming this is how she survived and fed herself while she was running alone in Manitoba, so it is still embedded in her. Hopefully with time and training she will realize that her food doesn’t come from the sky or ground.

Her listening skills are not so good when she is tracking, so she will definitely need some consistent training with her recall. She cannot be trusted off leash outside of a secure fenced area. She will sit at the fence and look up at the trees for what seems like forever just content in her own happy little world. But when her nose is to the ground in a fenced yard and she gets the scent of something she is like PacMan racing to get those dots, and will just go and go and go from one corner to another searching for whatever it is she smells. It’s actually quite entertaining to watch. Meadow will greatly benefit from obedience training to help build and refine her commands and leash manners. It’s also an excellent way to strengthen the bond between you and her.

Meadow will zone in and pull slightly on the leash when she sees a squirrel but you can easily get her to move forward with a pop of the leash and keep walking without it being too much of a struggle. She has yet to try to chase any squirrels up the trees so we feel this is a good sign of how well she does walk on the leash! The one and only time that Meadow did any kind of forceful pulling was when we saw a cat on a walk, she desperately wanted to see what it was!!! She is not cat tested, and with her strong prey drive, her ideal home should be cat, and other small animal, free.

Considering she has never been leashed and walked before Meadow does absolutely amazing on walks and is loving her outdoor adventures and being able to sniff everything. She doesn’t pull much at all and walks well with our other two dogs. She doesn’t bother much with other people or dogs on walks but will happily greet them if you let her. She does not lack confidence on walks. She has met many other dogs on our walks without any issue or signs of aggression or reactivity. She is a little wary of strangers at first, but doesn’t take long to warm up.

Meadow is definitely food motivated and knows the sound of our treat container now. She’ll sit with her foster siblings every time they come inside to receive their treats after doing their business. She eats twice daily (morning and evening). She is currently getting a fish oil (omega 3) supplement with meals which has seemed to have helped her skin and coat immensely , she does not appear to have any food sensitivities. Upon her first arrival she showed some resource guarding with food, but not toys. This has improved significantly, and only occasionally will still guard food. She needs to be feed separately if you have another dog in your home. She now gets fed in front of her crate with the door open, She is not a fast eater, and will lay down to eat most times. She takes treats very gently without snapping or grabbing at your hand. Meadow would do well in a home with a nice natured male dog but would like to be the only female dog in the home. She will also do well being the only dog and getting all of the attention for herself.

Meadow is fully house trained and has had NO accidents from the day she came into our home. She sits at the back door and we let her out or occasionally she might paw at the door. Meadow is crate trained and sleeps in her crate at night quietly with absolutely no issues. She will sleep from whatever time you put her in until the time you wake up, and sometimes won’t come out right away when you open the door in the morning until she does her morning stretches. During the day we’ll crate her when we leave and occasionally just for some quiet time for a few hours, we’ll put her kong and some treats in with her. Sometimes she will protest a little bit for her daytime crating but will settle after a few minutes. She will often just go into her crate on her own for an afternoon nap with the door open.

Meadow LOVES toys, especially anything that squeaks, bones, balls and ropes. Basically anything you want to give her! Meadow can quite easily entertain herself with toys for a long time as well. We’ve given her the interactive games to solve and she loves those as well but she’s definitely passed level 2 and should be challenged more. Meadow is super smart and she is fun to watch trying to solve these puzzle games without destroying them! She can be rough with softer plush toys, and should be supervised when playing with them. Meadow loves chasing balls in the backyard and brings them back to you most times so you can throw it again. We use the word “drop it” so she will release the ball to us (this is also a work in progress). It’s been a good way for her to burn off some excess energy at times even after her walks. When Meadow gets the zoomies, she is fast, athletic, agile, and graceful. So much fun to watch.

Meadow has become extremely comfortable in our home and is just one of the pack with our other 2 dogs. She does almost everything our other dogs do but is a little bit more well mannered and gentler! She really is a great dog and some family is going to be very lucky to have her. She loves to sit at our front window and watch the world (squirrels) go by without making a sound, she’s super content to observe things and the world around her. We’ve only heard her bark a handful of times since she arrived. She can stand at our fence and listen to the dogs of our surrounding neighbors barking at her and not bark back.

Meadow does have a couple habits that I’m sure will pass over time or with the required training she will need, like, Meadow sometimes likes to poke her nose at you, or mouth at your hand mostly when she wants to play. We feel a family with children over 8 would be best suited for Meadow. She has not been around a lot of young children while with us, only preteens.

Meadow has a tendency to steal shoes/slippers and sometimes laundry from underneath your nose and take it to another room to play. She has not destroyed anything in our home at the time of this writing.

Meadow is like most dogs when it comes to dinner time and she smells the human food but she does not beg while you are eating at the table. She will lay on the kitchen floor while you are preparing it and be a tripping hazard so beware. If you are chopping veggies of any sort don’t bother trying to give any to Meadow as her palette will have none of it, but she’ll take it from you and go play with it.

Meadow does like to nap on the couch or her dog bed, sometimes she is half on the dog bed and half off but she gave it some effort to make it all the way on. If she lays on the couch with you she will lay beside you to get pets and belly rubs but she’s not a huge couch snuggler. She will roll on to her back with ease for lots of the belly rubs if you are willing to give them to her.

Meadow has not had any separation anxiety as long as she’s been with us. She has become comfortable enough to know we will return and she doesn’t have to follow us around from room to room.

So, if you are looking for a medium energy, medium sized companion who is well mannered, smart, willing to learn, loves to play, and extremely cute…consider adopting Meadow. She will be up for adventures, exploring, and chilling with you at the end of each day.

Name: Meadow

ID # PDR2022

Age: 1yr

Gender: female

Spayed: yes

UTD vaccines: yes

Breed: Husky X

Colours: sable and cream

Coat length: med

House trained: yes

Special needs: no

OK with kids: older

OK with cats: no

Ok with dogs: yes

Status: adoptable

Microchip: yes

Size: large

Location: Waterloo

Adoption fee: $800