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My name is Miles!

Posted 3 days ago

My basic info

Breed
Shepherd (Unknown Type)
Color
Age
Adult
Size
Large 61-100 lbs (28-45 kg) (when grown)
Weight
Sex
Male
Pet ID
233268

My details

Checkmark in teal circle Spayed / Neutered

My story

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

- Fun, energetic guy who loves treats and knows sit



- Recently went on a Dog's Day Out field trip and had a great time with his human companions: "When we first got him, he pulled hard on the leash but once we had him out on his walk, he became much more chill. He was curious and sniffed a lot and just happily walked with us. Considering we don't own a dog, I thought he was responsive and we could manage him well. Occasionally bikes would pass us and he was interested but he didn't really chase them or bark. We had our teenager and our 8-year-old with us and he seemed to do well with both of them. In the car he wanted to put his front paws or torso on the center console between the driver and passenger. He would even rest his head in the crook of my elbow. He enjoyed lots of pets and attention."



- Loves playing with soccer and tennis balls; will take tennis balls out of a bucket all on his own!



- Tends to be a linebacker-type player with other dogs, which some dogs may not appreciate; will likely do best with a select group of rough-and-tumble dog friends with a similar play style (dog intro recommended)



- Needs a home with no cats



The ARL's shelter software requires that we choose a primary breed for our dogs. Visual breed identification in dogs is unreliable, so for most dogs we are only guessing at primary breed. We get to know each dog as an individual and do our best to describe each of our dogs based on personality, not breed label.



Primary Color: Black
Secondary Color: Tan
Weight: 53
Age: 2yrs 0mths 4wks

Shelter
Animal Rescue League of Iowa Inc.

Contact info

Pet ID
233268
Contact
Address
5452 NE 22nd St, Des Moines, IA 50313

Their adoption process

Additional adoption info

You can find information about our adoption process at https://www.arl-iowa.org/adoptionprocess.

Go meet their pets

The Animal Rescue League of Iowa has locations and partner sites throughout the Des Moines metro. You can find hours and contact info for all our sites at https://www.ARL-Iowa.org/Locations.

You can see all our available pets at https://www.ARL-Iowa.org. Please note that we do not respond to emails about individual pets available for adoption.

More about this shelter

The Animal Rescue League of Iowa (ARL) is Iowa's largest nonprofit animal shelter, caring for many thousands of pets each year. The ARL serves people and pets from across the state of Iowa through its programs, which include pet adoption, humane education, pet behavior training, spay/neuter, animal cruelty intervention and much more.

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