From Foster: Wanda is such an amazing dog and momma to her babies!! Upon taking her home, she has been the most lovable to humans, our other dogs, our other puppy foster, and our cats. This girl has a heart that is infinitely larger than her head.
She has become one of the pack in less than a week and has learned our routines and commands perfectly.
We open feed and she has had zero issues with sharing the bowl with the other 6 dogs including her own puppies. She is a great snuggler and will snuggle next to everyone if they give her a chance (the cats let her kiss them, but no snuggles allowed).
Wanda knows "sit," "leave it," "off" (what we say when she wants to jump up on us or the counter), "outside," "last call" (what we tell our dogs as the last potty before bed), and "kennel."
She is just so smart and affectionate that everyone in the house absolutely is smitten with her! She is so thoughtful too because she wants to be in the bed with you but doesn't want to disturb you so she will slowly climb up the side of the bed and army crawl to be next to you.
The only "bad" thing she has done is allow her pups and our other foster pup nurse from her. We have to tell the pups to leave it and then explain to Wanda that the puppies are too old to nurse and they are eating kibble so it's fine. Of course, she gives you those puppy eyes, stares intently into your soul for a few seconds, and will boop you with her nose and give you a kiss.
Wanda is learning how to be a dog with our dogs and has learned to chase the squirrels from our yard and has learned to become part of the home security team. She has this low, raspy bark that sounds so intimidating as you walk up to the house, then she is absolutely silent once you open the door and her tail is wagging like crazy.
Wanda loves our dogs and cats and has learned to respect our cats when they hiss at her...she is so scared of their hisses and will run away.
Today, she finally noticed the chickens in the coop and barked at them. Because she is quiet, I thought someone was hopping the fence. Turns out, she was barking at the chickens. I have corrected her once and told her to "leave it" with the chickens and she hasn't barked at them since.
Wanda is such a smart girl with a huge heart that loves love and wants to give love.
Wanda was rescued from a high kill shelter in Texas.
From Texas foster: Wanda has been a good dog with other dogs and walking. She enjoys treats, bully sticks. She knows her name. She sits and comes. She did well with my dogs. Lots of fun watching her teach her pups to play bow.
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- Breed labels are a "best guess" by a shelter veterinarian and cannot be guaranteed.
- A new study has concluded that (in layman's terms), breed assumption is NOT indicative of behavior in mixed breed dogs. Therefore, if a dog looks presumably to be a German Shepherd breed, one cannot assume the dog will have a high prey drive. From the study: "Although many physical traits were associated with breeds, behavior was much more variable among individual dogs. In general, physical trait heritability was a greater predictor of breed but was not necessarily a predictor of breed ancestry in mutts. Among behavioral traits, biddability—how well dogs respond to human direction—was the most heritable by breed but varied significantly among individual dogs. Thus, dog breed is generally a poor predictor of individual behavior and should not be used to inform decisions relating to selection of a pet dog" - https://www.science.org/doi/10.1126/science.abk0639
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