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My name is Cookie!

Posted 5 days ago

Cared for by LOVEPAWS
Adoption process
1

Submit Application

2

Home Check

3

Approve Application

4

Meet the Pet

5

Sign Adoption Contract

6

Pay Fee

7

Take the Pet Home

My basic info

Breed
Terrier (Unknown Type, Medium)
Color
Black - with Gray or Silver
Age
Young
Size
Med. 26-60 lbs (12-27 kg) (when grown)
Weight
Sex
Female
Pet ID
19841445

My details

Alert icon Not good with kids
Alert icon Not good with dogs
Alert icon Not good with cats
Checkmark in teal circle Spayed / Neutered
Checkmark in teal circle Housetrained

My story

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

COOKIE

  • Female, spayed
  • 1 year, 8 months
  • Terrier mix
  • 32 lbs.
  • Microchipped, up-to-date on core vaccines and takes monthly flea/tick/heartworm prevention â€‹
  • Completed 5-week board and train

I'm Cookie and my tail is always wagging with excitement! I might have started my journey as a stray, but now I'm on the hunt for my forever family. Here's a little bit about me:

I have been in my foster home for seven months and my foster moms have been so patient with me. They have helped me learn how to be a dog. You see, I never quite learned how to be a dog…I was in one foster home after another and never got the full attention that I needed. Unfortunately, sometimes it’s easy to give up on me because when you first meet me, I am so anxious and excited about meeting somebody new that I can’t calm my brain down and I start to pull on my leash and sometimes "yell" in my excitement . When getting to know new people indoors, I think that maybe they're going to steal my toy so I may growl at them. So many people have given up on me that it’s hard for me to trust. But, my current foster family knew that they couldn’t give up on me.  Now, my foster moms give me kisses on my face and pet and play with me while I have my toy in my mouth, no growling necessary because I've learned to trust them!

I really love to chase things and I think squirrels would make a delicious meal, so I get excited and pull when I see them outside. My foster moms are good at seeing the squirrels before I do and keeping me on the right track!
 
I need a forever home that is willing to give me the structure that I crave, someone who will be patient with me as I learn to trust them. Once I do trust you, I’m not sure anything in the world could love you more than I do! I love to snuggle on the couch and my very favorite thing is fluffy blankets! I love to cuddle with my people and give them kisses. 
 
There’s one more thing, I don’t really know how to act around other dogs. I have two foster dog siblings and they are very nice and don’t bother me, but my foster moms told me its not a good idea for me to play with them because sometimes I don’t understand their limits. Strange dogs on the street make me very nervous and I may make lots of noise when I pass them, but, with continued structure, this can be curbed too! 
 
I am working so hard to be good and find my forever home, it just takes me some time to settle in. I would really love to live somewhere that’s not in a city…there are too many people and dogs and things to look at that it makes me overly aroused. I love to go outside in my foster moms’ backyard because they have a nice tall fence that I can walk around and smell and explore all I want while staying safe. I would really love a home with a fence, barriers make me feel safe (I love my crate too as long as there are PLENTY of fluffy blankets in there!)
 
Thanks for reading this long, I promise to love you if you choose to take a chance on me! 
 

Interested in adopting? Of course you are!

Submit an application here!

November 19, 2024, 3:22 pm
Rescue

Contact info

Pet ID
19841445
Contact
Phone
Address
Rockville, MD 20853

Their adoption process

1.

Submit Application

2.

Home Check

3.

Approve Application

4.

Meet the Pet

5.

Sign Adoption Contract

6.

Pay Fee

7.

Take the Pet Home

Additional adoption info

The first step to adopt of our adorable adoptable animals is to fill out an application on our website. We will reach out to you about your application once we receive it. The general steps of the process involve reviewing an application, conducting a phone interview with an adopter, doing a home visit, arranging a meet and greet and putting in place an adoption contract and collecting the adoption fee.

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Go meet their pets

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More about this rescue

LOVEPAWS was founded as an animal intake prevention program to help keep pets in homes and out of shelters. To do this, we offer various types of assistance to pet owners including our pet food pantry and our re-homing service. We help find new homes for pets whose owners cannot keep them but do not want to surrender their pet to the shelter. While our focus is on Prince George’s County, MD, we offer these services to the entire DC Metro area.

Our scope and mission has grown quickly since we were founded in 2019 and we now pull dogs and cats from open-admission, high-intake shelters in MD, VA and other Southern states. This has expanded our rescue to be able to save dogs and cats of all breeds. Our expanded mission is to save the lives of abandoned dogs and cats and place them in loving and permanent homes. While we are a non-breed-specific rescue, we are a pittie-friendly rescue that has a soft spot for the pit bulls at the Prince George’s County animal shelter. They face the heartbreaking reality of the county’s pit bull ban which makes them unavailable for adoption to the public. We are committed to stepping forward whenever we can and wherever there is the greatest need.

LOVEPAWS is a registered 501(c)(3) non-profit organization. We are an exclusively foster-based rescue with our foster network spanning MD, DC, and VA.

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