Entered: 07/02/2005
Status: Adopted
Age: 8
Color: Liver/White
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Gender: Altered Male
Location: West Trenton, NJ
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Updated 7/24/05:
Jack has made great progress in his foster home, quickly adapting to life as an inside dog. He loves being with people and follows his foster family about as they do their chores. He isn’t invasive, anxious, or timid, but he does love being close to people.
It appears that Jack’s marking tendencies are either over or nearly so. He has stopped marking in the house and is losing his desire to mark outside as well. Neutering helped with this and also with a small part of his grooming behavior. Since the neutering he allows his foster mom to brush his tush! All of these changes are making Jack a welcome member of the family.
Jack has learned some new tricks. He will sit and stay when he goes out, comes back in, and before going into his cage. He walks well on a leash and usually doesn’t pull unless he sees a very interesting critter. His foster mom reports that he so wants to please that she thinks Jack would let her “walk” on him if she asked to. This has made training him much easier than expected.
Jack is doing well with his crating. During the day he will sometimes whimper to be let out, but once told to be quiet, he will go back to peacefully watching the activities outside his crate. He loves going in a car when the opportunity comes along.
Jack really is a buddy dog in the best sense of the word and is looking for a forever family to pal around with full time.
Original:
Jack is a very sweet-natured boy who loves people and other animals. He was relinquished to MAESSR by his family because he was not getting the time and attention that he needed. Having spent most of his life as an outside dog, he has found life inside with his foster family to be both wonderful and challenging. Arriving on the 4th of July weekend, Jack did not show that he was upset by the major change that had occurred, until his foster parents realized that his small appetite was awfully small. It was the only clue that Jack was anything other than a happy springer boy. Within a short time, he adjusted and his healthy, hearty appetite returned. He doesn’t have either food or toy aggression and he is good with children, cats, and other dogs.
Jack’s transition into indoor life is certainly proving interesting for both him and the humans in his life. One major change he has made is sleeping in his crate instead of the sweet grass that he loves to roll in. The other major change was learning to not mark inside the house.
For the first 10 days Jack was tethered to his foster mom while indoors unless he was in his crate. This proved beneficial in several respects. He learned to follow along with what humans were doing, his urge to mark was stopped before the event could happen, and he adjusted to the changes in his environment very quickly. Jack has also been neutered just since coming into his foster home, and his family thinks he will continue to make great strides in adjusting to his new life with that change.
Jack likes to take walks and, although he will pull enthusiastically when he smells something exciting, he has learned that walks will stop until he sits and stays. Being told he is a good boy for obeying earns his family lots of loving looks from his pretty brown eyes.
Jack likes almost all things about grooming. He sits enthusiastically while he is getting his bath, he loves being brushed and rubbed dry with a towel, and he is very good at sitting while he is being clipped. The only thing that he doesn’t like is to have his tush brushed. It is hoped this too will change now that he is neutered.
Jack is an uncomplicated dog who will bring a lot of joy and pleasure to the family who adopts him. He is looking forward to celebrating Labor Day with his forever family and will surely enjoy the comforts that come with living indoors in the coming winters.