Entered: 05/04/2025
Status: Adoption Pending
Age: 8
Color: Liver/White
Weight: 50 lbs.
Gender: Altered Female
Location: Aston, PA
Health: UTD, HW-, fecal and Bordetella complete
Temperament: Good with adults, good meeting children, fine with other dogs, unknown with cats, used to horses
Original: “Poppy has no aggression regarding toys, meals, and humans although she doesn’t have a real concept of space when crowding in to get pets.”
When Poppy’s elderly owners from New York passed away, their niece contacted MAESSR about taking Poppy and her friend Jack into rescue. Since the niece lived in a distant state, a neighbor was going by and feeding the pair once a day in their outside pen/fenced yard for almost a month before they got moved to a foster home together and settled into home life quickly
Since Poppy had never been inside before, she had to be led in on a leash the first day in foster care but soon took to coming in and out on command. Poppy and Jack are from the same breeder, just born two weeks apart. Both got along fine with the resident dogs from the first day.
Poppy has been completely housetrained. Since she was used to one meal a day, it took her a few days to realize that breakfast was included in her new living situation, and she should eat it before the resident dogs noticed. She likes having a Greenie to chew on afterwards.
Poppy has no aggression regarding toys, meals, and humans although she doesn’t have a real concept of space when crowding in to get pets. Though she loves attention, she’s not at all needy; she just appreciates when the humans are being friendly. A glance in her direction will get a tail wag out of her.
Reportedly crate trained, Poppy usually just flops on a raised bed near Jack at night and when the humans are away. During the day, she may hang out near the window to watch for squirrels. She doesn’t have that much interest in birds.
Initially pulling on leash, she soon settles down and just does the Springer sniffing routine while walking the neighborhood. At a pet fair, she and Jack stood quietly while waiting in line for shots with multiple other dogs (and 2 cats in a cat carrier), wagged at some kids and were well-behaved. They stood quietly for shots. Poppy likes car rides, flopping in the back after initially being told “nope, you can’t ride shotgun.” Reportedly, she liked to swim in a pond at her former home. Thunderstorms don’t seem to bother her.
A good girl in general, Poppy doesn’t counter-surf, rarely jumps up, and knows “sit” and “down.” With two foster dogs, it’s unknown which of them takes cardboard boxes out of recycling and shreds them, but Poppy likes to claim it was Jack. Rarely barking, except a woof or two in excitement when the foster folks return home, she will sometimes think about digging in the back yard in known chipmunk spots. This little diva loves being brushed and reportedly was fine at the groomer.
Since they’ve lived together for over eight years, Poppy and Jack are fairly bonded, with him being the more timid one of the duo and her the leader. They would make a great pair to be adopted into just about any family. With medium energy outside, kicked back indoors, friendly with everyone she meets, Poppy is intelligent and very sweet and would love a home with lots going on. Jack would like to tag along with her.