Hi, I'm
currently located at
The Anti-Cruelty Society - Home-to-Home Program
Chicago, IL
age
Adult
gender
Female
colour
Tan/Yellow/Fawn
size
Large 61-100 lbs (28-45 kg)
pet id
41220268
***In order to alleviate the need to bring an animal into the shelter environment, The Anti-Cruelty Society has the Home-to-Home Shelter Bypass service to help people find new accommodations for their pets privately. These animals are not located in any of the Society's physical locations. If you are interested in adopting this animal, please do NOT click the Adopt Me button and instead reach out to the current owner directly via the email provided in the profile. As this is a Home-to-Home animal you are not required to fill out an Anti-Cruelty Society adoption application form. ***If you're looking for a partner to explore the world with, look no further! Valentine is intensely curious about everything and loves to meet new people and dogs. Val has lived with an unfriendly cat that she just wanted to get to know, so she would probably love to meet a more tolerant cat! Valley Girl has had some training in the past but is highly intelligent and food motivated so she would love to learn more!POTTY TRAININGVal has never had an accident with me. She does her business on or off leash in any location, even the artificial grass at the daycare I work at. When we first got her at work, she only went on the grass but has adjusted and goes on the turf yard. If she's playing with other dogs, she does need a few verbal reminders and some space, but she will go. She doesn't like the rain so you have to walk outside with her, but she does her business quickly.CRATE TRAININGShe's been left alone a couple days for 7 hours max. She was in her crate with a blanket and covered by a thin sheet. She's also crated at night, and she did great from the start. In taller kennels at work, she does bounce around and bark, but in her crate at home the most she has ever done is make quiet noises. She has obviously been crate trained and knows to be quiet but does tend to test limits and whines or barks quietly if she knows we are nearby.INTERACTING WITH OTHER DOGSWe slowly introduced her to dogs at work, and she is a very rough player. Initially she was very rough and persistent and got overstimulated very quickly, but she is learning to match the other dog's play style and energy. She mostly plays with a Rhodesian ridgeback and a Pyrenees at work and is currently living with my chocolate lab and whippet mix (about Val's size). We have not introduced her to any very small dogs yet. She tends to over correct by snarling and lunging but does listen to verbal redirection. She got into a squabble with the ridgeback because he bit and pulled her tail a couple times; when she snarled and lunged, he did too so i grabbed her by the collar, knocked him out of the way with my leg and they both backed off until someone removed the ridgeback from the room. They have since continued to play. She got into another tiff with my whippet when they were outside and they both came running to the door when I shouted from inside the house. The Pyrenees is a lazy but rough player, so they wrestle around on the floor. My lab is older and doesn't enjoy her biting so she does bully him a little, but she's easy to verbally redirect again. She also sometimes plays with a black lab at work that tends to mount her and Val just keeps playing. She has shown some toy possession at home, she hoards them and initially overcorrected my dogs when they tried to play too. She was not okay with sharing an 8 ft. tree branch with my dogs or each of them having their own equal toys the first day so we have taken all the toys away. Since then, my whippet mix (Izzie) and Val have resorted to pulling sticks out of our mulch and it has gone okay. Izzie likes to play keep away to get Val to chase her and Val responds well to the game as long as she gets the stick eventually which Izzie always obliges. Izzie waits until Val gets bored of the stick, takes it back and restarts the game. I would be hesitant to give toys to her and other dogs, my two are very passive and immediately allowed her to take all the toys every time. All three also get jealous of attention but no more than the average somewhat spoiled dogs.KIDSVal has really only ever seen the neighborhood kids. She listened and watched the neighbor kids and dogs occasionally. Izzie likes to watch the kids that play across the street and Val sometimes joins in but is always calm.ANY BAD BEHAVIORSToy possession explained in dog's behavior with other dogs.Val is a bull in a China shop in nearly every situation. She didn't immediately jump all over my cat and the one (obviously older and injured) dog we encountered on a walk, but she gets especially wound up in the kennels. Her energy is always at 11 and she bounces around like crazy. Since she's been living with me, she does self-regulate better in the kennels though. She took a few days to settle in here, but before that she was constantly bothering our dogs by roughly trying to get them to play or getting into everything. She never chewed shoes, or anything left out but does counter surf and is highly food motivated. Our trash can lock but she always checks to make sure when she thinks we aren't paying attention.She's not terrible on a leash but it definitely takes some strength to walk her, especially in the kennels. She did respond well to the limited training I tried on walks at home though.I have not had any personal experience with her in grooming or vet situations, but my coworkers have recommended muzzle training prior to vet visits and nail trims. She is curious about the bathtub at home and got in when I filled the tub a few inches but she doesn't like getting sprayed at all and would probably need a muzzle if bathed in a traditional grooming tub. At home, I was filing my nails while she was on the couch with me and she was curious so I lightly filed a couple of her nails before she gentled mouthed my hand so it's definitely something that can be worked on.We are asking for a $150 rehoming fee.Please reach out to kennel@accbarrington.com for more information.
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adoption group
Chicago, IL 60654
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