Jacob

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Sex: MaleBreed: German Shepherd xEstimated Date of Birth : 09/17/2023Soft, sweet and loves everyone he meets this is Jacob! He has the softest energy, an easy going nature and is just a touch shy. All living things are his friends. Jacob is great with the dogs, cats and donkeys in his foster home. He is fine with little dogs and dominant dogs. He currently lives with an active, dominant, social female pitbull and they get along great. He also lives with a large dominant, playful, pushy dog and he is good with his interactions as well.  He loves to hang with the dogs and follows them around the yard.  He is a submissive/soft dog, but has been social in all interactions. He is very playful with other dogs and loves a good game of chase. We’d love to see him with another fun and playful dog to pal around with in his future adoptive home. He has been very good with his kitty friends. Curious and likes to see if he can get the cats to play but he corrects extremely easily.  He has respect for the donkeys and just leaves them alone. Smart boy! Jacob was pulled from the shelter on his last few days. With so much shelter overcrowding even good dogs don’t get much of a chance to be seen or adopted. We’ll never know why his former family didn’t claim him but Jacob has never looked back and instead focused on the future he is so blessed to have. A future made possible because a foster family said yes! And he’s getting lots of time and training to made him the perfect family member! Jacob is both crate and housetrained. Because he is young and still learning he’s crated any time he can not be directly supervised. He is loving his crate more and more and initiates going into the crate when it’s bedtime. He might whine a bit, but corrects easily. Jacob does not appear to have had any obedience training, but is catching onto everything very quickly.  He loves people, but is a shy guy; however, he is overcoming his shyness the more socialization he gets. He follows the humans around the house and just wants to be with them. Such a soft, gentle loving little guy.  He is not protective over food or bones and allows sharing with dogs.  He walks ok on leash but needs more practice and he does not jump on people.  We would love to see Jacob with a family that loves working and has patience with shy dogs who are very soft and submissive. Given his gentle/soft nature, we don’t see him with kids at this point – but he has no issues with kids – they are just likely to be overwhelming.  Jacob needs another playful/young dog he can romp with and to give him confidence. Jacob is not an escape artist and can be left outside, but his area needs to be puppy-proofed.  He is pretty low energy and is capable of laying around for long hours while you work. Jacob has been good off leash for hikes and he will follow the dogs some, but really wants to be with his humans. Jake was lucky to make it out of the shelter which is sad because he has so much love to give and is really an easy dog to work with. He learns quickly and wants to be with his humans, but is also a lovely companion for dogs of all types! If you are interested in adopting a Marley's Mutts please fill out an application at http://marleysmutts.org/adoptionprocess/

If you have any questions or would like to adopt Jacob, please reach out to the adoption group directly. PetSmart Charities does not facilitate the adoption process. Thank you.