Shorty

My story

SHORTY is an absolute sweetie pie.  She was incredibly timid the night she arrived on the bus up from Georgia (she is a breeder surrender and looks to have had several litters thus far in her life), but in just the last week she has blossomed into the playful, curious, loyal and loving dog she was always meant to be. We are not sure if she was ever let out of her cage, or ever let outdoors for that matter, so now that she is in NYC she is LOVING going on walks with her foster brother Fozzy, sitting in her foster mom's lap and people-watching in the park, and frolicking before and after meal times with soft toys and her foster brother. She is so interested in all the new things her new life has to offer that she sometime falls asleep sitting up :) she wants in on all the action even when she clearly needs a nap. Personality & Characteristics: Shorty is loving and curious. She loves to play with fuzzy toys and adores amazon deliveries because she gets to frolick with the kraft paper package padding.  Her favorite time of day is breakfast (and dinner!). She has a healthy appetite and prances and dances around while her meal comes out of the fridge. Because she is a breeder surrender, she is still timid when meeting new people and can be shy when people she does not know lean over her or try to pick her up.  This behavior is typical of dogs that have been kept indoors or in cages their whole life, and is one that will certainly abate over time in a loving home.  She is silky and soft and her face wrinkles are just plain adorable. This girl is pure love. My foster dog is good with:  Great with other dogs and extermely playful with her foster brother. She can be shy around larger dogs, but is still curious with them. She is great around other little dogs. We don't know if she is good with cats as there has been no exposure to that yet, but my guess is that with a friendly cat she will likely be fine as Shorty doenst have a mean bone in her body. Shorty has not yet been exposed to young children in her foster home setting, but outdoors she is curious and friendly with them. My foster dog is: We don't know if Shorty was ever let out of her cage or let outdoors in the past. She seems to know to use wee wee pads (her aim isn't always great, but she does use them). She has been modelling her foster brother and begining to poop and pee outside more and more over the past week.  She may always want to have a wee wee pad in the home as back up, but with more and more exposure to other dogs and learning from them about going to the bathroom outside, I expect that she'll eventually do most of her business on walks in the future.  Shorty is not great with stairs, I suspect because she never has been exposed to them. With practice she may learn how to go up and down stairs, but at the moment, I have been lifting her up the 1 flight of stairs in my apartment.  3 Keywords for your pup: LOVING, LOYAL, CUDDLY Energy Level (1= calm, 10= high energy): 5 Barker? Or Quiet Pup?: QUIET PUP Walking Manners: Great on a leash - stays right besides her foster mom. Can be startled by large trucks or big booming noises.  Appetite: Healthy appetite!  She loves mealtime and takes treats willingly  Favorite Things: Cuddling in bed with her foster mom and foster brother, playing with her foster brother after mealtime, MEALTIME :) and did we mention snuggling? Commands/Tricks: She is learning "UP UP UP" as a cue that a person will lean down to pick her up.  She has not been off leash yet outside and should not be let off leash until she is fully settled in her new home and a fenced in, secure location.  ALL adoptions require a completed application and final contract. The application can be found at  WaldosRescue.org  and once you are approved to adopt you will be put in touch with the foster to see if it’s a good match. We are a RESCUE not a shelter. We conduct veterinary and personal reference checks during the application approval process. We are unable to contact every applicant for every dog.  We will select the best applicant for each dog, based on the dogs needs. Waldos Rescue Pen is a 501c3 whose primary focus is rescuing dogs from the euthanasia list from high kill shelters throughout the United States and Korea. ##2486615##

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