Scout

My story

Currently fostered in Texas ****Scout needs a experienced adapter. Please read bio in full. **** Scout was trapped and rescued as a feral stray. She is approximately two years old and fully grown at 28 pounds. She looks like a mini husky. Her coat is gorgeous and so soft . She has come a long way in the short time we have had her and I know she will only blossom from here. We took her to a rescue friendly groomer who cut her matts out, gave her a bath, a brush out and half a blow dry before she was kind of over that. She was very scared of the trimers . Scout is still weary of humans but never ever aggressive. She comes around faster to women than men but that is pretty typical. She is great with all dogs and loves to play, she is submissive and listens very well to the Chihuahuas, however, she also needs a play partner that will rough house with her and run with her. She cannot be the only dog. Although we think she is part husky, she is not very vocal . She absolutely needs a well fenced in yard. She does not walk on leash and harness. When she first arrives she is going to be scared and look for places in the yard to get out , this will only last a day or two but she is absolutely not to be left outside alone for the 1st week. She acclimate very quickly and we’ll get used to her new home and environment and doggy friends fast. She seems ok with the cats but may try and chase them if they are running. She does not come to people, she will not willing come up for pets or cuddles. She does not like being picked up. That being said once you kind of cornered her in her little bed area she will allow you to pick her up but squirms a lot to get down. So this should never be done outdoors without a leash and harness. You cannot pick her up and take her to the car without a leash and harness on because if she squirm hard and gets down, she will runoff and you will not catch her. She needs a home where someone will just let her be for a couple weeks until she gets more used to you. She needs access to a very well fenced in backyard and a home where she can flourish, be loved and play with her dog friends. She should really not be taken out of that environment until she is more used to you and trusts you. This is not a dog you can take out to lunch or a farmers market. She is a cat dog. She loves toys and she does love following you around and has interest in being friendly with her humans. She even gives me a little kisses on the back of my leg when I am doing office work for chores. She also nudges me with her nose, she follows me everywhere. She still does not let me touch her without cornering her. Once she is in her little pen curled up in her bed I go in and sit with her and softly give her pets and kisses. Her body is starting to relax little by little with each day. She loves being in a home and she is very happy she is just not ready to be “mans best friend” yet. I think for her this has to be earned and I am fairly certain, once she does decide to love you, she will love hard and loyal. She does not eat a lot of kibble and tends to be picky with the wet food. We feed her canned food mixed with kibbles with chicken and cheese on top to entice her 🙂 She has had three names before settling on Scout so her paperwork has a few names on there . Birdie , Kai Kai and Scout . As a weird, sidenote, she sleeps in a large toddler pen that she can jump out of, but doesn’t. She will sleep in a kennel however, every time I have tried to put her in a large kennel she goes to the bathroom in it , which is odd considering I sleep all of 5 hours a day. where as I put her in the puppy pen with a bed on one side and her pee pad on the other even though the pee pad is there she never goes to the bathroom in the puppy/toddler pen I will send photos of set up . She also is not destructive . But has a little mischief in her . 🙂 like a fox

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