This past weekend (Saturday), we were at another basketball tournament and saw the lady that had the small puffy red shiba (from a couple weeks back). She mentioned she had picked up (rescued) a black and tan from the SPCA. Turns out it was the same one.
We went back Sunday, and she had brought him out to the gym to see if anybody wanted to adopt him. One of the normal rescue organizations (for the Nor Cal area), couldn't pick him up because the foster dad is sick and couldnt get here in time, so she was housing him for the next 2 weeks.
If anybody in the Northern California area is interested in adopting a black and tan shiba, here are the details:
- Black and tan male
- About 8 years old
- Neutered
- Has a knee issue that will require surgery (we've been told that the rescue org will pay for half for whoever adopts him, about $1000)
- Seems to be (from our 20-30 minutes with him) to be an easy going, sweet, mellow doggie
- He did fail the SPCA temperament "test" (which is why they wouldnt allow him to be adopted)...BUT...the test was administered after he had been locked in his kennel for 2 weeks, they handed him a rawhide, then tried to take it from him and he growled at them. Not really a fair test of a dog (IMHO)
- take a look at the pics at the bottom...you will see how much faith we put in the results of their "test"
- if you're interested, leave a msg here (in the next week or so, otherwise, he's off to the san jose area rescue group)
- if we had the room, he would have helped us complete the trifecta of shiba colors!
(would a ill tempered dog be this comfy surrounded by a crowd of people?)
(defintely an ill tempered dog lol...about 2 minutes later, he was asleep)
4 comments:
Do you know if he is trained to go potty outside? And how does he react to other dogs?
I currently have a 5 yo shiba that gets along well with other big dogs. Also, he doesn't bark or interact with dogs that are aggressive towards him. He just kind of looks their way but continues walking.
If you know any of this information or can get me the contact information to someone who knows, please message me back. Thank you!
here's what i know from talking to the lady who rescued him and was temporarily housing him:
-he was house trained
-she has another shiba and a goldie and they got along fine
if you leave and email address, i can fwd the contact information of the foster mom to you
Some updated information on Elvis. He is about 10 years old, maybe older. The knee surgery might not happen because he's adapted to it so much. He has been moved to Nevada. He is still up for adoption.
I'm still sad I missed him and didn't get to meet him. =( I wish him the best of luck. Hopefully a loving family will take him in.
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