This boys name is Jake. I was told about
Jake by one of the volunteers who works for the shelter,
and remembered we pulled Tyson from them a short time
ago, and ended up a very lucky boy as he was adopted by
the Seymour's. Jake needs some sort of luck too. He is
10 1/2 yrs old and as you can see from the pics, a well
maintained boy who is looking for help. At first i was
told the family brought him in with a euthanasia request
because he was old....how sad is that...god :o(( The
intake form has a notation that there was a death in the
family and they were moving, and Jake could not go.
Whatever the reason, Jake finds himself in a kill
shelter, after being a devoted family member for 10 1/2
yrs, and he NEEDS HELP! The intake form taken at this
shelter is quite complimentary to Jake....he is already
neutered, UTD with his vaccinations, lived with adult
men and women, children from newborn thru adult is
friendly, playful, tolerant, accepts strangers, no
aggressive tendencies, fed with people present (no feed
aggression), totally house trained, walks well on leash,
left alone 8 hrs a day, was exercised 3 times a week,
was walked 1 1/2 miles, slept in his own bed, does not
chew anything he is not supposed to, does not chase
anything, knows sit, come and stay, and they noted he
has a bit of arthritis and a sensitive stomach.
I guess the only negative I could find on
this boy is that it said he is not good with
other animals.
I took Jake out for a walk in their
enclosed area, and he did very well. He walked
beautifully, no pulling at all. I asked him to sit, and
he did not, so i helped him into the sit position. He
was a bit stiff, he went down but you could see that my
assisting him into the sit position...well, he was a bit
stiff, but he did sit. He really did very well, and was
in very good shape (maybe a bit on the chunky side, but
not too much) and defiantly enjoyed his walk. I enjoyed
his company a lot too.
I was pulling a 1 yr old deaf Boston
terrier that day for another rescue, so I got to bring
that wild child out to meet Jake, and see how he would
do with this youngster. In typical puppy fashion, the
little guy was right up in his face, paws on Jake's head
(we were being careful if we needed to break anything
up) paws on Jake's side, paws everywhere....and
Jake was fine. Now granted, Jake did not play with him
like he was his long lost friend, but he tolerated what
this boy threw his way, so I would say that with proper
intro's, Jake would most likely be fine with other dogs.
Jake needs to get out of there, while
this is not a shelter that would rush to put him to
sleep, the fact is that he has a VERY slight chance of
getting adopted by someone from the public, and needs
BAR to get him started on his new life. Like I said
early in this email, he needs his very own angel.
Please email me if you think you are that
angel. The rescue will provide you with EVERYTHING you
need, crate, food, toys, bowls, bedding, vet
care...everything at no cost to you, you just provide
the warm house and the love.
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