Size
(when grown) Med. 26-60 lbs (12-27 kg)
Details
Good with kids,
Good with dogs,
House-trained,
Shots are up-to-date,
Story
There's nothing quite like puppy sweetness and silliness...and then they put their beautiful heads quietly on your shoulder breathing their warm baby breath. These very loving and sweet as can be puppies are so pure and vulnerable that it's unbearable to think of them homeless and alone on the city streets or in a high-kill shelter scheduled for euthanasia due to lack of space.
Sunshine is 5 months old and 30 lbs. She is believed to be a Catahoula / Lab mix, and her full grown weight is estimated to be around 50 lbs.
Sunshine is a sweet and loving puppy! She has that wonderful kind of energy that is just irresistible. Sunshine's foster has let us know that she is potty trained, great with kids, great with dogs, and even knows how to "sit"! We think she is the best behaved 5 month old pup we have ever met!!
Sunshine was abandoned about 3 months ago in the lobby of a Houston rescue group that we work with, sick and weak. The people that dumped her knew she was sick and desperate. While frustrating, we are thankful they didn't leave her in a park or side of the road. With their medical staff and an experienced parvo foster, Sunshine made it through to the other side! Sunshine has beat parvo, and is now so happy and healthy and ready to find a forever home.
Sunshine is appropriately playful and inquisitive for her young age. She's also so loving and cuddly. This snuggly little girl would be very excited to be a couch potato to snuggle with her favorite people at the end of an active, busy day. Even at just 4 months old, it's very clear that this sweetie is SO smart, very engaging and happy as can be - very typical of both the Catahoula and Greyhound personalities. There are many that feel that these two breeds are among the most intelligent and sweet-natured in the dog world.
Since Sunshine is just a puppy, she's a blank slate just waiting for a kind and patient human to show her the way. She has all the potential in the world to be an awesome adult companion - she will form firm bonds with her family and learn positive socialization skills through virtual or in-person positive reinforcement puppy kindergarten followed by force-free Obedience Classes. These classes will make a profound difference in a puppy's ultimate behavior and in her relationship/bonding with her people. It does take time and commitment, yet pays off a thousand times over when you have a dog that can accompany you out in the world with excellent behavior.
Farfel's Rescue feel very strongly that every dog deserves the opportunity for formal, positive reinforcement/force-free training classes that are virtual or in-person. We therefore aren't willing to adopt Sunshine out to a home that doesn't choose to offer her this training opportunity. Farfel's is happy to provide a list of approved positive reinforcement / force-free virtual and in-person trainers in your area.
We're open to Sunshine finding her forever home with a retired couple or individual with lots of energy to train and enjoy a silly and super-smart puppy. A younger family that works from a home-based office would also be a great choice for a puppy that would love nothing more than getting loved up periodically throughout the day. Sunshine enjoys her relationships with all humans and dogs. We would prefer, however, to place her in a home with older kids (tail pulling or rough treatment will create an adult dog that's fearful of children). Older kids can also be active participants in a training regimen and friendship that's so important in a dog's development.
Sunshine will be up to date on her vetting/vaccinations to be in line with our commitment to only adopting out healthy dogs. Extensive new research shows that Sunshine is far too young to be spayed at this time. When she's approximately 12 months old, Farfel's is happy to cover all costs for Sunshine's microchip and spay if one of our rescue vets is used.
Sunshine is available for adoption now.
Applications are currently being accepted for this sweet as can be, SO snuggly and super-loving puppy. An adoption application can be found at http://farfels.com/farfels-rescue/adoption-form/. If interested, please fill out completely and submit.
**PLEASE NOTE** If you're truly interested in adopting Sunshine, please be sure to fill out our Farfel's Rescue adoption application found at the link above or at farfels.com. Adoption site applications such as Petfinder and Adoptapet don't provide enough information and therefore aren't useful. Our Farfel's application is the only initial tool that we have to determine a great match for this very deserving dog. We're sorry, but in many cases, we're unable to get back to those that don't submit our Farfel's Rescue adoption application. Thanks very much for choosing rescue.
