Size
(when grown) Small 25 lbs (11 kg) or less
Details
Not good with kids,
Good with dogs,
Good with cats,
House-trained,
Spayed or Neutered,
Shots are up-to-date,
Story
The good, the bad, and the ugly. We always believe in honesty about our adoptables. Benny is good 93.7% of the time. Ben rears his bad and ugly head about 6.3% of the time. He has made such improvements, and we anticipate he will continue to improve. Until then, here he is in all his glory....From his foster family:
"Are you looking for a little variety in your life? Have you been BEGGING your significant other to adopt TWO dogs but they are only in agreement to adopt one? Well have we got the dog for you! Meet Ben and Benny. (Kind of like Jekyll and Hyde) Benny is an amazing 8 year old terrier mix of goofy love and ball playing. He is an excellent time keeper and will help keep your day on schedule with reminders at 8am and 5p that it is meal time. Once you earn his trust you can hold Benny like a baby, he will sleep on your chest and nuzzle under your chin for snuggles galore. Benny is house trained and crate trained. Benny loves to hang out with his doggie friends and is cat friendly. He's obsessed with balls and he is NOT a night owl. He likes to put himself to bed sometime between 8:00 and 9:00pm, after that he gets cranky, like a Gremlin.
Now let’s meet Benny’s other half, Ben….. ya see Ben came to us as a stray so we aren’t sure of his history. We are assuming someone or something caused a bit of trauma for Ben. Why do we say this? Well, let’s just put it this way… Ben can be a bit of an asshole. Now it's likely not his fault, but as it’s happening, you won’t be thinking “poor Ben”. You’re going to be thinking, “what an asshole!” But the moment passes quickly once you learn Ben’s little triggers and how to handle them (without getting murdered) and he will reveal Benny once again. I didn’t think it would be possible but over time we have now come to love and adore both Ben and Benny and appreciate each of them for who they are. We even have a good laugh at how psychotic "the Ben teeth" ? look when on full display. It’s quite the look. ? Someone, somewhere is out there, that is also going to find the same appreciation for this guy and be willing to work with his split personality and give him the life he deserves. Hopefully over time he will overcome whatever he has lived through and slowly Ben will shrink away forever, and Benny will be able to shine always. He has already made so much progress with love and patience."
We've had Benny neutered, vaccinated, microchipped, etc. His adoption fee is $150.
Because he has him moments of crankiness, we would not recommend him for a home that his little humans in it, as they may not understand when to give Benny his personal space. He does live with a dog savvy teenager without issue.
