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Name: Madison the Survivor
Adoption Fee: $100
Species: Dog
Breed: Terrier (short coat)
Color: Red
Sex: Female (spayed)
Current Size: 45 Pounds
General Potential Size: Medium
Current Age: 17 Years 2 Months (best estimate)
Activity Level: Highly Active
Indoor or Outdoor: Indoor Only
Good with Dogs: Yes
Good with Cats: Yes
Good with Kids: Yes
Housetrained: Yes
Microchipped: Yes
Description:
Are you ready to have your hair stand on its ends? Wait 'til you hear Madison's story: Judy received a phone call from a woman who adopted a dog from her ten years ago. The woman's boyfriend was threatening to throw out her puppy. Judy warned the woman that she should grab her child and her dog and get out of the house (did you know that Judy used to work with abused children in San Francisco? She recognizes danger signs!). The next morning the boyfriend started to hang the dog with its leash! She brought the puppy to Judy but didn't leave until Judy gave her an earful about the danger she was placing herself and her child in. A guy who will beat a helpless puppy is just a few steps away from beating a person.
As you can well imagine, Madison has not gotten a whole lot of training. She is very active, loving and smart, so with the right family, she will do just wonderfully. Quality training using body language "pack leader" skills will work best for this little gal. No hitting or heavy handedness please ~ she has had enough of that already! You're going to just love this angel!
Volunteer Update: Madison is an extremely attentive, loving, and active dog. I took her out on leash and only had to correct her twice before she walked perfectly without the slightest tug or jump. When she sits, she sits on her side with her legs sticking out, leaning on you waiting for love. This is one misunderstood and very loving dog. She is VERY intelligent, she will make a great addition to any home who is willing to give her a way to burn her energy – she needs more than just running by herself in a backyard, she is too smart and will get bored quickly. A dog park, obedience school, an owner who will play hide and seek, go on a walk or jog, play fetch, etc…something slightly more stimulating than just running circles out back. I would foster her in a heartbeat if I didn’t have a foster in my house already!
As you can well imagine, Madison has not gotten a whole lot of training. She is very active, loving and smart, so with the right family, she will do just wonderfully. Quality training using body language "pack leader" skills will work best for this little gal. No hitting or heavy handedness please ~ she has had enough of that already! You're going to just love this angel!
Volunteer Update: Madison is an extremely attentive, loving, and active dog. I took her out on leash and only had to correct her twice before she walked perfectly without the slightest tug or jump. When she sits, she sits on her side with her legs sticking out, leaning on you waiting for love. This is one misunderstood and very loving dog. She is VERY intelligent, she will make a great addition to any home who is willing to give her a way to burn her energy – she needs more than just running by herself in a backyard, she is too smart and will get bored quickly. A dog park, obedience school, an owner who will play hide and seek, go on a walk or jog, play fetch, etc…something slightly more stimulating than just running circles out back. I would foster her in a heartbeat if I didn’t have a foster in my house already!
Foster Update 6/21/10: If you like kisses, Madison is the lover dog for you. Nothing pleases Madison more than being near my side while doing things around the house or just relaxing on the couch with her laying by my feet. She will follow you around the house, from room to room if you let her. Belly rubs are a guilty pleasure of hers as well.
Madison is a nicely balanced active dog. By that I mean, she will be as excited & animated as you encourage her to be - but is able to be calm in her crate & accept that it's time to relax & settle down.
-Play: Madison enjoys playing & having her human involved in her play activities. She will fetch a toy & bring it back to you. Playing alone is also something she can do, but she will end up bringing the toy to you trying to coax you into playing with her. She loves to bound around shaking her rope toy from side to side, all the while looking as though she's got a smile on her face!
-Walk: Madison has adapted quickly to the idea of walking on a leash in a controlled manner. This means, she is walked on a short leash where she can not wander to sniff where ever she'd like & pull her human around. She is kept close to the side of the walker & is expected to walk calmly without pulling & stopping or slowing as needed. This is a controlled walk where she is pressed to be in an aware mind set as to what her walker is doing. This is an excellent exercise to get her tuned into what you are doing & training her to pay attention to your commands & movements. She is still learning that when her leash is on her, people walk through the door first.
-In Public: Madison is still learning that it's not play time while in a pet store shopping. She really likes the attention of other people & wants to be social with other dogs. Madison has not been taken to a dog park yet, that will be a future field trip.
-Household: Madison learned how to negotiate a flight of stairs in a 2 story home while with me in foster care. Laminate wood flooring seemed to concern her when she stepped down from the carpeted stairs. However, she has learned how to control her footing when coming off of the landing from the stairs just fine now.
-Commands: Madison has learned a few new commands, but here are the commands I she clearly knows well at this time:
NO!, Come here (patting both hands on your lap while standing), Sit, Lie Down, Bed (pointing to the dog bed or not). -Food: Madison has learned that while living with me, she must wait to be invited to get her food & can not demand it or rush me for the food. She will lay patiently in the dog bed with the bowl of food on the floor waiting for me to give her the ok to get the food. She is still learning the command to 'get her food'. My 2 cats can casually walk by her while eating her food or treats & Madison won't even acknowledge that they are there. I have seen no signs of food aggression from Madison.
-Treats: Madison has been taught prior to foster care, that if you have a treat & are walking towards her crate, she is to get inside it & she does so very willingly in order to receive the treat. She enjoys gnawing on a ridiculously large rawhide bone I got - though I only let her have it for a short amount of time. She is very ok with me removing it from her & shows NO sign of being possessive of it.
-Other animals: Madison is being fostered in a household with one senior dog & 2 one year old sister cats. The cats are dog friendly, but were on alert when Madison came to live with us. It was not known if Madison was ever around cats & if so, how would she behave around them? She was slowly introduced to the cats in a controlled manner. (Please ask an assistant at PRBJ if you need help introducing a dog to a cat.) Madison is very curious about the cats, but not to the degree where she is aggressive towards them. She wants to play with them. Cats being cats, they aren't as open to the idea. But Madison will follow them around poking her head under the bed to see if the cats will swat at her in a game of tag.
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