Amy
Mountain cur Mix | Female | 1 year Old | 33 Lbs
QUICK FACTS: ✔️ Good with other dogs! ✔️ Housebroken! ✔️ Walks well on leash! ✔️ Good for beginner dog owner! ❌ No cats! ❌ No apartments! ❌ Working on crate training!
Amy found her forever home on March 15, 2022!
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Amy is the sweetest dog and seems very appreciative of her new Wisconsin life, despite the very cold temperatures. She wakes up in the morning between 6 and 7 (later on weekends), goes out to potty, then comes back in for breakfast and then crate time when my daughter leaves for school. Mid morning she and our resident dog start to play tug of war and “fight” over toys. They play together so well! After some play time, she runs to the back door because she needs to go potty again. After taking care of business, the dogs will spend the day playing and napping. She is happy to snuggle with everyone in the family. She is currently getting a mini-meal midday to help her put on some weight. After her dinner, she tends to hang out with my daughter in her room napping on the bed. She goes out for one last potty and bedtime is usually around 10 during the week, later on weekends. She sleeps through the night on my daughter’s bed (though she will sleep in the crate, too) and we repeat the next day.
Amy loves meeting people and getting love and attention. She is super excited whenever anyone in the family comes home and will greet them with tail wags and kisses. We’re currently working on her jumping up on us in her joy.
Amy got to spend a day with a 2 and 5 year old. She acted as if she had never met anyone that young, loud, or unpredictable. She was not a fan of little kids. They seemed to frighten her, especially with their sudden, erratic movements. The 5 year old was able to hold still enough times that Amy would approach her, let her pet her, and even approached the child by the end of the day. I was very proud of her letting her curiosity overcome her fears. Amy would be better with older kids, though.
Amy does well on a leash. Initially she pulled and resisted but she’s gotten much better at leash walking. She does love to sniff all over the place and she would love to follow the trail of every squirrel and rabbit that comes through the yard and still sometimes pulls to do that. Inside, she is a fairly chill dog with the occasional bursts of energy for play with our dog or for running around the fenced-in yard after which she will be content to nap for a while again or sit and destroy toys. She loves to perform squeaker extraction surgeries.
Amy and our dog are getting along great after a slow introduction. In the time we’ve had her, we only tried introducing her to our neighbor's lab who is twice Amy's size. She will need very slow introductions to other dogs right now. But she and our dog play together very well and enjoy their time together.
We don't have cats but she came from the south with a warning against having cats in the same house.
Amy is not a big fan of being crated (or maybe it's that she is not a fan of being alone) but since she is a sock, slipper, and yarn thief (so far), she cannot be trusted to free roam at this time. She does get vocal including howling when crated every morning. When we crate her and are in the same room, she is quiet.
Amy was positive for Ehrlichiosis, a tick-borne disease, in January but is not showing any clinical signs. A positive result for Ehrlichiosis just indicates antibodies to this bacteria, not necessarily active infection. Per our rescue protocol, she is currently being given a round of antibiotics.
Amy is an absolutely wonderful, super sweet dog who will bring so much joy and love to the family that gets to adopt her. She is amazingly sweet, snuggly, and cooperative and is very food motivated so you’ll have lots of fun training her. In no time at all, she will win over the hearts of everyone who meets her like she’s won over all of ours.