Buzz
West Highland Terrier | 12 Years old | Male | 24 lbs
QUICK FACTS: ✔️ Good with other dogs! ✔️ Good with cats! ✔️ Good with kids! ✔️ Potty trained! ✔️ Can free roam when humans are gone! ✔️ Good in the car! ✔️ Walks well on leash! ✔️ Good for beginner dog owner!
Buzz is a senior West Highland White Terrier mix who found himself in the shelter when his owner went into the hospital. He’s definitely an old man, with some stiff joints, the beginnings of cataracts and a bit of hearing loss. Despite this, he’s a happy little guy who has a lot of love to give. It’s always tough to get senior dogs adopted, but I’m hoping that a special person will be willing to open their heart and home to this special guy.
Buzz sleeps quietly in his crate all night and wakes up eager to go outside, do his potties and eat breakfast. I have a full flight of stairs off the deck and he goes up and down those no problem, although he does have a little bit of arthritis in his legs and walks a little stiffly. He loves his food and then will putter around a bit and then go back to sleep. He spends most of the day sleeping. Although he is fine in his crate at night, he does not like to be crated during the day and will bark. He does fine being left loose to roam and will sleep either on the couch or on a dog bed. He seems to be completely potty trained. In the evenings Buzz likes to spend some more time puttering around the yard and then comes in to sleep on the couch.
Buzz lives with several other dogs and sometimes will make brief attempts at playing with them, but mostly ignores them. He also ignores cats. He is very friendly with people and will go up to anyone and wag his tail for pets. He does like to chew on bones occasionally but otherwise has not had much interest in toys.
Buzz can see pretty well indoors but he will squint when outside in bright sunlight, probably because of his cataracts. He still has no trouble seeing me across the yard and trotting over to get pets. I wonder if he is a bit older than his estimated 12 years. He was shaved in the shelter but will look scruffy when his hair grows out. He is a very sweet boy!
