Jagger
Labrador Retriever Mix | 1 Year Old | Neutered Male | 70 LBs
QUICK FACTS: ✔️ Good with other dogs! ✔️ Good with cats! ✔️ Good with kids! ✔️ Crate trained! ✔️ Potty trained! ✔️ Good in the car! ✔️ Okay for beginner dog owner! ✔️ Could live in an apartment!
Check out these videos of Jagger here, here and here!
If you're looking for a young, fun lab without all the hassle of a puppy, Jagger is your guy! He is such a typical lab — happy, full of energy, loves every person and dog he meets, food-motivated, goofy, and always up for an adventure but just as happy to cuddle with his humans.
When Jagger joined our house, he settled in immediately. He and the resident lab mix were best friends from the second they first met, and Jagger plays so well with him. It feels like Jagger has lived here far longer than he has! He is fully potty trained and almost fully house-trained (he'll grab the occasional shoe or pillow when he's excited, but he's yet to ruin anything). He is crate trained and sleeps quietly in his crate at night or when we're going during the day, with only a mild protest going in — a protest that is usually stopped when he finds the toy with a dab of peanut butter in there. And like most young adult/adult large breed dogs, he can (and sometimes chooses) to go 10ish hours without needing to potty.
A typical day for Jagger is waking up, immediately eating (mostly because his foster brother pretty much demands breakfast first thing), going outside to potty, going for a walk. Then, he hangs out while I work from home, or goes in his crate when I'm in the office or otherwise out. When he's not crated, he's happy cuddling next to me, gently goading the resident dog into a wrestling session, staring out the front door, or keeping himself occupied with a toy. He's always up for a walk, sometimes a game of fetch in the yard, or just happy to be around his humans.
Because Jagger is a young pup, he does have some mild behavioral things that his adopter should consistently work on right away. He tends to jump when he meets someone new, but only once, and he's already gotten better at politely waiting with all four paws on the ground. He does pull on leash so we're walking him with a prong collar now and that's made walks entirely enjoyable. With loose leash training and maturity, I expect he'll be able to wear a harness or regular collar for most of his life. He also gets mouthy/nibbly when he gets excited, so we're working on redirecting his energy into toys (or, into the resident dog. Sorry, resident dog!). And I would define him as a high-energy dog, but that just means you can't expect a day of total lazing around the house with him. This guy WILL get you on walks or require other ways to help him burn energy, but as long as he gets that, you can also expect some A+ couch cuddle time, too.
Jagger is starting from SUCH a good place. He has the sweetest, friendliest temperament. The resident dog is exceedingly submissive, and some fosters have taken advantage of it; Jagger has not done that at all. And he clearly just wants to please his humans and continue to be loved by them. He'll do best with an adopter who is looking for a pretty easy dog from the start, but an adopter who will also enforce consistent rules and practice some basic training.
