Rhett
Labrador Retriever Mix | male | 3 months Old | 21 Lbs
QUICK FACTS: ✔️ Good with other dogs! ✔️ Good with kids! ✔️ Eager to learn new tricks!
✔️ Good for beginner dog owner! ❌ Working on leash manners!
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Congrats to little Rhett on his adoption November 28, 2020!
Meet Rhett! He is the most handsome fella, sweet as can be and ready to find his forever family.
Rhett is a very typical, 3 month old puppy. He spends his days practicing crate training, playing in the yard with his foster siblings and emptying out the toy box. He loves meal times and doesn't mind sharing the food bowl with his foster brother. He plays hard but loves to snuggle with the humans as the evening winds down.
Rhett has picked up training quickly and is very food motivated. He already knows sit, down and we have been working on wait.
Rhett is a pretty friendly guy and just takes a few seconds to approach new friends, especially if they have treats. He has met several neighborhood kids (ages 5-10) and while initially overwhelmed with all the kids rushing at him, he settled in over just a few minutes and was comfortable being handled by the kids. He does jump up/mouth when he gets excited so he would need supervision with really young kids until he learns those boundaries. He loves to get pets from the people, especially if his foster brother is getting pets, in which case he will squeeze to the front to get pets too.
He currently has three other pups in his foster home; two adult dogs and another puppy about his same age. He plays mostly with the other puppy. He really wants to be friends with the adult dogs but they are less interested. He can be a little bit annoying (licking in their faces) with them and needs some help remembering to give them some space when they would prefer he leave them alone. Overall he is pretty submissive with them and he does read the cues pretty well when they give him a correction. I would suggest continued supervised socialization with other dogs (daycare or playgroups) so he can get lots of practice being corrected by humans and other pups but he is very playful/loves other dogs and would do great with another pup in his forever home.
Rhett does have a kitty in his foster home that he isn't so sure about. When he sees the kitty through the baby gate, he barks at him. When put in the same room with the cat, or right in front of the cat, he runs away. I suspect he hasn't had much exposure to cats and isn't quite sure what they are. Based on my observations, I think he could live with a cat but would need slow intros and continued exposure/correction with the barking to be able to gain some confidence with the kitty.
Rhett gets most of his energy out playing with the other pups in his home. He loves wrestling and playing chase in the yard. He is a medium-high energy guy that likes long naps after play time. We are practicing leash skills and like a typical pup he gets distracted, stops to check things out, zig zags and bites the leash but he mostly keeps moving forward. He does well in the car (crated), though will whine a bit but is always up for an adventure, so he would be a great pup to take on adventures to parks, hiking trails or outdoor patios (once able to do so).
Rhett isn't left alone too often these days but when we do leave, he needs to be crated as he is still very much a puppy. He will chew on cords, shoes, scraps on the floor, etc so will need to be closely monitored. He has been doing well with potty training on a schedule and settles into the crate (in the same room as me) for quiet time after voicing his initial protest for about ten minutes. He has been quiet in the crate for about 3 hours at a time before he starts to get antsy. He does great in the crate overnight with no breaks for up to about six hours or so.
We have loved having this sweet, spunky pup with us and know he will bring lots of love and puppy kisses with him to his forever home!