Toto
cur/hound Mix | male | 10 months Old | 42 Lbs
QUICK FACTS: ✔️ Good with other dogs and kids! ✔️ Crate trained! ✔️ Housebroken! ✔️ Good running buddy! ✔️ Walks well on leash!
✔️ Could live in an apartment! ✔️ Good for beginner dog owner!
Updates
Toto found his people August 25, 2021! He will go by the name Otis :)
Toto gets up around 7am with his foster sister Pride, and immediately goes outside to go potty. If it's a daycare day, he'll have a big breakfast, before heading off to spend the day playing with the big dogs. If his humans are working from home, after peeing outside, he will usually come back to the apartment and sleep for the majority of the morning in his kennel. He goes out again around lunch to pee and run around with Pride, then back inside for lunch. He will alternate kennel time and free roam time in the afternoon, chewing an occasional bone, and wrestling with Pride while inside. He goes out again around 5pm to pee/poop and to run around with Pride some more, and will go for the occasional walk/run with his humans in the evening. After dinner, he plays with Pride and chews on bones in the evening, before going out once more before bed.
Toto loves to meet new people inside and outside of the apartment. He is a puppy still, and will jump to greet people unless corrected. Toto met several kids between the age of 5-7, and was excited to meet them! He didn't recognize that he was roughly their size, and while he wasn't aggressive, really wanted to lick their face, which could be a bit much for smaller kids.
He has puppy energy levels - Toto has a lot of energy while inside the house, but a nice long walk or run will tire him out. He rarely if at all pulls in leash, and naturally walks in a pretty good heel. The tricky part is getting him unglued from your leg while he looks to get a treat! His recall is also pretty impressive - he definitely knows his name and comes when called 85% of the time. I've let him to walk off leash next to me in a parking garage/fenced area, and trust that he will mostly follow me and come when called.
Toto likes 95% of the other dogs he's met inside and outside of my apartment. Really high energy dogs that are right in his face can be a bit overwhelming, and he's barked at them when they're too much. He plays with the big dogs at doggy daycare and hasn't had any issues with any of them. Slow intros are always recommended when meeting new dogs. He does like to play rough with his foster sister Pride. He has no exposure to cats.
Toto is always kenneled when left alone in the apartment, and will sometimes cry for a few minutes, but settles down quickly, and is fine for a few hours.
Toto is a sweetheart, is very treat motivated, and very obviously wants to please! He picks up commands relatively quick and is in general just very in tune with expectations/what you want from him. I've never seen that young a dog have such good recall with such little training.