Alice Anne's Profile

Foster Dog Name: Alice Anne

Physical Appearance

Approximate Age: Approximately 6 years

Sex: Female

Breed Type: English Pointer

Color: Brown/white

Size: Medium

Weight: 55lbs

Personality

High/Low Maintenance: Low

Temperament: Shy, mellow, eager to please, submissive, sweet

Energy Level: Medium- requires exercise, but overall a calm house dog
Lap/Velcro Dog or Independent/ Loner: Snuggler when given the option, but not unhappy to amuse herself or spend time alone

Riding in Car: Likes car rides, well behaved

Playful with toys? Not with people, but likes to collect toys and play by herself

Birdiness: Unknown

Interactions

Adults (Males-Females) in home: Shy at first, snuggly and responsive to either once settled

Little Kids: In home, unknown. With visiting kids- shy at first, but very tolerant of petting, poking, pulling

Meeting Visitors/Strangers: Looks to known handler for reassurance on leash, heads for her ‘safe place’ (crate/kennel) at home, but does come out to investigate within a short period of time

Other Dogs: Very submissive to med/large dogs, loves to chase/play with small dogs

Playfulness with other dogs: Plays best with small dogs, but appears to desire the companionship of large dogs

Behavior around Cats: Ignores them completely

Barking: Minimal- barks when there’s something to bark at outside, but no random barking at all; very quiet in the house unless someone comes or the other dogs bark first

Behavior Inside House: Paces some when she hasn’t been walked, but generally likes to lie on the sofa and quietly keep watch

Behavior Outside in the Yard: Likes to run in our large (1 + acre) yard, chases with the other dogs, but settles down quickly and goes on toy collection missions, then lies down in a dog house and watches/naps/chews. Does dig some, but limits herself to one spot that I’ve allowed her; not a jumper of fences at all, does fine in the radio fence

Behavior Away from Home (pet store, dog parks, etc): Well behaved, quiet, rarely approaches other people/pets, but is okay with being touched by strangers.

Training

Commands: Come, down (lay down), settle (stop pacing), up (onto sofa/chair); will not sit

Potential as Hunting Companion: Unknown at this time

Agility: No- appears to have old damage to one wrist, and does not jump at all either on people or over fences for whatever reason

Housebreaking: Going well, zero big accidents, occasional small accident if I ignore the pacing that is her ‘out’ sign

Crate Training: Needs a crate for her feeling of security- she has an outside dog house and an inside crate and she uses both whenever she feels nervous or wants a place to be safe i.e. for napping/sleeping

Leash Walking: Pulls some when a gentle leader harness isn’t used

Off-Leash/Recall: Good in the yard, haven’t tried out of the yard

Health

Appetite: Good, tends to self feed

General Health: Good

Ongoing Medication/Maintenance needed: None

Foster Parent Evaluation of the dog

Special Qualities: Always has the appearance of being very happy – she has a big doggy smile and wags so hard she nearly falls over whenever she sees us, even if we’ve only been gone for an hour.

Type of Family/Home for best placement: Could go to a home with kids, cats, or other dogs, but consideration should be taken to make sure that a dominant dog wouldn’t pick on her. She needs someone to walk her daily, and a large yard to play in would be ideal.

Special Requirements/Needs: A couch to nap on =)

Fence Requirements: Any- radio fence is what we have, but she doesn’t go into the garden over a 2 foot fence.

Additional Comments: Extremely well behaved- she doesn’t jump on anyone, she is not destructive at all, and has a desire to please. She is a toy collector, but she doesn’t damage any of her collection, she like’s to chew, but has never damaged anything that is not given to her for that purpose (rawhides, bones). She is our little couch potato, and dearly loves laying on the couches and beds, but did wait until we ‘Okayed’ it before she did it at first.

Georgia's Profile

Foster Dog Name: Georgia

Physical Appearance
Approximate Age: 4 – 6 years
Sex: Female
Breed Type: Pointer
Color: Liver & White
Size: Medium
Weight: 50 lbs.

Personality
High/Low Maintenance: Medium
Temperament: Happy
Energy Level: Sky High
Lap/Velcro Dog or Independent/Loner: Lap Dog
Riding in Car: Good in crate in vehicle
Playful with toys? Very much
Birdiness: High

Interactions
Adults (Males-Females) in home: Loves both
Little Kids: Unknown
Meeting Visitors/Strangers: Interested & excited
Other Dogs: Does well with 2 F & 1M
Playfulness with other dogs: Tries to play
Behavior around Cats: Unknown
Barking: Some
Behavior Inside House: Still does some counter surfing and hasn't quite learned which furniture she is allowed to get up on. Otherwise good. She is in her crate when no one is home and over night.
Behavior Outside in the Yard: She constantly investigates. No digging or fence jumping.

Training
Commands: Working on 'sit' and 'come'
Potential as Hunting Companion: High
Agility: A possibility.
Housebreaking: She is house-broken.
Crate Training: Great in crate.
Leash Walking: Pulls on a leash.
Off-Leash/Recall: Not bad.

Health
Appetite: Good and not picky.
General Health: Good
Ongoing Medication/Maintenance needed: She gets prozyme.

Foster Parent Evaluation of the dog
Special Qualities: Very curious (Curious Georgia) and funny faces.
Type of Family/Home for best placement: Active with jogging/hiking/playing and a young dog to play with.
Special Requirements/Needs: Daily exercise and stimulation.
Fence Requirements: Fence required

Additional Comments: Very sweet and attentive to all you do.

Gizmo's Profile

Foster Dog Name: Gizmo

Physical Appearance

Approximate Age: 10-11 years

Sex: Male

Breed Type: English Setter

Color: Black and White

Size: Large

Weight: 75 lbs

Personality

High/Low Maintenance: Low

Temperament: Wonderful

Energy Level: Great
Lap/Velcro Dog or Independent/ Loner: Loves to be a lap dog, but will be happy to lie at your feet.

Riding in Car: Good

Playful with toys? -Yes

Birdiness: No

Interactions

Adults (Males-Females): Great

Little Kids: Great

Other Dogs: Great

Plays with other dogs? Great

Cats: Unknown

Visitors/Strangers: Great

Barking: Normal – people walking by, knocking on door or when he wants to come in from outside. Does an excited howl when it’s time to eat

Inside House: Occasional counter surfer

Outside in the Yard: Great

Away from Home: Did great on visits and a week stay with another IBR home

Training

Commands: Knows sit, down and come

Potential as Hunting Companion: None

Agility: None

Housebreaking: Great

Crate Training: Have not crated him

Leash Walking: Great

Off-Leash/Recall: Not good

Health

Appetite: Very good

General Health: Very good

Ongoing Medication/Maintenance needed: None

Melody's Profile

Foster Dog Name: Melody

Physical Appearance

Approximate Age: 15 Months

Sex: F/Spayed

Breed Type: Pointer/Lab Mix

Color: Black & White

Size: Medium

Weight: 44 lbs

Personality

High/Low Maintenance: High

Temperament: Sweet, energetic, loving, but still learning to be gentle

Energy Level: High
Lap/Velcro Dog or Independent/ Loner: Velcro dog to other dogs, so I don't know if she would hang around if it weren't for all my dogs being Velcro dogs.

Riding in Car: Excellent, but does get carsick (does very well when medicated).

Playful with toys?: Loves Kong Wubbas, rope toys, tennis balls, anything she can grab. Great playing by herself with toys.

Birdiness: Points, has caught a bird in the backyard before, never been trained.

Interactions

Adults (Males-Females) in home: Equally great with men and women

Little Kids: Loves kids, but doesn't understand how much it hurts to get whacked with her tail. Does have a tendency to knock them down if they are really little.

Meeting Visitors/Strangers: Outside she is more outgoing, approaches them, inside a little more reserved.

Other Dogs: Great with all dogs she has come across, but does get very nervous with any mounting.

Playfulness with other dogs: She adapts well to different types of play. Does wrestling, tug of war, chases, gets chased. She loves other dogs.

Behavior around Cats: She wants to play with the cat. Our cat does not enjoy it, but a more playful cat might like it.

Barking: Only when sees/hears something or other dogs bark, quiets when told to.

Behavior Inside House: Great overall, does jump gates and creates her own personal toy box in areas other dogs can't get to.

Behavior Outside in the Yard: Always on a lead, jumps fences, but still plays and loves it outside.

Behavior Away from Home (pet store, dog parks, etc): Always on a lead, she did start off at the dog park w/out a lead, but jumped the fence after the 15^th outing there. She did great before the jumping- came when called, pointed at all the birds, loved it. Approached both dogs and people.

Training

Commands: Sit, stay, down, recall

Tricks: high five

Potential as Hunting Companion: Pretty birdy, likes to work, athletic, very high potential

Agility: Very High potential- she can jump anything and is incredibly fast

Housebreaking: Good- does have excitement tinkling every once in a while

Crate Training: Great- she doesn't like it, but she does it.

Leash Walking: Great- she sits before crossing the street, very little pulling- unless she sees a bird.

Off-Leash/Recall: When in a controlled environment- excellent, but if she jumped the fence and was on the loose- forget it. She comes back eventually.

Health

Appetite: Okay- Eats about 3.5 cups of food a day, not once, but over the course of 24 hours

General Health: Great

Ongoing Medication/Maintenance needed: On interceptor and Frontline

Foster Parent Evaluation of the dog

Special Qualities: Active! She needs exercise daily. She loves attention too, but does her own thing when looking at a window or playing with her toys.

Type of Family/Home for best placement: She does squeeze out doors when opened and you don't pay attention, so maybe a house without kids that might do that.

Special Requirements/Needs: She requires daily exercise, at least 2 walks.

Fence Requirements: She jumps our 6 ft wood fence no problem. We don't know if an invisible fence would hold her. At this time she always needs to be on a lead.

Additional Comments: Mel's a great dog. I think she would be best fit for a couple of active people who could have older children, who would lavish her with attention and exercise. She has never been without another dog, so maybe another dog would be good, but not a must since she does LOVE attention.