Boo Boo
	Gender: Female Age: 7 years Height: 21" Weight: 38 lbs House-trained: Yes Fenced yard required: Yes Location: Northern Michigan Foster Home: Kelly	Crate-trained: Yes Treat-motivated: Yes Toy-motivated: Yes BC Experience Required: No Good with dogs: Somewhat Good with cats: No Good with kids: Yes Commands: Sit, Come, Shake, Potty, Crate, Bye Bye

Could you use a new best friend? Boo Boo (rescue name--in person she answers to this but mostly likes her given name of Bailey) could fit the bill! She came into rescue due to a sad situation where her owner (since she was a pup) was forced to give her up and heartbroken about it. She was well-loved and that shows! Boo Boo is not only a beautiful girl, she is the whole bag of chips. She has been in her foster home for nearly 3 months. The foster home is also heartbroken to put her on the web page, but has given ample time to realize there will be a happier home situation for her with her new best friend.

Here are the Boo Boo deets--there are many, many positives and a few negatives that would likely be easily mitigated in a different home: Positives: Her beauty, of course. Just look at her! Athleticism---this girl LOVES to run. Always ready to go outside. Always ready to go on a walk. Always ready to chase a ball or frisbee (note, she doesn't *catch* them, just chases and brings them back...over and over). Completely house trained--never one accident. Crate trained. Sometimes sleeps in her crate as she loves her bed and blanket in there. Does not chew on anything, including the blankets in her crate. Although energetic, nice off switch in the house. Affectionate--comes up repeatedly for ear scratches and pets. Wags tail almost constantly. Although affectionate, not really a "cuddler". Has had access to sleeping on a human bed or sofa while in foster, but declined and sleeps in her own bed. Good appetite. Bomb-proof with noises--unaffected by storms, fireworks or gunshots during hunting season. Respects the fence boundary--although she is agile enough to hop right over the fence, she does not try. Walks well on leash with a few caveats (see in "negatives"). Exemplary patient at the vet. Loves to hop in the car and go. Loves to walk on trails.

Negatives: Boo Boo should be the only dog in the home. She has demonstrated a high prey drive, so cats probably aren't a good idea either. Boo Boo wants to be someone's "one and only." Although she has been co-existing relatively peacefully with the 2 dogs in her foster home (and eats well in the same room, no resource guarding), she does get grumpy with them by the end of the day. It took her a few days to be comfortable with the resident dogs, it's likely she has always been an only dog prior to her foster home. She will give a low growl if her foster siblings try to butt in when she is having an ear-scratching session (the jealousy is equal opportunity for all three dogs in the home). Never any bite or snap, just a warning growl. She sometimes has tried to initiate play with the two foster siblings (play bow, trying to get them to run in the yard), and this is usually when she has a newly full tummy and is really happy. (and her foster siblings have not taken her up on that...she may be perfectly happy with another dog who would play with her, but the foster home has not had occasion to observe that!) Other negatives include, prey drive in the yard especially for squirrels. She will tree them and bark, and NOT forget they are up in that tree. Due to her prey drive, a fence would be necessary. Untested on cats, but it would be safest to say a cat-free home would be best. On a walk, she can be reactive to other dogs--she "hops" while on her leash--does not try to run or charge them, but gets very excited, hops and barks. Will also do that if she sees rabbits or deer (of which there are a plethora in the foster home area). Unknown how she feels about water...the foster home is near Lake Michigan. She has been to the beach and seemed neutral about checking out the surf. One last negative, which may be related to the foster home, is that she barks at people walking past on the sidewalk. And also at the diesel engine vehicles (UPS and Fedex Truck, the local rural transit buses, and School buses). It could be that she is only barking at these things because the resident dogs do so and are nuts about it.

In all, the positives of this girl far outweigh the negatives, which may very well be mostly related to the foster home situation. She seems partial to males, and is particularly fond of the foster's 35 y/o son when he visits. She is ready to once again be the apple of someone's eye---could she be yours?

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