All of our dogs here are part of the family but we occasionally have adults available to retirement homes where they have the opportunity to be the center of attention.
We offer our adults for retirement homes between 4 and 6 years old, already spayed or neutered. We know what they like and their individual personalities and a perfect match is the most important thing to us. If for any reason it doesn’t work out or you can no longer keep one of our dogs we will gladly take them back.
At our farm, the dogs have a kennel and also get to live inside the house. Our kennel is climate controlled and has doggy doors where they have an outside area where they potty. When they are in the house, if unsupervised or we are away, we use crates. The dogs also have two rooms dedicated to them and they infrequently have free roam of the entire house. Since we have multiple dogs, even among females I always have to watch for marking of territory because there is always a contest for who is dominant, and that is apparently settled by peeing. Historically, our adopted adults have always adjusted very well to their new homes expectations with some patience and routine. Many earn the privilege of unsupervised house access, however transitioning strait to that from our program here is going to have a lower rate of success.
Jewel
Jewel, is 6 years old and her birthday is July 2, 2019. Jewel loves the outdoors, one of her passions is getting dirty. There is some great joy in getting filthy but somehow no joy in getting baths. She has some history of violence towards our chickens so she would do best in a chicken free home. Her personality is pretty independent. She is happy to cuddle on the couch but she doesn’t have to. She has been known to ignore me if she has her own agenda but is eager to please. She has an outgoing personality and loves people.
Tilly
Tilly is 5 years old, she has a unique merle coat. She’s an independent girl, not hungry for attention like some of our girls but she enjoys attention. She loves time outside but she is not chicken friendly. She does enjoy chicken as a treat, cooked our farm fresh lol. She can be timid around new people but she warms up quickly. She gets along well with other dogs but she’s content by herself as well.
Moon
Moon is by far the sweetest dog you’ll ever meet. She does have some baggage though. Moon is a senior girl, she’s 10, I hesitate to even list her because I’ve accepted Moon is going to be with us forever, and that’s absolutely fine. I just know how she would thrive in an only dog home where she could get 100% of the attention she deserves and I don’t want to deprive her of that chance. Moon would crawl in your skin with you if she could. She needs pets, if you stop petting her she will nudge you hand until you start again. She will take every step you take. I don’t think there’s ever been a more devoted girl than Moon. Her downfall, I don’t believe she’s capable of being house trained. Some backstory on Moon, we purchased her from a breeder in 2017 when she was 2 years old. While we didn’t see for ourselves, we believe her living situation was less than ideal. I don’t believe she had ever been inside a house before coming to live with us. I don’t know how bad her living conditions were but in my opinion she must have endured some psychological damage that made her incapable of potty training. In all of our experience we’ve never had another dog with this issue. Obviously this makes her much less adoptable. I use doggy diapers on her when she’s inside, it’s not ideal, but it works for us. I’d love for her to get to experience being the only dog but it would be really hard to let her go. She’s the most precious soul.
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