Sage is such a sweet and fluffy girl! She is looking for a new family that has the patience to take things slow with her, as she can be a little bit nervous and unsure at first. But once she opens up, with her full personality on display, you will not be disappointed by her sweet nature! This goofy girl loves to get pets and cuddles. Come meet Sage today!
~ Sage is looking for an active home that will be able to provide lots of daily exercise and enrichment
~ Sage will need to be signed up for training prior to going into her fur-ever home to set her and her new family up for success!
~ Her new family will need to be willing to work slowly to ensure this girl starts to see the world as not such a scary place
~ Sage can be sound sensitive and will need her new family to work slowly with desensitisation.
~ Sage will need her new family to work slowly with getting her more comfortable on her own
~ Once Sage is comfortable with someone she is very friendly and outgoing. But her new family will need to be prepared to work on building this sweet girls confidence!
Regularly Exhibited Behaviours Noticed:
- High Energy
- Under-Socialized
- Jumpy / Mouthy
- Shy / Nervous
- Separation anxiety
Explanation of Behaviours:
- Active dog that is high energy and needs plenty of attention, training, exercise and enrichment daily.
- Will need to be worked and trained with to improve difficult behaviours such as mouthing and jumping.
- She can be shy and nervous at first and will need her new family to do slow introductions with new people, situations and environments.
- Sage has shown some sound sensitivity
- Sage has shown possible separation anxiety while in our care and will need her new family to work on slowing getting her to feel more comfortable being alone
This dog would benefit from:
- An active home
- A home consisting of all adults or with adults and older children
- Lots of training
- Lots of time and attention
- Lots of socialization
Training needs/behaviours that need to be worked with for this dog:
- Basic training
- Basic manners - Jumping up and mouthing
- Socialization - including working on nervousness in new environments and situations
- Desensitizing
- Confidence building
**For more information on any behaviours stated above, please check out our behaviour fact sheet: https://kwsphumane.ca/BehavioursandDefinitions
**Please remember that animals are coming back from foster care to the centres for their meet and greets. They will be experiencing a new environment and meeting new people, which means they may not exhibit the same behaviours they did in their foster videos or while in foster care.
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