“A dog is the only thing on earth that loves you more than he loves himself.” Quote by Josh Billings | ||||
Boxer (short coat) : : Female : : Senior : : Large
Jane, aka, Mama Jane, is a boxer who was born approximately 6/2011. She spent her whole life having babies and not being treated well. So, she needs some help knowing how to be a dog. Jane is like the super shy girl who sits in the corner at the dance; she needs a lot of encouragement to get out on the dance floor, but when she is out there, she is so much fun! Jane likes going for walks and she likes to run a little bit. Jane is learning how this works, so she needs help to keep a steady pace and walk where she is supposed to. If her leash is too long, she will walk around you, which can end up with you being wrapped up in the leash with Jane “101 Dalmatian” style. She is getting better about this and if her leash is kept shorter, these concerns are minimal. Jane also likes to be in the water. She doesn’t swim, per say, but she likes to stand in the water. Funny thing is, her hind quarters float when she is in water up to her neck. She even stood on a paddle board! Because of her past, she has less muscle mass in her back legs but that is improving with more experiences. When she first went into foster care, she needed help getting up and still sometimes she needs time to stabilize herself when transitioning from a laying to a standing position before she starts walking. Jane needs guidance going up and down a flight of stairs because she is still learning them and not always stable. She can maneuver a set of two steps without assistance. Jane likes to go for golf cart rides and seems to enjoy her ears being scratched during the ride. At some point, she lays her head on the driver’s leg. Jane needed quite a bit of help with eating when she first went into foster care. Currently, Jane only likes to eat outside. She eats a mixture of half kibble and half wet food. She has a preferred bowl with curved sides and that makes it easier for her to eat. Usually Jane needs to eat a little bit, take a short break and then go back to eat. Once she is 2/3 of the way through her food, she likes the bowl tapped against the tree and then she will usually eat the rest. With drinking, she needs reminders to drink water. She has her preferred bowl outside, but sometimes she needs her person to stop by the bowl so she remembers she might be thirsty. Usually she will drink the entire bowl at once and it is helpful to have a watering can close by to refill it. Hoses tend to scare her and then she will stop drinking. If her water dish is in a different spot or she needs a different bowl, she will drink only a little bit and look up to her environment the entire time she is drinking. She has food and water in the house too, but rarely drinks from it and even less often will she eat from it. Jane wants her person to sit beside her when eating. (Who wants to eat alone, right?) She does not like anybody standing by her when eating or she stops eating. After being in foster care for a month, Jane finally starting eating treats. She will eat out of her foster’s hand. If Jane had her choice, she would spend the whole day in her kennel. That is all she knows. She is kennel trained but is able to wiggle in a way that the potty goes outside the kennel. Despite that, Jane has not had an accident for a long time. But, it is important to know when she potties and how she does it. When she first went into foster care, she fought going to bathroom and would pull on her leash really hard. Now I know that means she has to go to the bathroom and is fighting it. Currently, she usually goes to the bathroom in the morning and at supper time and sometimes at lunch. I can put her on her tie out and she now goes potty without assistance. She prefers to go to the bathroom on the deck. But when her tie out was moved to around a tree and her only option was to use the grass, she adjusted. She was very fearful and needed her person to sit by her so she would know it was ok. Even when she is outside all the time, she still usually only goes to the bathroom 2-3 times per day, rarely 4. If she is in the house and she seems to be really unsettled, she usually has to go to the bathroom. Jane is receiving medical care for an eye ulcer. Treatment is underway and she is set to see an ophthalmologist soon, so more information will be known then. Jane tends to be skittish and easily scared. She gets scared of cars pulling up to the house, sudden movements, and loud noises. Any change in her environment will scare her. She tends to prefer females and is more skittish around males. (Her current foster family is one single female with a 13-year-old daughter so it may just be lack of exposure.) She is very shy when she meets new people and tends to hide behind her foster. Efforts to make her feel more comfortable help, but it takes her time. She is most patient when meeting little children. She shows an interest in them by sniffing them, but not so much with older children as she tends to hide from them. Mama Jane has so much love to give. She has a lot of needs, but so much love. She loves to smell flowers and her nose wiggles in this adorable way when she does. If anything is moved in her environment, she needs to go and sniff it, just like a detective. If you sit on the lawn, Jane will stand over your legs and so carefully lower herself to sit on your lap. If you are sitting, she frequently puts her paw on your foot, and she wants her side touching your leg. She never barks and never makes her needs known. So, she needs a very attentive, patient home. She does not mind when I play with her ears and cheeks. She kind of seems to like it. She has this adorable way that she smacks her lips after she eats. She sometimes smacks her lips while you are petting her, and it seems as if that is her way of giving you kisses. Every morning when I open her kennel and say, “Good morning, Mama Jane”, she wags her tail. Sometimes she also wags it when she sees her food bowl, not often. She has had no exposure to cats. She is gentle with our resident dog who weighs 7 pounds. But she is not gentle with our other foster dog who weighs 20 pounds. Jane is fine if our resident dog visits Jane in Jane’s kennel and seems to enjoy the company. Jane will move to the back of her kennel so the 7 pound dog has over half of the kennel space. Adoption fee includes: Full veterinary exam, alter, dental, prepaid microchip, dewormed, Rabies vaccine, DAPP vaccine, Bordetella vaccine, 4DX, flea/tick and heartworm preventative while in rescue. Adoption fee: $295.00 More about JaneGood with Dogs, Good with Older/Considerate Kids Only, Good with Adults, Quiet, Does Good in the Car, Does not require a yard, Leashtrained, Cratetrained, Timid, Even-tempered, Gentle
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