Foxy is a shepherd mix. Her DNA test says she’s about 30% Border Collie, Collie, and Australian Cattle Dog, and 52% German Shepherd. To me she looks like an Australian Shepherd or a McNab Shepherd. She weighs about 70 pounds (probably about 15 pounds overweight). She has the brains and the heart that you’d expect from those breeds.
I adopted her 6 months ago from a rescue in Texas. They told me she did not like other dogs.
She has a scar on her nose and a damaged ear. I suspect those might be injuries from a traumatic encounter with another dog when she was young. When she is on leash and she sees another dog, she is so reactive that I cannot manage her. I have tried numerous different leash and collar combinations and contraptions. What it really comes down to is that I am not strong enough.
Foxy is such a sweet and loving companion. She’s very cuddly for a big girl. In the house she’s very responsive, often knowing what I want just from a gesture. She has a crate and she goes into it voluntarily, but I dont close the door. She’d prefer to spend all her time with you, of course, but when I’ve left her alone she’s been fine.
For now she is a “house dog,” living much like a house cat who is not allowed out. Except that we go out to my patio several times a day just to hang out. But I know she’d be much happier if she could go on long rambling walks. Or even just be able to sniff around in a real backyard that gives her enough space to stretch her legs. DNA says she is 10, but until I got that, the rescue, the vet, and I all thought she was about 5. She’s in good health, energetic and nimble, and loves to learn. She might even like to be introduced to a little agility training.
If you think you might be the right person for Foxy and would like to learn more about her, please contact me at paprikapink@gmail.com
