Cleveland, OH
| Arrival Date: | 8/12/2021 |
| Breed/Mix: | Husky Mix |
| Gender: | Male |
| Age: | 16 weeks (DOB 5/7/2021) |
| Size: | 8 pounds and growing! |
| Altered: | Scheduled |
| Living Quarters: | Foster Provider Home |
| Vaccinations: | Up to Date |
| Microchipped: | Yes |
| Personality: | Friendly, Playful, Smart |
| Dog Social: | Yes |
| Crate Trained: | In Training |
| House Trained: | In Training |
| Kid Friendly: | Yes |
| Cat Friendly: | Unknown |
| Intake Origin: | Rescue Transfer |
| Adoption Fee: | $250 |
Balto is a 4 month old husky mix with a friendly and playful personality. He joined our program in mid August. He was diagnosed with Parvo while at the Cleveland city kennel and taken to West Park Animal Hospital for treatment. While there, he was transferred into our care. Balto received treatment and when he was medically cleared, he moved into a foster provider home.
Balto is currently working on house training and crate training as well as basic dog manners. He is scheduled to be neutered in September 2021 and his vaccinations are in progress.
To learn more about Balto, please read his foster report below.
Typically our dogs stay in a foster home where we can learn as much about them as possible to assist with our efforts for making the best match with a new home. The adjustment period for every dog is different while they are transitioning into a foster home as well as a forever home. Our foster providers send us their foster reports and the information received is updated on our website throughout the dogs time with us.
Our Foster Provider Program is an integral part of our mission to Respect the Dog. Without fosters, we wouldn’t be able to do what we do. We are always actively screening individuals and families to provide our dogs with a safe, structured, foster home to give each dog the time, love and respect they deserve while they are in search of landing their forever home. For more information click here.
Foster Provider Dog Report
Foster Provider Report: 8/24/2021 (Kelly)
❖ Dog Name: Balto
❖ Is the dog house trained? We are working on it
❖ Is the dog Crate trained? We are working on it
❖ How does the dog walk on a leash? Just starting but doing a good job
❖ What does the dog like? Cuddling
❖ What does the dog Dislike? Taking his medicine
❖ How does the dog travel in the car? OK
❖ Does the dog have any triggers or stressors we should be aware of? No
❖ What does the dog know? Just learned Sit but still needs work on everything
❖ What does the dog need to work on? He’s a puppy, we are working on everything
❖ Is the dog showing any signs of behavior issues? No
❖ Resource guarding? No
❖ Fear of stairs? Loud noises? Hats? Glasses? Beards? Men? Women? No
❖ Does the dog counter surf or eat out of garbage? No
❖ Does the dog show any signs of anxiety? No
❖ Separation anxiety destruction of crate – None
❖ How does the dog behave in social settings? Typical puppy, excited about everything
❖ Is the dog a flight risk? Unknown but doubtful
❖ Has the dog been exposed to kids? If yes, how did it go? Loves everyone
❖ Do you think this dog
would do well with children? Why? What age group? Yes
❖ Eating and drinking habits? He’s a messy eater, non-reactive
❖ When the dog is in public how does it behave? Anxious? Calm? – Excited
❖ Does the dog have a strong prey drive? No
Balto is doing well. He is almost done taking his medication (thank goodness). He is learning to walk on a leash and basic commands like sit, stay, down, off, etc. He is doing well with housebreaking and has only had 3 accidents this week which is GREAT. We are also working on bell training so he can let us know when he needs to go out. He loves having his belly rubbed and cuddling. His forever family will be lucky to have this little fella!
Meet-Our-Mutts
We are not open to the public. Our dogs are typically in foster homes. and therefore we ask that you not to come to our facility to meet dogs unless you have an appointment made in advance to do so.
Come to any one of our events featured on our events calendar page which are also posted on our Facebook event page. Event times and locations are subject to change.
We schedule in-store ‘Meet-Our-Mutt’ events twice a month held on the 1st and 3rd Saturday of each month. The dogs are chaperoned to the event by volunteers and we typically have the arrangements for which dogs will be on site a few days prior to the event date.
To inquire about which dogs will be at an event send our volunteer in-store events coordinator an email in advance.
Private introductions with a volunteer or the dogs foster provider are arranged after we have received an adoption application.
The Adoption Application Process
Our dogs are not placed on a first-come, first-serve basis. We carefully review the applications we receive and place our dogs in the home that best matches what is needed for each dog individually.
We are a 100% volunteer operation and ask for your patience while our volunteers process and respond to applications.
Please research the breed or breed mix you are interested in adopting to understand the needs of the breed.
Please continue reading to understand our adoption application screening process.
If you need additional information about your application or our adoption process please email us at adoption@secondhandmutts.org.
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If you are interested in adopting any one of our dogs please fill out our online adoption application. Applications are responded to with an auto-response message indicating your application has been received. Please check your Spam folder as our mail sometimes does not make it into inboxes due to spam filters. We are a volunteer run operation and we ask for your patience while processing and responding to applications. Please notify your references when you list them on our application and give your listed veterinarian authorization to release your current or previous animals records to our volunteers. If you have never owned a pet before please research the breed you are interested in adopting to understand the needs of the breed and list the name of the veterinarian you plan to use if you do adopt.
