Cleveland, OH
| Arrival Date: 7/21/2020 |
| Breed/Mix: Cattle Dog Mix |
| Gender: Male |
| Age: 2 years |
| Size: 60 pounds |
| Altered: Scheduled – Will be prior to adoption |
| Location: In Foster Provider Home |
| Vaccinations: Up to Date |
| Microchipped: Yes |
| Personality: See Foster Provider Report |
| Dog Social: Yes |
| Crate Trained: Yes |
| House Trained: Yes |
| Kid Friendly: No young children (flight risk) |
| Cat Friendly: Unknown |
| Intake Origin: Rescue Transfer |
| Adoption Fee: $200 |
Brian is a young cattle dog mix. He came to us via rescue transfer from Cleveland Animal Care & Control where he was picked up as a stray in Cleveland. Brian moved immediately into a foster home where he is adjusting to home living with his foster humans and learning how to play with their dog. Brian is also learning basic commands from his foster humans. He is house trained and crate trained.
Brian needs a home with a fenced in yard, no young children, and a low/medium energy home. He is a flight risk.
Brian is up to date on vaccines, microchipped and neutered. Please review his foster report to learn more about him.
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
When we first brought Brian home he was scared and didn’t want to get out of the car. After some time of encouraging him and bringing our own dog out to meet him, he let us walk him to our backyard. Once in the backyard, he immediately got along with our dog. At this point he was still a little hesitant with us so we sat patiently in the yard and after about an hour, he was letting us pet him. By the end of the night he was hopping into bed with us.
Although he warmed up to us quickly, he was still a little skittish with loud noises and would occasionally dart into the other room. That being said, once he is comfortable with you, he is the most adoring dog! He loves giving affection and receiving affection. He follows us around the house and loves being pet and cuddled. He is constantly wagging his tail. We had two friends over the other day and Brian warmed up to them immediately, nudging them non stop with his nose to be pet! I’m not sure if this is because he is getting more comfortable with new people or if he felt like he was in a safe space in the backyard with two other dogs, either way it was great to see.
Brian is altogether a good boy. He is potty trained and has had no accidents in our house. He is great with other dogs but is still learning how to play with them. Brian does not know any commands and that is something we are trying to work on with him. Even though he doesn’t know any formal commands, if he starts to do something he shouldn’t, a simple “no” usually puts a stop to it. He isn’t destructive at all and at night he sleeps in the open house with our dog and has done fantastic. If we have to leave, we put him in a crate and he has done well in the crate when we are gone.
Brian is a flight risk though, so anyone looking to adopt will need to be very aware of opening doors and gates around him. We have a fenced yard which is very helpful with this and would recommend his adopter also have at least a 6ft fenced yard.
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.
