Cleveland, OH
| Arrival Date: | 6/16/2022 |
| Breed/Mix: | German Shepherd Mix |
| Gender: | Male |
| Age: | 1.5 years |
| Size: | 51 pounds |
| Altered: | Scheduled |
| Living Quarters: | In Foster Provider Home |
| Vaccinations: | Up to Date |
| Microchipped: | Yes |
| Personality: | See Foster Report Below |
| Dog Social: | Yes |
| Crate Trained: | Yes |
| House Trained: | Yes |
| Kid Friendly: | Older Kids Only |
| Cat Friendly: | Unknown |
| Intake Origin: | Rescue Transfer |
| Adoption Fee: | $250 |
Luca is a 1.5 year old German Shepherd mix. He arrived to us in mid-June as a transfer from Cleveland Animal Care and Control. Luca was immediately moved into a foster home where he has been settling in and letting his lovable personality shine.
Luca gets along great with other dogs and is learning basic commands with the help of his foster parents. He is fully crate trained and house trained. Luca enjoys burning off his energy by going for walks and romping around outside. When he is not playing, Luca loves getting affection from his foster parents.
Luca is up to date on his shots, microchipped and neutered.
Please see the foster report below for more information about Luca.
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
Luca is a great dog and it’s been a pleasure having him in our home. He is fully house trained and crate trained. We have left him home for short periods of time out of the crate and he does great and is not destructive at all. Luca is really chill most of the time but does have energy he likes to burn on walks or playing in the yard. He gets along great with our dog and they play really well together.
Luca knows some basic commands and we have been working on improving his recall, which is getting better each day. He is getting really good at sitting and waiting while we get his food ready too!
Luca’s personality is coming out more and more everyday which gets better and goofier. He is VERY lovable and likes to show and be shown affection.
Luca does like to bark to alert us to people arriving at the house, strange noises, etc but it’s not excessive and he stops when you tell him too. From our observations, he would probably do best in a home with older kids.
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.
