Cleveland, OH
| Arrival Date: | 8/14/2021 |
| Breed/Mix: | Puggle |
| Gender: | Female |
| Age: | 2 years |
| Size: | 38 pounds |
| Altered: | Yes |
| Living Quarters: | Foster Provider Home |
| Vaccinations: | Up to Date |
| Microchipped: | Yes |
| Personality: | Happy-go-lucky, energetic, friendly, outgoing |
| Dog Social: | Yes |
| Crate Trained: | Yes |
| House Trained: | Yes |
| Kid Friendly: | Yes |
| Cat Friendly: | Unknown |
| Intake Origin: | Owner Surrender |
| Adoption Fee: | $250 |
Pepper is a 2 year old female puggle who was surrendered to Secondhand Mutts due to a change in her former owner’s living situation. Pepper is a happy-go-lucky, energetic, friendly, outgoing dog who loves people and other dogs. Pepper would do very well with an active person who will provide structure and keep her occupied and busy.
Pepper is currently living in a foster provider home with two other adult dogs and doing very well. She likes to play, hang out in the yard, go for walks, and be the center of attention. Pepper is also house trained and crate trained.
Pepper is up to date on vaccinations, microchipped, and spayed.
For more information about Pepper’s personality, please read her 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 (Karen): 8/15/2021 
Pepper is a 2 year old female puggle who was surrendered to Secondhand Mutts due to a change in the owner’s living situation. Pepper is a happy-go-lucky, energetic, friendly, outgoing dog who loves people and other dogs. She likes to play, hang out in the yard, go for walks, and be the center of attention. She is very treat motivated (can be grabby) and loves food. She will counter surf and jump up to get what she wants. Luckily she’s short so she can’t reach too high. She is house and crate trained (although she does howl when you leave), rides well in the car, and is okay on a leash but needs more training. She dawdles on walks and will try to chase cats or wildlife she sees. She loves to cuddle once she’s done running around and she sleeps through the night.
A few things a potential adopter should be aware of include; Pepper’s interest in paper. Don’t leave anything of importance laying around. She will also steal shoes, purses, brushes, etc. She likes to investigate everything, including waste baskets, and can be very stubborn about stopping the behavior. She knows a few basic commands and she’s getting better about listening to the word NO. She will climb on furniture and may also jump into your shower or bath once you’ve gotten out so close the door or curtain immediately. Her previous owner indicated that Pepper may have a fear of men, but I have not seen that since she has been living with me.
She can be very stubborn and sometimes won’t come if I call her; she will find things to chew (shoes, pens, paper, etc)—you have to watch her because she sneaks off to look for stuff; very loud beagle bark—will bark at you if she doesn’t like being corrected. Not aggressive, just bratty. I keep a leash on her in the house so I can easily re-direct her away from what she shouldn’t be doing—this works really well. She’s slowly improving and is much better than when she first arrived.
Pepper would do very well with an active person who will provide structure and keep her occupied and busy. She’s a lot of fun and will certainly keep you entertained. Very cute and awesome Secondhand Mutt.
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.
