Cleveland, OH
| Arrival Date: 8/19/2020 |
| Breed/Mix: Newfoundland |
| Gender: Male |
| Age: 8 years |
| Size: 172 lb (Target weight 130-140 lbs) |
| Altered: Yes |
| Location: In Foster Provider Home |
| Vaccinations: Up to Date |
| Microchipped: Yes |
| Personality: See Foster Report for Details |
| Dog Social: Yes |
| Crate Trained: Yes but not necessary |
| House Trained: Yes |
| Kid Friendly: Yes |
| Cat Friendly: Yes |
| Intake Origin: Owner Surrender |
| Adoption Fee: $250 |
Roman is a senior Newfoundland. Roman arrived to us with his brother Marlowe mid August. Due to changes with their owner’s living situation, they were surrendered over to Secondhand Mutts to find new forever homes.
Roman and Marlowe moved into separate foster homes immediately after arrival so we could better assess their individual personalities. Roman is currently living in a home with six other dogs and doing well.
Roman arrived to us matted and severely overweight (a whopping 172 pounds!). His foster provider reported he could only stand for a few minutes at a time and was unable to take very short walks without stopping to lay down. Roman was started immediately on weight management food and taken to Gateway Animal Clinic to be assessed to ensure his excessive weight had not caused any serious medical concerns. During the examination, it was discovered that Roman’s hind legs were completely matted together which was likely playing a huge factor in his mobility issues.
Roman was scheduled for a grooming appointment that same day with the wonderful grooming staff at The Mutt Hutt, Bre and Stephanie, and with the help of Secondhand Mutt’s Operations Assistant, Kendra. The grooming session took several hours to shave off all the matted fur but Roman was a trooper through it all. A huge thank you to Bre, Kendra and Stephanie their hard work and to Emily at Gateway for loaning us a high powered pair of clippers!
After the grooming session, Roman’s personality started to shine through and his mobility immediately improved. He is getting stronger every day and starting to enjoy walks and playing fetch with his foster family. He is visibly more active and ready to find a forever home were he can be happy and continue his weight loss journey.
Roman 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
Roman is doing great! He’s coming out of his shell, getting active – throwing tennis balls, chewing on bones. His tail wags when he sees us. Roman is starting to get vocal, in that he talks to us all the time. He has a very deep voice, but not loud.
Since his grooming, he walks much better and stands longer all the time without the back legs shaking, he even gets on the couch now. He does the typical newfie “lean” into his person and will paw you for pets and rubs.
He’s an overall sweet boy! House trained but will not go in a crate, though he doesn’t need to be crated, he gets into nothing. Also loves car rides.
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.
