Thomas
Thomas is a border collie/corgi mix. He is about 12 years old. He is a character but probably needs an experienced and firm home as he will push limits when permitted.
Princess
Princess is a 4 year old Australian Shepherd/Pyrenees mix. She has a gorgeous fluffy tail! Princess may do best in a home with no other dogs as she has some food aggression, but with a little management could be in a home with other dogs as well. She will need to continue her obedience training and manners in her new home. She is nervous with new people, but very lovey when she warms up to someone. This is a girl who wants very much to please and would like to melt your heart with her big puppy-dog eyes. She likes hikes and lots of treats.
Ranger
Ranger is a 6 year old Border Collie/Great Pyrenees/Weimeraner/Saluki mix. He is neutered and weighs about 75-80 lbs. Ranger is a fairly calm dog who loves hanging out with his person and getting rubs. He likes going on leashed hikes and soaking in the sun. Ranger needs a home with no children. Due to socialization issues, Ranger needs a home without too much contact with strangers and proper management.
Luna
Luna is awesome. She's 8 yrs old, prior owners told the shelter she's a heeler/husky/aussie/pit mix. She is higher energy. Big fan of people and loves to cuddle. Will bring me her toys to throw all day. I think she'll be a good candidate for a trail running partner. She ran with my roommate today and did great! (Just 2 miles for a start). She does well with other dogs that she knows and lives with but is reactive when she sees unfamiliar dogs. Crates up super easily and loves to ride in the car. I think she's about 45 pounds. Luna can be obsessive about lights. Luna has been started in agility classes.
Update: Luna had some medical challenges with her tail which resulted in her needing to have her tail amputated. She has adjusted well and you would never know she hadn't had her stump her entire life!
Ms. Peeps
Ms Peeps is a 3 year old mixed breed sweetie. She likes attention and being told how pretty she is! She is a bit shy with new people but steadily gaining confidence.
Rowdy
Rowdy is an almost 4 year old 65lb St. Bernard/Pittie/Heeler mix. He came from a reservation and has survived parvo. Rowdy is a big love bug once he warms up to a person. When he is excited his whole body will wiggle in excitement and he will woo at
you. He can be barky with new people for a few minutes and then becomes a big baby who just wants love. He is reactive to new
dogs, but does currently live with multiple dogs and gets along great with most. He can be possessive of very high value treats
with other dogs such as bones. He has gone through basic obedience, walks decently on lead, is kennel trained, and rides
great in the car. If your looking for a bog baby who just wants to give love and kisses he’s waiting for you.
Dixie
Poca
Cute Poca is about 30 lbs. She is Australian Cattledog, Chihuahua, Aussie, and several other things -- but mostly cute! She is about 3 years old and enjoys hiking and kayaking! She loves to sleep in bed with her person.
Dixie doodle is an almost 2 year old mix breed. She is a Border Collie, Heeler, Aussie, Pittie, English Bulldog, Chow,
German Shepherd, and Dachshund, which is where she gets most of her size. She is a 28lb mini tank with the cutest underbite
ever. She’s always showing off her teefers. Dixie is a grouchy old woman is a puppy’s body. She is very selective on who she loves,
but once she decides you are worthy of her love, you couldn’t lose her is a forest if you wanted to. She is reactive with new people
and new dogs. She is a challenge pup, but once she trusts someone the cutest and goofiest personality pops out and just
melts your heart. She would do best in a quiet home where she can just be a sidekick. She does have basic training and is kennel
trained. If you are willing to work with and love a gremlin, Dixie is waiting for you.
Elko
From Elko's current home: I have an absolutely beautiful, fun loving 5 year old herding mix named Elko. Unfortunately we have come to the heartbreaking decision to find a new home for him.
My husband and I have been his only owners, adopting him at 10 weeks old from Idaho and bringing him home to Bend, Oregon, where he has lived most of his life up until this past fall when we moved to Whitefish, Montana. We had a baby 2.5 years ago and sadly his world has gotten slowly smaller and smaller since then.
From a very early age, puppy class, he has shown reactivity signs toward other dogs. We have gone through numerous trainers with him and have made huge strides, especially with e-collar training the past year. While nothing has happened, we know his signals of when he is uncomfortable in a situation so well that we have never trusted him around our kid, or other kids for that matter. To afford to live in Whitefish we had to downsize homes, which has resulted in Elko having to be by himself in a room while our daughter is up to keep both of them comfortable and safe. This is not the life we want for him and we hope to find someone that will give him the life and attention he deserves.
To say we love him like family is an understatement. Elko has lived an incredibly full life thus far and we want him to continue to. He is most joyous when he can be by your side for whatever that day's adventure is. He absolutely loves playing in snow, bounding along forest trails, swimming, playing fetch, and is a star frisbee player. He loves going on car rides, playing with toys, or curling up on the couch for a cuddle. He is loving, loyal, empathetic, and has the silliest personality.
He is completely up to date on all vaccinations, neutered, and is microchipped. He has been used to monthly grooming and daily exercise.
An ideal situation for Elko would be a home without other dogs or kids. We have had success with him getting used to other submissive dogs though. While I’m sure he would thrive somewhere with land, such as a farm or property, he really doesn’t need it, he just needs someone that has the time to give him the attention he deserves. Perfect situation would be an active owner that is looking for an adventure buddy.
Buster
Buster is a 7 year old mixed breed. He weighs approximately 65-70 lbs. He is a sweet boy who has lived with children in the past and would be a good family dog or do equally well for a single individual or couple. His energy needs are in the moderate range. Buster has good house manners and has been neutered and is up to date on vaccinations. He has been fine with the dogs in the foster home and on walks since coming into foster care, but has a previous history of altercations with strange dogs..
Buster needs a 6 foot fence. He would also benefit some some basic training such as recall training.
Merton
From Merton's current home:
Merton is, as far as we know, a Border Collie/Aussie Shepherd mix (about 60lbs). He is a beautiful loving, loyal, active dog, who wants to play, run, snuggle and comfort anyone who is feeling sad or concerned. He learns quickly, but is anxious and fearful of unknown people and dogs. Despite years of training, love, energy clearing work and efforts on our part to help him balance here in the city where we live, we have decided, with the help of two animal communicators, that it is time to find him a home where he can more fully heal. We believe he is having difficulty regulating his nervous system and feeling safe and calm due to our limitations in offering him purpose and a space to run unbounded on a daily basis. This has been affirmed by the two different animal communicators. We were told that although some Border Collie/Aussie mixes can settle with more mental stimulation, Merton is feeling overwhelmed with the mental stimulation involved in keeping tabs on all 5 of our family members, the neighbors, the unknown noises, dogs, and humans he encounters within our neighborhood throughout each day and he would do much better if he were able to move his body more to regulate. We are hoping to find him a home where he will be loved and appreciated for his enthusiasm and mental acuity, be given an opportunity to have purpose and relationship, and also be able to run and play with less limitation.
At a year and a half, he went to a dog friend's house to play (he had spent two weeks there when we were on vacation a few months prior) and was pinned down by a larger dog (English Mastif) and then both that dog and the lab mix who he played with, attacked him. Since then we have not been able to go to dog parks without him being defensive and protective of himself and us. He still has dogs he feels safe with but we are not able to meet stranger dogs without lots of support right now.
This is also around the time when he became more fearful of people, protecting our children if one of them was on the other end of the leash. He has jumped up on and mouthed 3 people when he escaped from a leash in a child's hands (this does not happen anymore) but did not break skin. This does not happen when an adult is on the other end of the leash. It feels clearly protective of us/the child.
He is good with children he knows.
We have ducks and chickens and although he does not show guarding of them per se, he also has not attempted to harm them.
He has never harmed a living thing - he will bark at mice. He has prey drive against cats and squirrels and the marmot that comes into our backyard, but when face to face with a cat does not harm - only barks (even though he has been swiped at and hissed at by friends' cats!).
