Shelby
Adoption Status: Pending
Gender: Female
Breed: Pomeranian & Shiba Inu Mix
Age: Est DOB: 11/2023
Weight: 17 lbs
Dog Friendly: Read Bio
Cat Friendly: Unknown
Kid Friendly: Older Children Ideal
House Trained: Doing great!
History: Shelby is a beautiful and unique girl who needed a second chance at a good life. Being a Shiba Inu mix, she is independent and knows what she wants and does not want. Larger dogs are ideal for her and not smaller or similar to her size dogs. She does co-exist with children currently but because of her history of learning to trust people and other dogs, we recommend a home with no small children or very dog-savvy children who will allow her time to warm up and slowly get to know her new family and environment.
A Note from the Foster: Shelby is truly gorgeous dog inside and out.
She absolutely adores children and loves to play all day!
She gets along with all well behaved dogs of equal size and larger, famously.
If tiny dogs want to play very eagerly she isn’t always a fan but she is working on it every day with her foster family where there’s a little mini poodle puppy to get to know!
She’s house trained and sleeps happily in a crate as long as she isn’t super far from her new family!
She’s house trained but still learning the skill of eliminating while on a walk so will use a fenced in yard happily!
It only took her a week to learn the command to sit before she eats each time and loves the engagement of training to learn.
In her current foster family there’s a 9 yr old and a 13 yr old with a whole lot of mutual adoration.
It can take a bit adjust to tall male type folks but she’s never hesitated to be friendly any female or child human.
We continue to work on her being less overly protective of the young people in the house.
Over-all her beauty is stunning and she is a truly exceptional dog.
Her foster family would have opted to keep her in the family if there were no animal allergies in the house!
She’s going to make a genuinely special contribution to her forever home!
Adoption Fee: $500 + tax
Adoption Status: Is this dog available? Submitting an application is the best first step to learning if a dog is still available. There is a chance this dog could have a pending adoption when your application is submitted, however our team will offer approved applicants to be put on a waiting list for that dog. Additionally, we can make recommendations on other dogs that may be a match. Pending adoptions do not mean the adoption is finalized. Why did we implement this change? We implemented this update because, unfortunately, dogs were pending for applicants for several weeks and then the applicant would change their mind. This happens more often with puppies, as applications are submitted impulsivly more often for them. Our process is great because it takes a little time, so impulsive decisions fade. However it was unfortunate for the dogs, and the foster homes, as then the process needed to be re-started. By securing a wait-list we are able to move forward more quickly if a pending adoption falls through. This is a new process for us, so your feedback along the way is helpful! Thank you for supporting rescue and adoption!
