Shirley
Adoption Status: Pending
Gender: Female
Breed: Labrador Retriever Mix
Age: Est DOB: 06/2025
Dog Friendly: Yes
Cat Friendly: Likely due to young age
Kid Friendly: Likely due to young age
House Trained: Doing great!
History: 🧡 From Texas to Midwest 🤠—- A group of deserving dogs was recently welcomed as part of our Texas Transport Program! A program launched to make an impactful difference for our partner shelters in Texas facing the overpopulation of animals with limited resources and low adoption rates. We are excited to help these southern gems find loving forever homes to call their own!
A Note from the Foster: Meet Shirley, an adorable, sweet, laid back pup who is looking for a home with lots of snuggles and good treats! Shirley is completely crate trained - she sleeps all night without making a peep and keeps her crate clean. She even likes to hang out in there now and then. We are working on potty training, and are about 90% there. She occasionally has an accident, but every day gets better at going to the back door to let us know that she needs to go outside.
Shirley loves cozying up to and playing with her foster sister. She's happy to let the other dog be in charge as long as she gets attention too. She has a bit of puppy energy, but is mostly a calm and well-mannered girl. Like most puppies, she'll chew shoes or cords if you don't keep an eye on her, but she responds well to redirection.
Shirley came to Coco's Heart significantly underweight, but she is putting on pounds and now thriving! She's a hungry hippo (but being food motivated is key to easy puppy training!). She has no digestive issues or other special needs, but you do have to keep an eye on her as she will try to grab any food in sight.
Adoption Fee: $760 + 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!
