Adopted Dog Monday!

Trevor's new family is enjoying him.  His new mom was a cat and NOT a dog person (her words) but she was willing to give him a chance as her husband and son were so eager to add a dog to their household.  Now mom is a dog AND cat person.  She was surprised by how smoothly the transition to his new home has gone for Trevor.

As for Trevor, he is smiling a lot these days, going to the dog park, playing in the backyard and sleeping in bed with his parents.

Little Man has two brand-new dads and a canine sister, Mazey. Mazey is a German Shepherd/Greyhound cross.  Little Man is bigger than the typical Chihuahua and we liked to speculate on what he actually was.  Whatever his breed mix, it made him into an amazing small dog.  Little Man came to us from Camden Animal Hospital in Minneapolis, where he had a broken leg set.  Camden is an impound facility for Minneapolis Animal Control.  The staff contacted Pet Haven when no owner came forward to claim him.  It's hard to imagine anyone letting this cutie go without looking for him!

Despite the disparity in their sizes, Mazey and Little Man look like they could be twins!

Trevor - new kid on the block!

Trevor is one of Pet Haven's most recent intakes. He arrived last week on a transport from a shelter we work closely with in rural Iowa. Many of our beautiful big black dogs have come from this shelter. Not having access to a larger pool of adopters as we have in the Twin Cities, many of their dogs sit in shelters for months and months and months. Many of their dogs are big black dogs -- dogs often overlooked. We are happy to be able to bring Trevor into our foster program ... thanks to one of our doggie daycare partners, Pampered Pooch Playground, for fostering him. We got an update yesterday from Heather, staff and dog trainer at Pampered Pooch:

"I spent some time with Trevor today. I thought I would send you some information about him. Well, he knows how to sit, when he wants to. We spent some time working on "down" and he started to pick up on it. He can also do short stays. We also spent some time working on "wait" and he did well with that. He also responds really well to body language when it comes to keeping him in or out of a certain room. His favorite part was by far when we started playing fetch. He loved it! At first he didnt understand the concept of bringing it back to me so I could throw it again, but after just a few minutes and adding another ball to the situation he was running back and dropping the ball when he was just about to me (I would lift my arm ready to throw the ball and release it as soon as he dropped it). It became an awesome game to him! He is great with dogs of all sizes, very tolerant and pretty much leaves the little guys alone."