Earlier this week I picked up a new foster from the
Animal Rescue League of Iowa (ARL). She is a cute, petite girl and like most Dobermans, definitely quirky. We are still figuring out her quirks though :). You will have to excuse the quality of my pictures for this post as my camera lens broke so I'm using my old camera and it's just not the same!
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| Hello! Are you my new family? |
Jasmine is about 2 years old and was surrendered to the ARL by her family, who claims they rescued her off of Craig's List a few months ago. Who knows what is true or not, all we know is she is like a bright, shiny new penny all ready for a new family who is ready to give her some love. She is housebroken (YAY!) and crate trained (Double YAY!). That makes my life SO much easier :).
Sadly, she is WAY too thin at the moment. I can count almost all her bones :(. She currently weighs in at about 45 pounds and she really needs to weigh about 55-60 pounds. She is a petite girl and small for a Doberman which gives her a dainty air. Kind of like a ballerina :).
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| Poor girl, we are working to get some weight on her. |
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| She never stops moving! Perpetual motion... |
She needs a lot of work in different social situations and with understanding what the appropriate responses are :), but what young doberteen doesn't? So far she hasn't reacted at all to my dogs spying on her from the hallway so maybe next weekend I'll arrange some one-on-one introductions. For now, she is sequestered away in the blue room hopefully 'detoxing' her stress levels. She did not handle the shelter environment well at all :( so I want to make sure I give her enough time to calm down and relax before throwing more things at her.
She'd make a great working (competition obedience, rally, agility, etc.) dog if she can learn how to handle the competitive environments. She has great focus, is highly food motivated, and seems quite intelligent :). Plus she has a high energy level so she's going to need some kind of outlet for all that energy!!
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| See, I already know sit! |
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Food, OMG I love food. Give me food. I will do anything for food.
At least she doesn't drool! |
She is available for adoption through
Illinois Doberman Rescue Plus (IDR+) and her bio and information should be up on their website shortly (as soon as I get it submitted!!).
People that say 'money can't buy you happiness' have never paid an adoption fee.
