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　　Isabel is a 6 month old coonhound/black mouth cur mix. She was found with her sister in Texas where her sister found her forever home. Isabel is now on her way to Colorado for her chance at a wonderful forever home like her sister!From her TX foster:How long did it take for your foster to settle into your home? Not long at all. She came in and made herself right at home. Is your foster kennel trained? Yes. I tell her it's time to get into your house, and I usually point to the inside of her kennel. She picked up very quickly that when the other dogs go into their crate, that she needs to go into hers. I did do a bad thing and when it is cold, she will kennel up and then wait to be snuggled in with a blanket wrapped around her. If you don't snuggle her in, she will huff until you do so. This is only when it is cold outside. Sorry.If so, how do they act in the kennel? She sleeps great in it at night. Doesn't wake us up for at least 8 hours. When we leave, as long as there is music and a toy, she's good. If we kennel her in a different room than the other dogs, she still does well, but the music needs to be at a normal level instead of just soft background music.Is your foster potty trained? Yes. Her cues are whining or barking at the door. It took her less than 2 hours to understand which door we take everyone out of. She is still a puppy (she's about 5 months) so if you don't pay attention to her cues, she will have an accident.What command do you use to get your foster to potty outside? Let's go tinkle or let's go potty. She does a lot of watching the other dogs in the house (one resident, and one foster) so if they go, she goes.We tested how she would do without either dog present, and she still went to the door to go outside. She is smart, and she will pick up things very quickly. She's very food and attention motivated, and I'm very free with treats and attention.When they see a squirrel, do they try to get it? In our yard, she will get very interested in the birds and critters, but if you call her and treat her, she will focus on you.On a scale of 1-10 (10 being very much so) how barky is your foster? 6What makes them bark? We were working on not demand barking. We have an elderly foster who just wants to chill, and she would demand bark at him to play. She also demand barks at our resident dog (who is all kinds of lazy) to play. If they didn't comply, the barking got worse. We were working on training this out of her, and she's gotten much better, but she needs to continue this training. She will also bark at the golfers (we back to a golf course) and she will act like she's big and bad. However, when the brave golfer or two approaches our yard, she becomes a little softy.How is your foster with other dogs? She thinks every dog should love her, whether they want to or not.Cats? We do not have catsOther animals? UnsureHow is your foster with children? She happily approached our neighbor's kids (ages 11 & 9) and was full of wags and attention. BUT, she was not living with any kids.Is your foster a fast eater or are they a grazer? It depends. Sometimes she super voracious, sometimes she will eat half and then decide she didn't want anymore, and sometimes she won't eat at all.Does your foster have any funny or quirky personality traits? She's a hoot. She loves to cuddle. She loves to be snuggled in (sorry again). She does have this thing where she acts like her front paw is injured. We've had it looked over and x-rayed multiple times and they have found nothing. If you acknowledge it, she acts like it's the most painful thing on the planet (attention is her love language). If you ignore it, she will start running on it. Her acting abilities increase with men. The more attention she gets for her ""hurt paw, the more she will ham it up.Is your foster allowed on the furniture? No, but she gets up on the sofa anyways.Did they behave well on the furniture? She loves it if she gets away with it. My husband is not as stringent with the rules as I am.Where does your foster sleep at night? In a crate in our bedroom next to our other foster and resident dog. We have a cushy bed inside the plastic crate she sleeps in. It's about 3 inches thick because it's so cushy. She likes to sink down into it and be wrapped up in a blanket. She sleeps best if she can see at least one of the dogs in our house, so I moved our other foster's crate right next to hers.Does your foster have any fears? If she does, she hasn't let us know. She's pretty fearless.What's your foster's favorite game? Kill the toy. We have a toy that mimics an animal. It shakes and makes these horrible noises. She loves to ""kill the animal by shaking it and running around with it. I would send it with her, but it's my resident dogs favorite toy.What commands does your foster know? Sit. Wait. Fetch.She also knows that to get pets or attention, she has to sit and wait until she stops jumping around. She knows that she gets her treats after our resident dog and other foster (he was here first). She knows to wait behind me to open the door and wait for me to go through it before she enters. What kind of energy level does your foster have? Medium. I'm certain this will lessen as she gets out of the puppy phase.Miscellaneous information you would like to share about your foster.She is a hoot. She has the softest fur. She just wants you to love her. Izzy will do best in a house with a dog who can teach her that she's not in charge. She will not do well being an only dog in a house because she is truly a pack animal. She needs a dog who knows how to correct as she can be pretty rough when she plays. She's got some sharp teeth, so she needs a dog who can handle her.Interested in this pup? The first step is to fill out the adoption application on our website! We are currently scheduling adoption meet/greets by appointment. We are not currently hosting any public adoption events at Petco. Please email [email protected] if you have any questions! Our location is 1721 W Harmony unit 102 in Fort Collins Co 80526, we cannot guarantee we will always have available pups staying at our clinic! Most our rescues are in foster homes!Breed and size disclosure: As a rescue all of our dogs come to us from high-kill shelters or other rescues, so we do not get a lot of background or information on these dogs. We occasionally receive the mother with the puppies, but in most cases both parents are unknown. Because of this we do not know the full breeding of the dogs. We are required to list the dogs based on the breeds provided to us on their records, but they are all mixed breeds as far as we know, and we cannot guarantee the actual breeds of any of these dogs. Since the full breeding of the dogs is unknown we can also only give you an educated guess on the full-grown size of the dogs. All of the current information we have on the dogs is listed in their bio above. More information may be available over email, since a lot of the fosters turn in report cards on how the dog has done in their care. Adoption Process: If you are interested in adopting from us, the first step of our adoption process is to fill out an application online at http://aaanimalrescue.org/adoption_app.html. It takes us up to 24-48 hours to process your application and get back to you, via email. Applications turned in Friday afternoon or Saturday morning will not be seen until the following Monday. We do have applications on site, but are not always able to approve them at that time and many of the dogs will already have holds on them, so we suggest you fill out an application prior to attending a meet/greet. We can place a hold on one dog per approved applicant after a deposit fee has been received, please do not ask to hold a dog if you have not turned in

　　an application and been approved. If you do not place a hold we cans till schedule a meet/greet, we just cannot guarantee availability of the dog, first serve basis. If you already have an approved application on file, there will just be more paperwork and the adoption fee at the meet/greet, but you will be able to take home the dog/puppy that day! Since we are foster based and not a shelter, our dogs are only available to meet with an appointment scheduled or at an adoption event!

　　If you have any questions or would like to adopt Isabel, please reach out to the adoption group directly. PetSmart Charities does not facilitate the adoption process. Thank you.