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　　Please go to our website at  to find out more about this pet and to submit an adoption application.  Please DO NOT call or email us; all information about current dogs available, adoption donations, vetting, and this specific dog are on our website. We are a non-profit organization and we are completely 100% volunteer run. We DO NOT have a shelter and only approved applicants can make appointments with our foster homes to meet the dogs we have.Our volunteers will not discuss dogs we have available for adoption UNTIL you have an application on file and are approved to adopt.General Notes | Want to adopt this dog?  Please do not email us.  Please fill out the Adoption Application ASAP.  Health Notes | Healthy Other Dogs | Great with other dogs. Has lived with sibline and with older black lab. Also met our volunteers dog and did greatCats | unknownChildren | Great. Lives with 4 children and does well with kids 2+Training | Has been professionally trainedLeash | This boy is very strong and needs a harness/gentle learder and/or a strong handler to reinforce the heal commandActivity Level | medium/high energyPersonality | SO so sweetStory | Jack is an owner surrender that needs to be seperated from his littrmate. They felt resuce was the best option. Please see very detailed information below about this boy!Thank you! | Adoption Donations | Our adoption donations are $425 for dogs 8 weeks to 1 year, $375 for 1-6 years, $325 for dogs 7-10 years, and $175 for 11+ years of age. Purebred dogs regardless of age are $475. These minimum donations help to defer the costs of initial vet care, food, and supplies while in foster care that currently average over $700 per dog).Meeting Dogs | Foster dogs may have meet & greets by appointment to approved applicants only.  To become an approved applicant - please complete the application process.Please know | Available dogs are updated as soon as possible and we do our best to keep it up-to-date, but occasionally dogs shown may become unavailable without notice due to a pending adoption.We encourage you to put in an application even if you don't see your new family member currently, as once you are approved, we can place you on the waiting list for first priority on the selection of the dogs we do bring in. That means you can often meet a dog upon transport arrival and adopt before they even make it to this page!We can not guarantee that a dog you wish to adopt is available by the time your adoption application is submitted, processed, and approved.  Your application is good for 90 days from the time of approval for any dog as long as it is a good fit for your family and your lifestyle. Out of crate to outside by 9:00 am. Outside all day unless something going on then back inside into crate. Crate can be shut or open. We have been working on leaving it open and they have been fairly good about staying in it. Tucker likes to sneak out when I am out of site. Feeding at 5:00 pm: 1.5-2 cups of Adult Pedigree dry food. Back inside for the night in crate by 11:00 pm for the night. Feeding routine with a slow feeder bowl: Dog is put on "place" (a mat or cot or bed or designated spot), all 4 paws and elbows must stay on place. The word "Place" is the command. Dog food is gathered and bowl is set down in a specific spot. Dog must stay on place and look into human's eyes until the word "free" is given. "Free" is the command word that is used to be free or come off any command .. He eats very quickly and recently started to pee on his dish. Commands or training: Trained professionally in the primary obedience class. He was trained with Dogtra ARC electronic shock collars. Jack's lowest setting was 9-11. We have not used the collars in a while. We also have used bark collars and work well. "Sit'' -to sit down. "Down"-to lay down with all elbows on the ground. "Stay'' -to stay. "Free"- to be free or come off of a command until another command is given. "No" -to stop doing a bad behavior followed with a correction. "Place" -to go to the place whether it be their bed, cot, mat or certain place. (We used this with their cots or mat.) "Heal"-to walk even with the person walking (We have not reinforced this very much since we have not been able to leash walk. They are supposed to walk beside you and when you stop the dog is to immediately sit down.) "Hush" -to stop whining or barking "Good" -for praise and showing a good job. "Kennel" -to tell them to go to their crate. (The trainers said this can be used for getting into the vehicle also but we do not have to tell them to do that I)I know he loves water and he will jump in a lake or pond and loves to lay in the huge water bowl we have when filled up. However, he wants fresh water to lay in and will not go in the doggy pool unless it is refilled. I think he would do well w ith a big swimming pool or lake. He loves the beach.I tried recently to have Jack fetch the ball with lots of praise and he loved it. He has amazing hunting qualities by stalking and recently running after possums in the backyard. His dad was a hunting dog and was getting further trained after the litter was born.Loves to be brushedDoes not like thunderstorms or fireworks. Does ok inside but not outside during these eventsOctober 2, 2022, 6:32 am

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