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Name: Gus

Rescue ID: M-46

Status: Adopted!

Species: Dog

Breed: German Shepherd Dog

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Sex: Male (neutered)

General Potential Size: Large

Housetrained: Yes

Description:
ADOPTED!!! 4/1/07!!
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Gus is a handsome hunk of a 7 yr old. He adores car rides and loves going places with you. Say “bye-bye” and watch him get excited! He even likes going to the vet and the groomer (not so crazy about baths at home though). He likes to be petted and talked to.

Gus likes soft toys like tennis balls, but chews them to pieces, so his former owners didn’t give them to him. He does like to play tug with his rope bone and fetch with his red rubber ball. If you throw the ball, he’ll go get it -- but would rather keep it than give it back to you!

He adores having his paws scratched and will hold them up for it! He’s housetrained and with a good long walk of 20+ minutes before you leave in the morning, he can hold on all day. But since he wasn’t required to do that very often in his former home, there will probably be an adjustment period.

Gus grunts when he lays down and sometimes even runs in his sleep (chasing rabbits?). He likes to sleep on his bed but will sleep on the floor, too. He was allowed on one old chair at his old house, but for the most part Gus stays off the furniture and won’t take food from the counter or table.

He doesn’t heel very well on walks and if you let him get ahead of you he can pull you off your feet — strong boy. He is afraid of thunder storms, smoke alarms, and camera flashes. (Hey, sometimes so am I!) He doesn’t bark a lot, so it might startle you when he does because it’s unexpected and loud!

He loves Milk Bones and is a gentleman about them. Ask him if he wants a cookie and he’ll go sit by where you keep them and get really excited. When you give it to him just say “Nice” -- and he takes it very gently. He was very seldom given people food because it seems to cause vomiting. He was occasionally given small amounts of raw meat trimmings, and an occasional egg yolk which he loves. He also likes his rawhide bones, but mainly chews on them when no one is home, rarely when people are at home with him.

He seems to like other dogs well enough and cats are unknown. However, he pretty much ignored the strays that wandered into his yard.

Overall, Gus is just a big baby who loves to be petted and talked to. He will make a great companion for some lucky individual or family!

Contact us to set up a time to come and meet this special boy!!!

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