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Name: Gus

Rescue ID: M-677

Status: Adopted!

Species: Dog

Breed: Dogo Argentino (short coat)

Sex: Male

Current Age: 17 Years 7 Months (best estimate)

Indoor or Outdoor: Indoor Only

Good with Dogs: Yes

Description:

Searching for his forever home!!

Hi, my name is Gus!

We have a crazy story to tell you. Somehow, when we were really tiny, we ended up at a cemetary, with our 8 brothers and sisters and our dad! Our dad was doing his best to take care of us, but it was pretty hard for him since there were so many of us. Help finally arrived and took us to a shelter.

Once we got to the shelter, 7 of our brothers and sisters were taken by a rescue agency. Our dad, the two of us and one other pup were left at the shelter. We kept hearing that the "clock was ticking". We weren't sure what that meant, but it didn't sound good.

The nice people at MARS agreed to take us. But then, our other sibling developed Parvo two days before we were scheduled to leave! We all had to go in to quarantine and have a bunch of tests done. Fortunately both of us tested negative for Parvo. We had to get some other medication to help us get rid of parasites, but we're good to go now.

We arrived in Minneapolis on Sunday, August 10th. I am in a foster home now. Most of our pictures show me with my brother. You can tell us apart, because I have a brown spot right by my tail, and Bongo has a brown spot by his eye.

I hope to meet you soon!
Gus

UPDATE FROM GUS' FOSTER:
He is doing great. Potty training it going well, no official accidents, but one good catch! The cat and him are not quite friends yet, but Gus keeps trying. We have been doing some training with the common commands; sit, lay down, off, leave it, kennel up. Good start, he responds better to Dave then I. He has also been playing with
neighbor's dog (see attached pic) and he holds his own and loves to play.

He sleeps through the night, no problems with that at all. He likes his
crate, even just lays in it when I am getting ready.

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