Additional Details

– Needs time to become comfortable with new people and prefers to go at her own pace and meet people when she’s ready vs. having them come to her; once she is comfortable with someone, she likes pets and loves spending time with them

– Knows sit and likely knows down

– Is very food-motivated, and that is a great tool to help with relationship-building and confidence-building

– Likes to “smile”

– Because she can initially be very reserved with new people and nervous around fast movements, she is looking for a teens-and-up home (ideally a 10-and-up home) right now where all family members can understand her needs and help her build confidence

– Can be uncertain and introverted around other dogs and may prefer one-on-one interactions or smaller groups of dog friends; when given time to warm up, she becomes looser and may even attempt to initiate play; may enjoy a like-minded dog in her new home after a slow introduction (dog intro recommended)

– We don’t know her history with cats

This pet qualifies for our 7-day Foster-to-Adopt program. If you’re interested in fostering to adopt, please reach out to meetme@arl-iowa.org.

All adoptable dogs and puppies are spayed/neutered, microchipped and up to date on vaccinations (rabies and DA2PPV as appropriate for their age)

The ARL’s shelter software requires that we choose a primary breed for our dogs. Visual breed identification in dogs is unreliable, so for most dogs we are only guessing at primary breed. We get to know each dog as an individual and do our best to describe each of our dogs based on personality, not breed label.