Murphy
Pet Details
Murphy
Animal ID: 286413 |
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HOW TO ADOPT: This pet is available for adoption by appointment. To schedule a time to meet this pet, please email apurvis@arl-iowa.org. — – Initially was fearful coming into our care, but has made great strides in his confidence. He will greatly benefit from a calm home that can continue that confidence building – Very treat motivated, food helps him make friends! – Knows sit and would be fun to work on skills with – Walks fairly well on a leash for his size – Tends to be a bit pushy and awkward with other dogs, will need a dog intro prior to going home – Will need an adults only home at this time 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. |
Additional Details
HOW TO ADOPT: This pet is available for adoption by appointment. To schedule a time to meet this pet, please email apurvis@arl-iowa.org.
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– Initially was fearful coming into our care, but has made great strides in his confidence. He will greatly benefit from a calm home that can continue that confidence building
– Very treat motivated, food helps him make friends!
– Knows sit and would be fun to work on skills with
– Walks fairly well on a leash for his size
– Tends to be a bit pushy and awkward with other dogs, will need a dog intro prior to going home
– Will need an adults only home at this time
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.
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