Dogs in need of a home
From time to time you will find here dogs who are looking for a permanent home. Some are dogs personally trained
by Gabriela Urevitch who are in the need of a new home for various reasons. Other times friends or clients will find a dog
and need more publicity to re-home it.
Dixie
Dixie needs a forever home!
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Dixie is a lovely mixed breeed dog that I had the pleasure of evaluating a few months ago. She resides in Fort Myers. Dixie's current owner writes to us:
"GABY, I HAVE ATTACHED SOME OF MY FAVORITE PICTURES OF DIXIE...
DIXIE WAS FOUND AT A RESTAURANT BEGGING FOOD AFTER HAVING BEEN ABANDONED AND ON HER OWN FOR ABOUT 4 MONTHS...
HER BEAUTIFUL FACE AND LOVING EYES MADE ME WANT TO HELP HER FIND A HOME. ACCORDING TO THE VET SHE IS APPROXIMATELY 1 1/2 TO 2
YEARS OLD. I HAVE HAD HER EXAMINED, TREATED, SPAYED, MICROCHIPPED AND LICENSED. SHE HAS HAD ALL THE NECESSARY SHOTS PLUS THE
NEW SUGGESTED ONES. SHE WEIGHS 55 LBS. (45 WHEN I FOUND HER).
I HAVE HAD HER TO PETCO BASIC TRAINING AND HAD THE K-9 TRAINER (that's us) TO MY HOUSE. SHE'S VERY SMART AND LOVES EYERYONE AND EVERY
ANIMAL SHE COMES IN CONTACT WITH. THE TINY DOGS ARE AFRAID OF HER MOST OF THE TIME ALTHOUGH SHE IS NEVER AGGRESSIVE OR MEAN
TO THEM...SHE WILL LICK YOU TO DEATH. SHE NEEDS TO RUN AND/OR WALK AND I'M 70 YEARS OLD AND CANNOT DO THESE THINGS. SOME OF
MY NEIGHBORS HAVE BEEN HELPING ME OUT...IT HURTS ME THAT SHE DOES NOT HAVE A FAMILY WITH YOUNGER PEOPLE WITH ENERGY TO MATCH HERS.
I ALSO DO NOT HAVE A FENCED YARD SO SHE CAN RUN FREELY, THEREFORE I NEED TO TAKE HER TO A DOGGIE PARK. SHE LOVES TO RUN...
SHE LOVES RIDING IN A CAR. SHE IS CRATE TRAINED.
SHE ASKS TO GO OUT WHEN SHE NEEDS TO. SHE CAN GIVE PAW, LAY DOWN, SHOW HER BELLY, STAY & WAIT. SHE'LL SIT AT HER DISH AND WAIT
FOR HER FOOD WITH A HAND COMMAND AND THEN THE "OK" COMMAND TO EAT. SHE WOULD EAT RAWHIDE TREATS ALL DAY IF SHE WAS ALLOWED.
SHE'S AN EXCELLENT WATCH DOG YET VERY GENTLE... NOT A BARKER EXCEPT WHEN NECESSARY.
HER VET IS DR. FIORE AT THE ANIMAL CLINIC IN PORT CHARLOTTE. SHE DID THE SPAYING AND THE FOLLOW UP TREATMENTS. SHE HAS OBSERVED
THE TRANSFORMATION OF THE LOST DOG TO WHAT SHE IS TODAY."
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