Happy Hounds - ADOPTED

Rescued from a dog hoarding situation, from a good samaritan who cares deeply about dogs and strays, but doesn’t have the financial means to properly care for them. We scooped up the puppies and their mother after they were done weaning off breast milk, and neutered the resident males to keep unwanted liters from happening. The Happy Hounds have been thriving with our foster home volunteers every since!

Their Mom, Bailey, a 35lb who-knows-what mutt gave is being fostered with our southern trainer, and she has nothing but wonderful things to say about her. She’s smart and playful, a bit on the shy side, but warms up quickly to new people. She’s desperately wants to please and impress!

Temperament

These are typical puppies who were lucky enough to be in our loving care from early on. With continued proper socialization and professional training (A MUST), they will be great family members. They are still playful, goofy, active puppies. For puppies, they are a bit of the skittish side, tending to be more dramatic. Given their breed guess, these pups are not yard dogs, and those adopting should expect walks, adventures, and activity. More personality details below.

Needs

These puppies will be best suited to an to an active family or couple, willing to give them regular walks, runs, trails, and adventures, and plenty of playtime. They should continue socialization with other dogs through puppy classes or play dates. Adopters should be ready to start PROFESSIONAL training (we will provide recommendations) around five-six months old to continue proper dog socialization, work on nice leash manners, and heel-side walking, and prepare for off-leash fun.

PLEASE KEEP IN MIND, we will only consider applicants where one adult has a more flexible schedule, as puppies are a lot of work, and will require potty breaks, exercise, training and continued human and dog socialization as they grow up.

Crate/Potty Training

All puppies and dogs rescued by FAVOR are crate trained, sleeping in the crate from 9pm-6am, and accustomed to some day crate time as well. Puppies also understand the basic concept of peeing outside, but there is ALWAYS a transition period where crate cries and potty accidents WILL HAPPEN in a new home, as the dog transitions to new rules and ways to communicate.

As with ANY and ALL dogs, this dog would benefit GREATLY from professional training to continue to work on good leash manners, place command, and off-leash recall. We always recommend keeping young dogs crated when they are alone to keep them putting themselves in danger (chewing on cords, eating things that can get stuck in their stomachs, etc…)

Vetting

All dogs rescued by FAVOR are spayed/neutered and microchipped before adoption, as well as vaccinated for rabies, bortedella, DA2P (distemper, adenovirus, parainfluenza, leptospirosis and parvovirus).

Puppies WILL REQUIRE DA2P 3rd booster shots when age appropriate (between 14-18 weeks of age) at the expense of the adopter. It is also recommended to get the LYME-LEPTO combination vaccine in New England. All dogs and up to date on heart worm medication and flea and tick topical treatment.
*Rabies must be administered after 12 weeks of age. If puppies travel before 12 weeks, then we will refund adopters $15 towards the cost of their rabies shot.