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Essie

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Size: Medium
Age: Baby
Gender: Female
Breeds: Shepherd, Crossbreed

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FOSTERING IN NEW ENGLAND

Are you looking for an adorable dog?! Essie is your girl!

Essie is fostering right here in New England and her foster mom reports the following good things!!!

~ Crates up nicely and actually made it 6 hours one night before she had to go out - she only had accidents the first day in the house. otherwise whines and sniffs to indicate she needs to go out.
~ She really likes to tug when she plays. she is teething- lost 3 the first day i had her.
~ She is not food aggressive around her own food but really is overly excited when I am eating.
~ She is really snuggly and affectionate.
~ She is super smart. Already does sit and was starting to do down. Learned some boundaries in the yard etc already.
~ Because she is teething she is always looking to chew something and might think you are the chew toy. she is pretty gentle even then but obviously something I was trying to work on.

Essie will do well in any home willing to train a puppy to be the best possible family member. She needs some home to teach her manners. She loves having another dog in the home to play with. Foster mom feels she will be easy to train, very smart, appears to be a people pleaser. Essie would do well in a moderately active family with older children as she is too active for very young children.

Essie will be a great dog as she is currently a great puppy!

Check out her videos!
https://youtu.be/SkysEM1GOiI
https://youtube.com/shorts/6fQDF8bvbTA?feature=share

Name: Essie
Breed: Shepherd mix
Sex: Female
Age: Estimated DOB 1/7/21
Weight: 25 pounds as of 4/14/21
Spayed/Neutered: Too young - Spay/Neuter Contract will be required and strictly enforced
Vaccinations: Up to date
Heartworm: Too young (testing is done at 6 months of age)
Houstrained:  Not usually
Microchipped: Yes

Puppy Adoption Fee:  $525.00  (includes spay/neuter surgery to be arranged by Paws New England at a partner veterinarian in several locations throughout New England).  If adopter wishes to have his/her own veterinarian perform the surgery, $100 will be reimbursed upon proof of spay/neuter.

PLEASE - Think long and hard before adopting a puppy - consider the lifestyle change this puppy will come with - he cannot be crated for more than 3-4 hours at a time until he’s older, puppy proofing your home will be necessary, puppies scratch and nip so if you have small children, can they handle this?? Training will be so important in this puppy’s life, do you have the time??

Please review this checklist for socializing puppies - do you have the time - ask yourself before adopting.
https://drsophiayin.com/app/uploads/2015/12/Socialization_Checklist.pdf?fbclid=IwAR2pO6dNeaYtlGHI_N90XHWRYZU3qJMB58LzhJgFSdrvxpcPI8Oi7i7q7As

IMPORTANT INFORMATION:
Interested in a specific dog, please fill out an application if you are interested in a dog. The number of individual inquiries is overwhelming and we are finding it difficult to respond to each one. We cannot guarantee you will receive a timely response.

Paws New England is a rescue, not a shelter, and as such we do not have our dogs housed in one location - they are in foster homes both in New England and in our southern foster homes.   If you’re interested in a specific dog, please complete a short online application and you will receive a reply within 48 hours so you can ask questions.

At present, if a dog is listed on our website, the dog is considered still available HOWEVER, may have applications that have come in before yours but it’s still too early to know if any are a good match; therefore we encourage you to apply.

NOTICE WITH REGARD TO LOCATION OF DOGS:  Please note: Paws New England is a foster-based rescue. We do not have a brick and mortar building to house the dogs we rescue. We have found that dogs in foster homes are much more adoptable because they have been observed in a home setting. Dogs listed with Paws New England typically reside in various locations throughout the south (primarily Tennessee, Texas, and Arkansas) and New England (not necessarily in the state of Rhode Island). You will be notified by the adoption coordinator of the location of the dog you are interested in so you have the ability to decide whether to pursue adoption or not.

Dogs transported to New England are done so at a fee of $150.00 paid directly to the transporting company by Paws New England; no additional transport costs are responsibility of adopter. This fee is included in the adoption donation.

Adoption donations cover pre-adoption vet costs (including vaccinations, spay/neuter when age appropriate, and heartworm testing/treatment when necessary), a microchip, and transportation to New England if necessary.

Donations for our young, healthy puppies and dogs support their fellow canines of advanced age or suffering from injuries and abuse whose donations are reduced but whose veterinary costs are typically much higher. We appreciate your understanding that your dog will help others in need.

All known information about the animal is listed above. We do our best to give accurate information, but most of our dogs are rescues and do not come with a known history.

Paws New England abides by the dog importation regulations set forth in the states of MA, CT, NH and RI.