About BRYCE - Only $55!!!!!

RESCUEME CUTS OFF MY PROFILES! My adoption profiles tend to be long & very detailed. Please read the ENTIRE Adoption Profile (all the way to the FAQ) so you understand everything about this dog & if you are a good match for him. If you still have questions after reading the entire profile, PLEASE read the FAQ for your answer instead of e-mailing me the question. Most of the questions are answered there, & I'm not always able to answer all the e-mails. If you are looking for a complete goofball, he is your guy! This little man is a joy and will keep you laughing! He needs a quiet home with someone that will set a consistent schedule, rules, and guidelines. Ricecake ended up at the shelter because his owner was arrested, and no one came to the Shelter to claim him. Their owner was a transient, and we did not get any information from her. But we know that he has lived with other dogs because he came in with 3 other dogs (Pancake, Daffodil, and Iris, who have all been adopted now). While at the shelter, he was fearful & avoidant and that landed him on their list. That is when Safe Haven stepped in. We networked him through our E-list Adoption Program, and found him (what we thought) was a great home. When the adopter picked up Bryce, he was very afraid, so he was secured in a crate. For some unknown reason, the man opened his carrier door out in the open parking lot! Bryce got scared and ran! He was lost for 5 months! Then there was a report of 3 dogs hanging around a industrial lot. It turns out one of them was Ricecake!!! (Ricecake hooked up with 2 little ladies, lol...) I was so relieved! The people at the lot had been feeding him, and even put out a dog house for him. So after 5 months of being on the streets, he was ok! He was actually a little over weight, lol! It only took a few days for him to warm up to me once he got here. He is also super smart and learned the routine fast. Bryce is very food motivated, and he LOVES to do training sessions! He knows sit, stay, come, inside, lay down, down (to get off furniture), and outside. Explained more below... So he was adopted out again to a lady that returned him 7 months later saying he was guarding her from other people and had bitten (he never acted that way around me). She went on to explain that she is not one for disciplining or setting rules (which is not what she told me when applying for him). If you don't set rules and guidelines, for some dogs, they will feel like they have to take over. Dogs don't want this job, and they are not good at it. So it stresses them out, and they act out because of it. This is why he acted out at her house. When he came back here, he had some bad habits that he had learned while he was away, so we had to work on all of those. He also now shows signs of having been hit. The previous adopter said her brother took Bryce because 'He knows how to handle a dog like him'. And she said other red flag words like my brother is the 'Pack leader', and 'Alpha', and other macho crap like that...So I believe it was him who hit Bryce. I am 100% convinced he was hit because after he was returned, he would cower down and visibly shake at the smallest things thinking he was in trouble (which he was not...). He was never like that before, and it took awhile to show him that he is safe here. There should be a happy medium when working with a dog. Going overboard and hitting or kicking a dog is not only cruel, but it will break any trust you have with them. You need trust to be able to work with a dog. On the other hand, not setting rules and guidelines with consistency is also bad and will make a dog feel insecure and nervous and some will think that they have to step up and be in charge, because you know, SOMEBODY has to! Dogs do best with a happy medium by setting rules and guidelines, gently correcting them when they do something that you don't want and steering them towards what you do want. I like to train with positive reinforcement and make it fun. He was then adopted out, but returned again for getting upset anytime the couple held hands or hugged. I will load a video of him doing it if the site lets me. When they returned him, I asked if they would demonstrate what he did, and I was able to correct the behavior within a couple minutes. But they were not confident that they would be able to continue to do it and still wanted to return him. Bryce is a dog who really needs someone who will be consistent and be confident to correct him anytime he acts out. I would be happy to show you what I do for it. When that happens, and he knows his boundaries with you, he is a well behaved dog. Here are some great methods of working with him. If you are consistent with these things, he will learn that getting jealous is not acceptable with you. You will not always have to do things things, it's just until he learns his boundaries with you. Dogs will test what they can get away with with each new

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