About Rocky

We adopted Rocky at 3 months old from a rescue. We know both of his parents were heelers, and that he came from a farm rescue with his litter of siblings. He is now 15 mths old. We have done lots of training with him and have another older heeler we also rescued and trained. He is extremely loving and gentle with us and friends, family he knows well and LOVES to cuddle. He is extremely smart and work motivated - a hard lover and hard player. He does well with kids and dogs he KNOWS. However, Rocky has recently developed fear-based reactivity and aggression towards unknown dogs and people. We live on a high foot traffic corner in the suburbs and have an 11 yr old that has friends coming and going frequently, which has become almost impossible to manage with Rocky, and is now a significant safety concern. We feel we no longer have the resources, time, or space to give Rocky what he needs to succeed. We think he would do very well on some land with less stimulus and with an owner that could give him the time/attention he needs and deserves. He is good with kids and dogs he knows, but gets reactive with kids playing he doesn't know, so would not recommend him for a family with kids under teenage years that will have friends around. He is fully house and kennel trained and listens well when he's not triggered, but needs a lot of structure and training to help him overcome his fear reactivity/aggression.

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Anoka County
Columbia Heights, Minnesota

Melody Oaks: 6129985830

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