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Rehoming 4 year old spayed border heeler cross in Ellensburg, Washington. She had been with us 7 months and isn't doing well with our kids, they stress her out and her outlet is our other dog (her sister from a different litter). She needs more exercise, maybe a job. I think she'd do best with a dog friend that she gets along with, maybe a male dog? She behaves well around our kids, has never hurt them, but she gets stressed when they get wild, which is often. She is nippy with kids that come to our house due to the fact that they move quickly. Less nippy with adults, but will nip at them sometimes too. She needs a lot of exercise and I think she'd do better on a home without young kids. She's up to date on her vaccines. Spayed. She's indoor-outdoor and I think she'll be a nuisance if you try to make her into an outdoor dog, plus she has a poor winter coat right now and spends half her time in front of our heater. She's very trainable and has excellent recall, super smart, but she's bored at our house and when she's bored she gets more anxious! We are planning on keeping her sister, so she will probably be pretty sad at the outset, but I know she'll be happier in the long run with more exercise and space. A few more foals: Her sister is from a different litter, so they've not been together since birth, and their dynamic is really weird. Timber always wants the older one to be with her, but will attack her if she gets overstimulated, but the older one spends most of her time hiding under the table so she doesn't get attacked. Timber wants to be outside, but not alone, and the older one wants to be inside. When Timber does start a fight, the older one destroys her. They both leave bleeding if we can't get them apart quick enough. It's not healthy. I'm afraid they'll kill each other if we don't get them separatd quickly in a fight. Their previous owner said he was willing to split them up if they went to good homes, but I felt like it was inhumane to take one. I talked to him after we'd decided that we need to rehome her and he said he agreed that they'd do better in separate homes.

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Kittitas County
Ellensburg, Washington

Naomi Swain: 702-337-9872

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