About Dolly

ADOPTION PENDING** Dolly is a beautiful Australian Shepherd/Husky cross breed who turns 2 years old in November and is 35 pounds. Her coloring and markings are gorgeous and unique! A five color Blue Merle with white, silver, black, with gray splashes and tips of tan on her legs. Her Racoon-like mask, beautiful tall fuzzy ears and soft fur are a must see (and feel) in person! Dolly is spayed and microchipped. She was rescued from a kill shelter and is currently in a foster home. From Dolly's foster: To describe Dolly: Eager to please, sticks close to handler, very friendly, very intelligent, fast learner, likes direction, bonds quickly, very sweet, very playful, very athletic, very affectionate, very happy & inquisitive. She has not displayed the desire to wonder or escape like a pure bred Husky but she knows how to unlatch a kennel gate! She enjoys running, wrestling with dog playmates, exploring the yard for bugs, fetching balls and going on adventures. She is quiet and calm during car rides. She would be a perfect hiking partner. She loves baths and playing with stuffies. She is very vocal like her Husky ancestors and will talk back to you inside! She is house trained and signals to go out by standing starring at you and wagging her entire body. If you ignore her she'll sweetly bark at you until you get the message! Dolly has had the benefit of her foster humans being home all day and she gets to run and play all day with four foster fur-siblings. She has never been confined to a crate at her foster home and will accept temporary confinement in a large outdoor kennel on the deck so long as she has plenty of water (she is provided fresh water wherever she goes). She is a high-energy, intelligent girl so she will need physical and mental outlets throughout the day in order to keep her happy and balanced especially during the first half of the day. The ideal home for Dolly would be with someone who works from home or is retired and is home most of the day, with someone devoted to and has experience with Aussies, Huskies or similar breeds. An Aussky experienced family with older children above the age of 12 (if any). The ideal environment would be a rural setting where she can run and explore outside most of each day. She would love a compatible dog playmate but would thrive as an only dog as long as her human is devoted and enjoys constant companionship of a dog. She is young, high endurance and inquisitive so she needs an extra large interesting fenced yard with mature shade trees or a cooler climate to play and rest with a lot of fresh water. She loves to explore and hunt bugs and voles with her dog pals. Of course she would be thrilled to have one-on-one time with her human and go on rigorous adventures outdoor! Dolly is a medium size dog but also young and powerful. She plays very rough like a working breed so 'playmates' should be close in size and energy level. Dolly does have a male dog preference but she gets along very well with female dogs too. Dolly defends the inside cat against the chasing cattle dogs. She has not been around children at her foster home. It is not recommended that she be around birds, she has killed birds. For more information or to meet Dolly, email to request an adoption application which consists of a veterinarian check, personal references and a home visit (virtual or in person). Also the new family must live within a day's drive.

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Fleming County
Kentucky

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