About Mazie

Located in Vancouver Washington! Looking for the right forever home for our 7 year old Corgi girl - experienced adult home only. This is an incredibly difficult post for us to make because we love her very much. She is a loyal, affectionate, intelligent, and wonderful dog with the adults she trusts. She is obedient, has had professional training, and is very much a beloved member of our family. Unfortunately, she has significant reactivity and aggression toward other animals and young children, and with a baby now in our home, we have reached the point where we do not believe our household is the right environment for her anymore. We want to be completely honest about her behavior because her safety and the safety of her wefuture family are our highest priorities. She has: * Attacked our cat in the past. * Attacked my in-laws' dogs on more than one occasion. * Bit a 5-year-old child on the hand about a year ago, he came up behind her and surprised her. Thankfully it did not draw blood, and we intervened immediately. * Become increasingly uncomfortable around our 10-month-old baby as he has become mobile. She has growled when he approaches her and becomes nippy when he moves quickly around her. * Most recently, while our baby was safely separated from her by a closed glass door, she repeatedly lunged at the glass, growling and attempting to bite toward him. This was a very serious wake-up call for us. We have worked with a professional trainer, and we have also worked with our veterinarian. She has been on anti-anxiety medication for the past couple of months, but we have not seen a meaningful change in these behaviors. She is not generally aggressive toward adults. She is loving, loyal, affectionate, and playful with the people she knows. She does not have a history of trying to bite the adults in our household. Her issues are specifically centered around young children, other dogs, and other animals, particularly when they are unpredictable or moving quickly. We have managed her carefully and have taken precautions, including keeping her separated from children and animals and using a muzzle when she is around our baby. But we have come to the heartbreaking realization that management alone is not enough for our family situation anymore. What we are looking for We are looking for an adult-only home with no children and no other pets/animals, preferably with someone who has significant experience handling reactive or aggressive dogs and understands that this is a long-term management situation. We want to be especially clear about this: We are not looking for someone who thinks they can eventually 'fix' her and introduce her to children or other animals. We don't want to place her with someone who believes that enough training will eventually make her safe around kids, dogs, cats, or other animals. We cannot promise that, and based on everything we have experienced, we believe her future home needs to be prepared to permanently manage these limitations. Our biggest fear is that someone will take her believing that these behaviors can be changed, only to surrender her again a year or two later when they realize the reality of what living with her requires. She deserves a home that understands her from day one and is willing to give her a stable life within those boundaries. She is not a dog who can go to a typical family home, a home with children, a dog park, or a home with other pets. She would need a very specific environment and an owner who is committed to responsible management for the rest of her life. This is absolutely not because we don't love her. Quite the opposite. We love her enough to recognize that our growing family is no longer compatible with what she needs. We are willing to be completely transparent with serious potential adopters about her history, behaviors, training, medications, triggers, and management requirements. We would much rather take the time to find the right home than have her passed from home to home. If you or someone you know is an experienced adult-only dog owner who genuinely understands and is prepared for a dog with these limitations, please reach out. We will be selective about where she goes. We are heartbroken, but our goal is to find her a safe, loving, stable, and truly permanent home.

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Clark County
Ridgefeild, Washington 98642

Nick Mitchell: 3609800846

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