Additional Details

HOW TO ADOPT: This animal is available for adoption by appointment. To schedule a time to meet this animal, please email meetme@arl-iowa.org.

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– A total sweetheart who loves belly rubs, will crawl into your lap and fall asleep, and loves an adventure

– Has a lot of energy and can run and play, but then he needs to conk out

– Loves to chew and likes extra-tough chew toys, but his foster family said he’s good about directing his attention to approved items; also enjoys his peppermint-flavored dental chew toy and a fabric tug toy

– May forget his mouth manners occasionally, and his foster family said he’s working on not chewing on his lead as they get ready for a walk, but they said he can usually be redirected to a toy

– Very friendly and loves to meet new people!

– Will let his foster family know when an unfamiliar vehicle drives up, but otherwise he’s not a big barker and when he does bark it’s more muted

– Has been housetrained in his foster home; just remember that any dog may need time to get used to a new routine

– When left home alone, he has been very calm and typically rests in his bed or crate

– A fast walker and is learning to walk with a loose lead – his foster family has seen big improvement in just a week

– Knows sit and shake and is learning “watch me” and “lie down”

– Great at traveling; needs to be crated or belted or he’ll take over driving

– A big snorer, purrs when getting a rubdown, and makes cute grunting noises when sniffing

– Some kids may be too much for him, and we think he may benefit from a mature home

– Can be socially awkward with other dogs, but may enjoy a similarly minded dog friend in his new home (dog intro required)

– His foster family is working on acclimating him to their cats; when the cats are in a separate room he’s fine, but he’s still a little too interested when they’re all in the same room together

– Is very interested in his foster family’s cows and chickens

– May have allergies (more info at ARL)

– Has struggled with medical handling, and we highly recommend adopters work with a Fear Free-certified veterinarian for his vet visits

This pet qualifies for our 7-day Foster-to-Adopt program. If you’re interested in fostering to adopt, please reach out to meetme@arl-iowa.org.

All adoptable dogs and puppies are spayed/neutered, microchipped and up to date on vaccinations (rabies and DA2PPV as appropriate for their age)

The ARL’s shelter software requires that we choose a primary breed for our dogs. Visual breed identification in dogs is unreliable, so for most dogs we are only guessing at primary breed. We get to know each dog as an individual and do our best to describe each of our dogs based on personality, not breed label.