Description:
Dottie is a sweet lab/shepherd mix. As a mature dog, she qualifies for our Seniors for Seniors Program. She is very good with "quiet dogs" but not so much with cats. She only weighs about 50 pounds and is in good health. She still has many good years ahead of her - shepherds have a life expectancy around 13 years. Would you consider making them the best ones of her life? As a senior pet, her adoption fee is only $100.

Not ready to adopt? Perhaps you will consider fostering Dottie. As a foster home, we provide the food and vet services, you provide the love and care! Whether for a week or until final adoption, we welcome whatever foster care you can provide!!!
Why would you consider adopting a senior pet?
1. Older dogs are housetrained. You won't have to go through the difficult stage(s) of teaching a puppy house manners and mopping/cleaning up after accidents.
2. Older dogs are not teething puppies, and won't chew your shoes and furniture while growing up.
3. Older dogs can focus well because they've mellowed. Therefore, they learn quickly.
4. Older dogs have learned what "no" means. If they hadn't learned it, they wouldn't have gotten to be "older" dogs.
5. Older dogs settle in easily, because they've learned what it takes to get along with others and become part of a pack.
6. Older dogs are good at giving love, once they get into their new, loving home. They are grateful for the second chance they've been given.
7. What You See Is What You Get: Unlike puppies, older dogs have grown into their shape and personality. Puppies can grow up to be quite different from what they seemed at first.
8. Older dogs are instant companions -- ready for hiking, car trips, and other things you like to do.
9. Older dogs leave you time for yourself, because they don't make the kinds of demands on your time and attention that puppies and young dogs do.
10. Older dogs let you get a good night's sleep because they're accustomed to human schedules and don't generally need nighttime feedings, comforting, or bathroom breaks.
(used with the permission of the Senior Dog Project, www.srdogs.com)