Buttercup

BREED: Beagle mix SEX: Female WEIGHT: 30 lbs AGE: 2Y/M/W If you are interested in adopting this dog, please fill out our dog adoption questionnaire and e-mail any questions to: [email protected] PLEASE VISIT THIS WEBSITE TO FIND THE ADOPTION QUESTIONNAIRE: http://www.homewardtrails.org/adopt-a-pet/adoption-forms/ HOW TO MEET THIS ANIMAL: LOCATION: Foster home ADOPTION COORDINATOR: Lani [email protected] ADOPTION FEE: $475. This fee INCLUDES spay/neuter and microchip. **Ask me about our many adoption benefits that include free exams, pet insurance, training and other discounts! ESTIMATE WEIGHT FULL GROWN: 30 lbs KNOWN WITH DOGS: Good with other dogs KNOWN WITH CATS: She has not been cat tested KNOWN WITH KIDS: She does well with kids KNOWN COMMANDS: Sit, KNOWN HOUSEBREAKING &/OR CRATING: She is both house trained and crate trained; however, she does not love the crate KNOWN LIKES: Treats. Exercise. Mental and physical exercise. Dogs of all sizes. People of all ages. Treats. Treats. Treats. KNOWN DISLIKES: She does not like being crated ABOUT THIS ANIMAL: Buttercup is friendly, sweet and has been an excellent mama to her 6 adorable puppies. She loves being with people, including kids - she LOVES her foster's daughter who is 12 year old. She is fine with cats - completely ignores cats. Buttercup seems fine with my two females, she hasn't engaged with them, so I don't know if she will eventually become more playful with dogs or would just coexist with them. Now that her puppies are in the process of being weaned and she does not need to be with them at all times, she has become part of her foster's "entourage". She will hang out with her in the office with her other pups and follow her throughout the house. She prefers to sleep in bed with her humans and will cuddle with or sit on her foster's lap at times when watching tv. She takes treats gently. She has had excellent potty habits. Buttercup has not been taken on walks because the foster has a fenced in backyard and she has been very attentive to her puppies. The foster kept her on a leash around the house as she settled in and she did well on the leash. Miss Buttercup is not a fan of being confined in a crate by herself - at all. She did fine in a crate while she was in the same room as her foster. She has been fine being left alone in the house - as long as she is not contained. She is very human food motivated and if given the opportunity will counter surf and has even jumped on the table if a chair is not pushed in. She is very sweet and not a high energy pup. She has barked only a handful of times but it's been when the foster's dogs started it. She has funny little antics - at times she finds it necessary to remove the water bowl and/or food bowl and/or toys from the puppy pen and place them somewhere else (in the house or under the deck). Buttercup I such a sweet girl and we hope that you think so too. HT ADOPTION INCLUSIONS: Spay/Neuter First 3 distemper series vaccines & de-wormings Microchip - lifetime with no registration fees Current on heartworm preventative Current on flea/tick preventative EXCLUSIVE ADOPTER BENEFITS: Free first exam with: Caring Hands Animal Hospital, Palisades Veterinary Clinic, Jermantown Animal Hospital and Clarendon Animal Care and all VCA Animal Hospitals (VCA offers $250 coverage - details provided) Free online workshop with a professional dog trainer at Fur-Get Me Not within the first 30 days of adopting (in DC/Arlington/Alexandria only) A portion of EVERY ADOOPTION fee supports spay/neuter for animals in under-resourced communities BE A FOSTER: Save a life: http://www.homewardtrails.org/foster-a-pet/dog-and-cat-foster-program.