Sparky

NAME: Sparky BREED: Wire Fox Terrier GENDER: Male (neutered) AGE: Born August 2008 COLOR: Tri-Color, Brown & Black on White WEIGHT: Approx 25# BIO: Meet Sparky, isn‘t he gorgeous! He is a great little dog who is completely housetrained, crate trained and LOVES kids. Sparky lived with a cat, but still wants to chases them, so we don’t think we would trust him totally with a cat, after all, he is a terrier. Sparky is very active and loves to play. He was sold by a breeder to an older woman that was mourning the loss of her husband and her elderly dog. She was told by the breeder not to neuter him and by the time he was 10 months old he was running the house and the woman had absolutely no control over him. The problem is that he was sold to a woman that did not have a dominant bone in her body and was not physically able to dominate him or show him who was boss, he was excessively caged and just never taught anything. Sparky has been with his foster Mom since November of 2009. Since he was neutered he has now learned to play with other dogs, sit on command and stands perfectly to be groomed. Sparky needs to go to someone who is familiar with the terrier breed, he IS a true terrier. He is not destructive but very active and his mind is always going. The perfect situation for him is to go to someone who would like to do agility. He would do awesome with obedience and companionship. Check out his balancing act on the towels in his picture and sitting on one of the other foster pups J He loves to just sit by you and watch the world go by or to sit on your lap or next to you. He is not real snuggly yet, he is still too independent. Every so often he feels he MUST chase something. He loves to play tug. Sparky is the perfect terrier and the foster Mom will be very picky as to who adopts him. They must be familiar with the breed and be an active person who is willing to train him and teach him things. He is not a bad dog, he is very intelligent and will run you or the household if he is allowed to. He just needs to have all that energy and intelligence directed. Years ago the foster Mom had one that excelled in obedience trials, tricks, she could do them all - and Sparky is right there. He is a fast learner if he respects you. The foster Mom would love to keep him, but doesn’t feel it is fair to him because she just doesn’t have the time to bring out his full potential. Sparky is UTD on all vaccinations and heartworm negative. You must have a completely fenced and secure yard in order to adopt him. Sparky is being fostered in Almont, MI