Freda is a loving, and loyal companion. The perfect medium size, weighing between 50-55lbs. She is licensed and microchipped, both recently renewed, and her shots are up to date.
Her favorite things to do are car rides, especially to Dog Beach and chasing squirrels. She is pretty good off leash, but treats the command COME more like a suggestion than a command. The commands she has been taught are; SIT, STAY, NO, LEAVE IT, PLACE (means go to your bed) and COME, she’s pretty good most of the time but with repetition and consistency I’m sure she’ll do great. It is important to establish an Alpha leader of the pack, as weird as it sounds, she needs to know she’s not the boss. We went through training together and a couple of behaviors that help this process are; don’t let her lead out the door when leaving your house and keep her next to you or slightly behind when on walks.
She didn’t have the easiest start, Freda has truly overcome so much. Freda was living in Texas with someone that treated her horribly. Ultimately, after giving birth to a litter of puppies, she and her puppies were discarded on the side of the road, Freda being thrown from a moving car. This resulted in a broken pelvis, right rear leg and tail. Fortunately she was near an animal shelter and the employees of the shelter noticed her and the box of puppies and took them in. They treated her for her injuries but surgery was needed to allow her to walk again and that was against their policy for injured strays. The decision was that after her puppies were weened from her, she would be euthanized. Again, Freda was saved when an Orange County rescue organization was told of her plight and made arrangements to bring her here. She had already had a couple of surgeries, when I saw her picture on their website and instantly felt a connection to her and her story. She stayed at the animal hospital for another two weeks while I finalized the adoption process and then she and her puppies all went to their new homes. She has completely healed from her injuries, although her tail is still a sensitive spot to be avoided.
Please consider opening up your home to Freda. She is social with other dogs, and good around children. Although I will always regret giving her up, but it’s the right thing to do as she SO deserves more love and attention than I can provide at this stage of my life.