PENNY'S BIO
Penny has been in care for almost a year as Freedom figures out her medical conditions for her skin and urinary issue and we are successful in stabilizing her medical issues. Penny will have to be on lifelong specialized urinary medical food, porin and apoquel for her skin allergies and urinary/incontinences issue. It is budgeted about $400/month for the food and medications and due to her lifelong medical needs, her adoption fee will be a compassionate adoption fee.
- Suitable for which type of housing? (House, townhome, apartment?) detached or well sound proof housing, better with quick access to back yard especially with her urinary medical conditions
- Is your dog good with other dogs? Yes, would highly recommend her to be rehomed with another calm, older female dogs as she loves to sun bath with my other older dogs. Her separation anxiety can be settled if she was pen with my older dogs when I leave for work. Young puppies and energetic pups sometimes can be too much for her but she tolerates them and would try to play chase with them if she feels like it.
- Is your dog good with cats? No
- Is your dog good with kids? Untested, she can be shy at times so probably 8 + and go slow
- Is your dog house trained? Yes but have medical conditions with her urinary system
- Is your dog crate trained? No (Can get out of usual wire crate and would cry and dig a lot in the crates) but current foster home does not see the need for it when left her alone on the main level of the home with other dogs when left for the office.
- Does your dog have any special needs? Penny has been in care for almost a year as Freedom figures out her medical conditions for her skin and urinary issue as we are successful in stabilizing her medical issues. Penny will have to be on lifelong specialized urinary medical food, porin and apoquel for her skin allergies and urinary/incontinences issue. It is budgeted about $400/month for the food and medications and due to her lifelong medical needs, her adoption fee will be compassionate fee.
- Does your dog have any or display any aggression? (Toys, food or people?) Not applicable and haven’t seen
- Is your dog playful? Yes but overall prefers to be a couch potato, she does like to destroy plushie toys but knows not to go after pillows
- Does your dog like to snuggle? YES! With human or other dogs
- Does your dog know basic commands? (Sit, stay...) sit, knows her name
- Does your dog know any special tricks? NA
- Does your dog like to go on walks? Loves it
- Does your dog have any fears? Being alone
- Does your dog have any unique traits that you have noticed whether in personality or physically? She has very cute wrinkles on her forehead especially when she has her little head tilt moment, she has very little hair and she LOVES to cuddle for warmth, I also love how stoic she can be
- What are the three first words that come to mind when you think of your dog? Survivor, stoic, sweet
- Penny and her sister, Venus, were found stray in the summer of 2022 in the Lanark/Almonte area and Penny was covered in quills, from her face down to her paws. This has left a permanent scar over her right eye. This did not impact Penny’s spirit and her foster families can say she is the most loving and sweet dog – a tough survivor. However Penny does have some additional medical conditions and that is why she has been in care for a long time until Freedom’s vetting team can stabilized her issues. Penny will have to be on lifelong specialized urinary medical food, porin and apoquel for her skin allergies and urinary/incontinences issue. It is budgeted about $400/month for the food and medications and due to her lifelong medical needs, her adoption fee will be a compassionate adoption fee. We believe in this tough little survivor and she still got so much love to give to the people and family that have shown her kindness. She is great with her foster fur siblings and loves to sunbath with them on the porch. She loves her foster mom and learning fast to understand when her foster mom needs to go to work and would still return (though we are recommending that she is to be left with another calm dog, not crated and in a well sound proofed or detached housing). She is housetrained as long as her medication and medical food are continued. she greets everyone with the sweetest head tilt and tail wag. Give Penny a thought if you are looking for a sweet but stoic little companion!