Butterfly Labrador Retriever Adult Female for sale in Fort Collins, Colorado

Butterfly's story
Butterfly is a loving 7 year old lab/shepherd mix. She is a very sweet and loving girl. She is a great size!!
From her foster: Heres some info about Butterfly. When I first saw her name, I thought what kind of name is that for a dog?. As it turns out, the Dog Namer was quite prescient. Because slowly, Butterfly changed from a wary, scanning, constant mover who tries to run out of my open kitchen door and whines when I leave the room , to one that monitors her caregivers voice and behavior, sleeps on her bed next to mine upon command, asks for head rubs, takes treats gently from my hand, and is beginning to wait for her turn to eat. She sleeps through the night, has never had a potty accident, walks on a loose leash 75% of time and stops upon command, runs in the backyard and returns when I whistle. She tolerates my three older dogs as they vie for attention, but isnt fond of high energy young dogs. She does not chew randomly like most labs, but likes a soft chew toy or dental stick. She is not a barker. She does okay in public places, but needs more practice. She has not been tested with cats.
Butterfly does not like to be confined in crate or dog pen, and would whine (like the noise made by a seal) at first when she is crated. In our home, she attached to one person, but then gradually would calm down and listen to the rest of my family present. In car riding , she has difficulty staying in one place and needs to be leashed tightly. And shes not a fetch dog, try as I may. She is also not fond of bath time. And she has a very strong prey drive, for chickens, squirrels, and other birds. She benefits from long walks and is able to jog/run.
She seems to need one primary human caregiver who gives clear consistent demands with lots of practice, and lots of reinforces (head rubs and treats). With this, she calms down, learns the routine, and shows her gentle, obedient, smart side. And then she sits at your feet, relaxed. Enjoy her transformation!
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This sweet girl will be available at our adoption event this Saturday 1/12 at the Fort Collins Petco 2211 S. College Ave from 10am-1pm. If you are interested in this friendly girl, please submit an application through our website aaanimalrescue.org. We can set up meet and greets before the adoption event. Please feel free to email with any questions allaboardanimalrescue@gmail.com.
Breed and size disclosure: As a rescue all of our dogs come to us from high-kill shelters or other rescues, so we do not get a lot of background or information on these dogs. We occasionally receive the mother with the puppies, but in most cases both parents are unknown. Because of this we do not know the full breeding of the dogs. We are required to list the dogs based on the breeds provided to us on their records, but they are all mixed breeds as far as we know, and we cannot guarantee the actual breeds of any of these dogs. Since the full breeding of the dogs is unknown we can also only give you an educated guess on the full-grown size of the dogs. All of the current information we have on the dogs is listed in their bio above. More information may be available at our adoption event, since a lot of the fosters turn in report cards on how the dog has done in their care when they drop them off.
Adoption Process: If you are interested in adopting from us, the first step of our adoption process is to fill out an application online at http://aaanimalrescue.org/adoption_app.html. It takes us 24-48 hours to process your application and get back to you, via email. Applications turned in Friday afternoon or Saturday morning will not be processed since we are preparing for or at our adoption event. We do have applications on site at our events, but are not always able to approve them at that time and many of the dogs will already have holds on them, so we suggest you fill out an application prior to attending an adoption event. We can place a hold on one dog per approved applicant after a deposit fee has been received, please do not ask to hold a dog if you have not turned in an application and been approved, for the first hour of our adoption event, so that they can get the first chance to meet and hopefully adopt that dog. After the first hour of the event all dogs are available on a first come, first serve basis. If you already have an approved application on file, there will just be more paperwork and the adoption fee at the event, but you will be able to take home the dog/puppy that day. Since we are foster based and do not have a location, our dogs are only available to meet at our events, unless otherwise noted.


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