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Adoption Fee: $550 plus tax

Name: Rockies

Rescue ID: 20318

Status: Adopted!

Species: Dog

Breed: Collie / Mixed (medium coat)

Learn more about the Collie.

Sex: Male (neutered)

Current Size: 44 Pounds

General Potential Size: Large

Current Age: 5 Years (best estimate)

Good with Dogs: Yes

Good with Cats: Yes

Good with Kids: Yes

Housetrained: Yes

Description:

Rockies is a complete sweetheart and wants nothing more than love and attention. Rockies has only had one accident in the house which was on the first night and completely understandable. Since then, he has been really good about going when he is let out and he loves to be outside! Rockies does well on a leash but may stop quite a bit to sniff around. He has met one dog and one cat. He was unsure of the cat but although he is curious, he keeps his distance. Today was the first day he met our dog Barly and he did well, but would probably do best with a dog closer to his age, as Barly is 16 and Rockies just wants to play. So far he is a quiet dog and has only barked a couple times.

We have only had to kennel him once for an hour and although he was scared to go in, he quickly laid down and did great. It would probably be best that he is kenneled when left alone because he is curious and would want to get into mischief.

Rockies has met a lot of people of all ages and has done great. At first he might be a little timid, but with time he will warm up and want to give you kisses. He also thinks he is a lot smaller than he is, because he loves to climb all over you and lay on you like a cat! He is such a lover! Overall, he has been really good. He sleeps through the whole night and loves being on the couch. He has just started to figure out his new toys and has seemed to be enjoying them!

We have learned that Rockies has a Grade 2-3 out of 5 systolic pulmonic heart murmur . Given that Rockies is a year old, it is most likely that his heart murmur is congenital(birth defect) and unlikely to go away on its own.

He is not showing any signs of heart disease and has also already been thru his neuter procedure and apparently did well. While Rockies is in foster we will continue to monitor the murmur for changes in the murmur itself and for signs of heart disease.

Once Rockies is adopted it will be at the adopter's own cost for further diagnostics and treatment. Rockies seems to be doing well now, but it is unknown if his murmur will progress or affect his quality of life in the future.

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