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Name: Balto

Rescue ID: M-2920

Status: Adopted!

Species: Dog

Breed: German Shepherd Dog / Siberian Husky / Mixed (medium coat)

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Sex: Male (neutered)

Current Size: 79 Pounds

General Potential Size: Large

Current Age: 18 Years 9 Months (best estimate)

Activity Level: Moderately Active

Indoor or Outdoor: Indoor Only

Good with Dogs: Yes

Good with Cats: No

Housetrained: Yes

Description:

Meet Balto! He is a favorite among shelter staff and they are really hoping you can help save him.

Balto is a beautiful White German Shepherd/Husky mix though it's hard to tell that from his photograph. He loves to go for long walks and does pretty good on a leash. He is completely housetrained and never pottys in his kennel.

He can be a dominant boy so he needs a foster family that can offer good leadership and obedience. Did you know that as a foster for MARS you can attend obedience class with your foster dog for FREE? What a great way to build a bond, give back and learn basic skills both you and your dog can use time and time again.

Please help us save Balto. He is a great boy with so much to give.

Please click on the Adopt button below to meet this sweet boy.

UPDATE FROM BALTO'S ADOPTIVE HOME, JULY 19TH, 2011:

Balto is doing fantastic. He is a very sweet dog and we love him dearly.
He seems very happy and content. It is truly amazing the capacity that dogs
have to trust and love, even if they have been neglected or mistreated in
the past. We had our vet recheck him for heartworm in March and he got a
clean bill of health, and he now weighs 88 lbs! Actually, about a month
after we adopted Balto we ended up adopting a second dog, Duke; so Balto has

a friend to keep him company. We didn't really plan this, but a friend of a friend

of a friend had Duke and couldn't keep him so we ended up adopting
Duke, a 100 lb male originally from the Tennessee Humane Society. As best
we can tell he appears to be a mix of a Red-hair, blue-tick Coonhound and
a Lab. Balto and Duke get along very well and love to go on long walks with
us.

Christmas was a lot of fun: Megan came to visit with her two puppies that
she had adopted from MARS, and our son came with his border collie mix
puppy that he had adopted from the St. Cloud Humane Society earlier in 2010.

So we had five dogs, all adopted in 2010, romping around our house for about a
week. Needless to say I decided it was not wise to put up my ceramic
Dickens Christmas village. I really wanted to take a photo of all of them
together, but I could never get them all to sit still at the same time even for an instant.

Also, I wanted to mention how well the harness that hooks in front (on the
dog's chest area) works for walking both our dogs. This was recommended to
us by one of your vets. When we first got Balto he pulled so hard that we
were afraid he would damage his larynx, and a walk was not all that
pleasant for anyone. The harness was like a miracle, greatly cutting down on his
pulling. The difference is truly night and day. I would highly recommend
it for any dog that pulls. Our dogs don't mind wearing the harness; in fact
they both get very excited as soon as we get out the harnesses because
they know that means we're going on a walk, which they both love to do.

Thanks for all the great work you and MARS do!

*The pet you are viewing is a rescued pet which is most often from an animal control facility and does not come with a pedigree. The breed(s) listed are our best guess and are in no way guaranteed. Sometimes the pets appear to be a particular breed(s) in the pictures we receive from our rescue partners and when they arrive we are surprised to see an entirely different breed(s) in person! If you choose to DNA test your adopted pet, test results may vary from company to company and our breed guess may not be reflected in those results as it is just that, our best guess. It is with deep longing that we wish there was a breed called "cute" as we believe all of our dogs would fall under this new breed classification!

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*Animals who are not fully vaccinated and altered are not eligible for long distance adoption.

When you adopt a pet from Midwest Animal Rescue and Services, your adoption fee covers: Microchip and registration, Core Vaccines including Rabies, Distemper and bordetella, age appropriate heartworm testing or FeLV-FIV testing, sterilization, heartworm/flea-tick prevention and deworming while in foster care.

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