ADOPTED
Please read our dog bios carefully to be sure that the dog you are applying for suits your family and lifestyle. At Pound Dog Rescue, we believe in the benefits of post-adoption training for our dogs and their families. This allows for continued socialization, and learning and helps to create a well-mannered and balanced dog. Post-adoption training is a requirement in our adoption process.
Venus
Let me introduce you to this adorable fluff ball, Venus! Venus is about 10 weeks old and she is a good old fashioned Manitoba Mix puppy! She is part Husky and part German Shepherd and potentially some other breeds mixed in as well. Venus is currently weighing 
at about 12 pounds, but as she continues to put on weight those big paws are starting to come through! Though it is hard to say for sure, we are guessing she will end up being a medium sized dog. Venus has beautiful long black fur, with some gorgeous brown markings on her face and chest with some also on her feet and going up her legs! Her energetic eyes look at you with so much love and admiration, with a hint of her energetic nature, Venus loves to maintain eye contact with you when you are talking or playing with her. Venus certainly is a good looking girl, and she will continue to grow into a beautiful dog, but it’s important for anyone interested in adopting Venus to understand that she will be a higher energy dog as she is already so full of beans!
Venus was found all alone in Northern Manitoba hiding out in the dump near a burning fire to try to keep warm, and it was very obvious that she was starving and that it had temporarily stunted her growth. After being found, she was flown into Ontario so that Pound Dog Rescue could take her into their care, providing her with all the vet care and love she could need so that she could move on to find her forever home. Venus has been fully vetted with all the necessary vaccinations, heartworm and fecal tests, given flea/tick/heartworm preventative and has been microchipped.
Being Venus is still a young puppy, we will only consider a home for her where someone is home or has the capability to come home throughout the day. Puppies need to be taken outside for bathroom breaks very regularly when they are small and will not be able to hold it for an 8 hour work day. We are also looking for a family or person that is fully aware of the time commitment of a puppy and the work involved. Puppies are a total joy and bring so much love and happiness into a home, but you cannot underestimate the work and time involved in raising a puppy properly. They need constant supervision while young to expedite the house training stage and to ensure they aren’t chewing on anything inappropriate.
Venus is too little to be spayed before adoption so potential adopters must live within a reasonable distance (within an hour) of Cambridge as she must be returned to our vet at 6 months of age to be spayed (included in adoption cost). Adopters must be able to drop off the pup in the morning and pick up later that day for this surgery. Adopters will be responsible for the continuation of puppy vaccinations and all other required vet care at their veterinarian of choice. She will be adopted out on a contract enforcing the return for spay at our veterinarian.
Venus is living in a very diverse home that includes humans both adult and teens, dogs that are both older and puppy, as well as a cat. Venus is a fantastic little girl and she gets along with absolutely everyone, she has never shied away from any attention and loves to play and be pet by the humans. Venus’s favourite thing to do is to play with the resident dogs, this girl will play non-stop and it seems like she has endless amounts of energy. Venus is pretty good at understanding when the older dogs no longer want to play with her, and she will move on to playing with a toy or finding someone else to play with her. If there is another dog in Venus’s forever home, they must be willing to play and be tolerant of a high energy puppy as Venus will want to play with them constantly. She will be fine in a home with a tolerant male dog, but as she is showing herself to be a confident and dominant female dog, she will not want another female dog in the home permanently. Venus is also living with a cat, and while she hasn’t had many interactions with her, the few that she has had have gone extremely well. She has always been very respectful of her and does not give chase, continual proper introductions with a dog savvy cat would be needed if there is a cat in her forever home.
Venus is a very confident little girl who definitely has big dog personality, she has no problem with walking up to the other dogs and
trying to initiate play, or to try to take a toy away. Venus will not be a shy submissive dog, she will definitely be a strong willed girl and will be a leader in her forever home. Puppy classes followed immediately by a level one or basic obedience is an absolute must and is also a requirement of the contract. Training classes are so very important to making sure that you have a well-rounded and socialized dog who is able to listen with distractions, as well as understand the rules that are laid out for her. Anyone wishing to adopt Venus should expect to take her on to advanced levels of obedience to help her become the best girl she can be throughout her years. Venus has been working on her walking skills and it’s safe to say that this girl loves to go on her outdoor adventures! She has never once shied away from her leash and from the adventure that the outdoors bring. She will very eagerly run beside you (I say run because she needs to take about 10 steps for every 1-2 of ours!), but she bounds so excitedly through the neighborhood.
Venus is actively being crate trained and she is doing an awesome job, this girl sure does love her crate as she knows it’s her place to be fed, as well as her place where she can just sit and relax and have a nice good snooze. Venus will run right into her crate for meals, as well as for bedtime and when we need to leave for the day, especially if you throw a good tasty treat in for her! She is a very quiet girl when she is in her crate, and only lets out a few short barks once she knows your home and is excited to get out, otherwise she will be a very quiet girl for her entire time in the crate. Venus is doing really well with her housetraining, especially given that she is a puppy found as a stray. Venus is still continuing with her housetraining which I was say is at about 75%, she poops in the backyard 99% of the time, but there are still a few pee accidents in the home. Continuing to praise her when she goes to the bathroom outside will certainly solidify her understanding that she needs to do her business outside. She is still a very young puppy, so housetraining will need to be a continuous training point, and her forever family should understand that a transition to a new home will also bring with it some regression with her house training.
These breeds are very high energy and it’s very important for Venus’s forever family to understand that she will require many long walks a day (eventually), plus some extra playtime in the backyard with her family just to get the basic requirements for her energy level. She will require lots of both physical and mental stimulation to keep her a happy girl indoors where she doesn’t become destructive. This is where ongoing advanced levels of obedience will really help. Venus would love a forever home with another young playful male dog for her to run around and wrestle with, who will also want to snuggle with her on the pet bed! Venus would also do well as an only dog as long as her family is committed to her physical and mental well-being and giving her plenty of exercise and training.
Venus is looking for an active forever family who is already spending time outdoors hiking, walking or exploring who are looking for a new member for their family. Venus would do well in most homes, but she would love to have a fenced in backyard of her own for her to run around and explore in, keep in mind that Huskies are notorious for being diggers and for trying to escape so make sure that you have a tall fence and are okay with some random landscape changes! Venus would do well in a home with kids who are ages 8+ and who are well versed in proper dog play and who participate actively in her training. Is Venus the dog that you’ve been looking for?