Trigger

Most important things my new family should know about me:                                                                                    

1) I really want another very playful dog in my new family.                                                                                        

2) I am a Velcro dog. I love to snuggle and even sleep with my owner.                                                                           3) But I also need lots of regular exercise (not just in the backyard).                                                                                4) I hope my new owner (s) will want to spend lots of time with me.                                                                                 5) I have very good recall and my foster mom says I am very trainable.                                                      

6) I’m pretty food motivated. Please keep food off the counters!                                                                                                                    

My name is TRIGGER and I am the happiest GSP! I’m around 2years old and have come to the rescue from Texas. Boy, is it nice to be here! I appeared in the yard of a woman in TX who had a farm with several dogs who protected her other farm animals. She knew nothing about me or my breed and didn’t know what to do with me. Unfortunately, the other dogs weren’t very friendly. She talked about taking me to a shelter where they would have euthanized me because so many TX shelters just don’t have any room. But she kept me . . . outside. A friend of hers contacted Mile High GSP so that’s why I am here. So glad because I have an absolutely awesome foster mom and buddy, a Golden Retriever.

My foster mom had GSPs growing up so she knows us well and she loves our breed. I love having a companion and we play all the time. He’s a lot bigger than I am but I’m a very agile playmate. We have a blast, especially in mom’s fabulous back yard which is so grassy and has trees and a brand new 6 ft privacy fence. Although the rescue didn’t know whether or not I was housebroken because I was kept outside in TX, it turns out that I am and I am very good in the house except I did find a rubber sandal and a rubber frisbee and chewed on them. I seem to like really hard rubber! I probably need a little more time to be completely trusted when mom isn’t around. Although I’m OK in a crate, she doesn’t crate me because she knows that’s not always easy for a spirited GSP. Since I haven’t been with my mom for very long, she keeps me in her bedroom for about 4 hours while she is at work. She said she just hasn’t had enough time to fully trust me loose in the house until she comes home for lunch or the dog sitter comes to let us out. Instead of a doggie door she has a split screen on the door so we can go in and out through the split, as we please. At night, I sleep with my mom. We both love that! I’m very Velcro, loving to snuggle in between playing with my Golden buddy and getting good runs most days. We do lots of on leash runs with mom but I really want off-leash running. If I don’t get very regular exercise (not just a walk around the neighborhood), I get pretty antsy. I do love toys like rope toys, Benebones - tough toys, not fluffy ones.

I am great with other dogs, too, which mom has learned at a dog park we visit and when we are on walks. I am eager to meet and play with them but I won’t push playing with them. Since my mom doesn’t have a cat, I don’t know for sure how I would be around one. I am a GSP and definitely have a prey drive so I think I would be way too interested in one of those. That could be a dangerous scenario.

My foster mom says I have fit in with their family and lifestyle so easily, that I have adjusted quickly. She feels strongly that I need another very playful dog in my new home because that has been so important in our home. Another thing my foster knows about me, however, is that I am very food motivated and have shown some counter cruising skills so my new owners will need to be careful about keeping food that they also like, out of sight!Because I am such a sweet and loving boy, I also want a family who is around much of the time, one who will give me lots of very loving attention.