RADAR HAS BEEN ADOPTED
Meet Radar.
We believe Radar to be a whippet, dalmation, and some kind of terrier breed mix, possibly jack russell or am staff. She is a light medium-sized dog, about 35-40 lbs. Her body is wiry with a very narrow waist, like that of a whippet or greyhound.
We are happy to say that Radar was a companion to a man who treated her right, and it shows. They lived in an apartment in SF so she is used to a small space, but she is in absolutely wonderful shape so she was obviously taken out a lot. Unfortunately, the man has a long-term illness and is currently in a hospital in Houston closer to his relatives. This is why Radar needs a new home.
Radar is 3 years old. She is spayed and is current on her shots. She is house-trained, crate-trained, and walks at a near-perfect heel with only the gentlest of corrections on a prong collar. She appears to have been taught "sit" as well, and we are working on "stay."
Radar has just about the most perfect personality. She loves people and is the coziest little lap dog. Her favorite spots to lay are on the dog bed in my workroom while I'm on the computer and on somebody's lap in the TV room.
Radar is good with other dogs. Our 2 dogs are just about as perfect a match as we could possibly imagine, so we never thought we would come across another dog that would fit in with both of them as well, and certainly none of the other dogs we have had at the house have. But Radar fits right in.
Though smaller than both of our dogs, she plays great with them. She is playful yet at times submissive towards our alpha male, while gentle enough to play with our omega female, who just ADORES playing with Radar. She may be a little wary of larger dogs in the beginning just because she is so small but she warms up quickly. She was playing with our dogs within 5 minutes of meeting. When she plays, she makes growly noises which had us wary at first until we realized that's just the noise she makes when she plays (our other dogs do that too sometimes).
As mentioned, Radar has obviously been treated well yet she is anything but spoiled. I bathed her in the shower and cleaned her ears the first day we got her without any problems. She is very responsive to voice correction, not that she needs much. If anyone is interested, we believe Radar would make a wonderful therapy dog as she is happy to be with people and has extremely good manners.
Radar is still young enough to have some energy in her to play, but she has none of the hyper or destructive puppy in her at all. She barely plays with any of the dog toys we have, and she certainly doesn't chew on anything she shouldn't. We take her out for a walk everyday and she plays with our other dogs for a bit, then all evening and night, she's just happy to nap.
Radar really just has one of the best temperaments I've seen in a dog (and I've seen plenty). However, we don't think she has been socialized to cats, so it would be best to place her in a home without them.
Radar has known love her entire life, and it is something she reciprocates many-fold.
RADAR HAS BEEN ADOPTED