Parker - Stratford

My story

Meet Parker, a big energetic boy with lots of love to give! He can be a bit shy with new people at first but with some patience he opens up into a social, outgoing boy! Parker is a young dog looking for an active home that can provide lots of time to work on proper socialization as well as basic training and manners.IN-SHELTER NOTES & IDEAL HOMESIZE:53 lbs.HOME TYPE:House or Townhouse- No large/busy apartments due to nervousness in new environments and new people.CHILDREN:No - Due to resource guarding and nervousness.CATS & SMALL ANIMALS:NoOTHER DOGS:Yes - but adopters will need to monitor other dogs in the home with Parker especially around toys or high value food items. Food should never be fed together between other dogs and Parker due to resource guarding.ACTIVITY/ENERGY LEVEL:High; will need a lot of daily exercise, enrichment and mental stimulation.HUMAN COMPATIBILTY:First time dog owner possible as long as they`re willing to work on difficult behaviours such as resource guarding.TRAINING REQUIREMENTS/NEEDS:Three in-person training to work on socialization, basic training and manners (such as jumping and mouthing), and resource guarding.HUMAN SOCIAL IN SHELTER:Once comfortable Parker is very human social and prefers to be around his favourite people as much as possible.FAVOURITE THINGS:Food, treats and his people!**For more information on any behaviours stated above, please check out our behaviour fact sheet: https://kwsphumane.ca/BehavioursandDefinitions**Please remember that animals are coming back from foster care to the centres for their meet and greets. They will be experiencing a new environment and meeting new people, which means they may not exhibit the same behaviours they did in their foster videos or while in foster care.If you are viewing this through 24PetConnect by PetPlace or Adopt-A-Pet, please visit our website https://kwsphumane.ca/adopt/process to submit an application. Any applications submitted outside of www.kwsphumane.ca may not be received.

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