Adoption information
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About Ruby
Meet Ruby, a captivating Belgian Malinois, who is seeking an owner who can provide the active lifestyle she thrives on. Her confidence and curiosity shine bright, making each day an exciting adventure with her by your side.
Ruby is smart and highly trainable, with a strong preference for food-motivated training. The perfect match for Ruby understands the balance between mental enrichment and daily physical exercise, ensuring she's both engaged and content. Her fascination with the world around her keeps her alert and eager to explore.
While Ruby is friendly with people and has an affectionate side that blossoms as she bonds with her family, she does prefer to be the only dog in her home. Her neutrality toward other dogs from a distance and a bit of under-socialisation means she would be happiest without other canine siblings. Up close she isn’t good at greeting dogs. Her environment would ideally be one that is not overly stimulating, allowing her to enjoy a calm and fulfilling atmosphere.
She definitely isn’t your standard Malinois. She is pretty low in drive and is much more of a family dog. She thrives spending time with people. She is very affectionate and loving.
She has spent a lot of her days at the shelter in meetings and in staff areas, where she really enjoys herself.
She is not suited to meeting other dogs at this stage
Medical notes
No known pre-existing conditions.
Adoption details
We run by appointment, prefferibly all members of the household to come meet the animal you are wanting to adopt.
If you own another dog, you must bring them along to make sure all dogs get along.
As our goal is to adopt animals out from the shelter into loving homes as fast as possible, multiple bookings may be made for the same animal.
We are not able to hold any animals for any reason.
As such, there is a possibility that the animal you may have found a forever home before your appointment. If this is the case we will inform you by phone call as soon as possible.
Appointment Hours:
Mon- Fri
1:00PM- 4PM
Saturdays for August
Sat 9th 9:00am- 12:00pm
Sat 23rd 9:00am-12:00pm
Please give the shelter a call on 5334 2075 or email animalshelter@ballarat.vic.gov.au for more information about the animal and our adoption procedures.
Apologies if we do not reply to your enquiry, we are a busy Shelter and get pulled away from the office often.
We appreciate you wanting to adopt! Please do not let this discourage you from adopting in the future!
This pet has been adopted and found love with its new family.
The rescue group has removed this pet and it is no longer available for adoption.
The rescue group is no longer taking adoption applications for this pet.