Zola

🐾 Zola - Clever, Confident, and Ready to Meet You 🐾

Currently in foster care with a loving family

Zola is a striking Cattle Dog with brains to match her beauty. She’s already mastered “sit” and “paw” (and will happily show off for a treat) and is always ready to learn more.

Her foster family describes her as smart, affectionate, and eager to please. Zola gets along well with other dogs and enjoys having a playmate around. She’ll thrive in a home with secure fencing where she can safely stretch her legs and enjoy some outdoor fun.

Fostering means we know Zola’s personality and needs, making it easy to help her settle into the right home. She’s looking for someone who appreciates her intelligence, gives her plenty of mental and physical exercise, and makes her part of the family.

If Zola sounds like your kind of companion, send in an adoption application and we’ll arrange a meet and greet.

To apply to adopt, please complete a SAFE Dog Adoption Enquiry Form as follows:

* From the PetRescue website please click on this link: https://safe.org.au/find-a-dog/animal/ND1777/
* On the SAFE website simply click on ‘Apply to Adopt’.

All dogs need a lot of care - working breed dogs just generally need more of it! That's part of the fun for you and me. We’ll develop an amazing bond because of what we do together & I’ll be the most loyal, devoted dog ever!

I’LL RELY ON YOU TO:

1.  EXERCISE ME

Exercise!  Exercise!  Exercise!  We need to wear off our energy. We're bred to spend long days working, using our brains to solve problems, so we have a strong drive to be active and mentally stimulated. If we’re not working, we need help to use up that energy.

2.  PROVIDE ENRICHMENT ACTIVITIES

We have very active minds & are super smart. Activities in the community include flyball, agility courses, herding & search & rescue. There are lots of enrichment activities you can provide for me at home, too. I'd love to work for my food every day instead of just being given it. You could do things like make food puzzles, or hide treats for me to sniff out and find, give me lovely big frozen blocks of stock or an ice block with a chicken wing in the middle. And what about throwing one of those soft type dog frisbees that don’t hurt your teeth? And games of fetch where you teach me to drop the toy instead of turning it into a tug of war. Yeah!

3.  BE CONSISTENT WITH YOUR BOUNDARIES

Consistent, clear boundaries mean I’ll always knows the right way to behave eg if you don’t want me in the kitchen, teach me to sit outside the entry. It’s confusing if you allow me in the kitchen one day & the next make me stay out. Keep me off the sofa & human beds. Give me my own bed & make it clear that is my space. If you let me break a rule once, I'll probably break it again. 

4. TRAIN ME

Teach me these basic commands as they’ll get us through any situation:  sit, down, stay, come, down, no, stop & leave it. Let’s practice them every day so I’m always primed to obey what you tell me to do. Use positive reinforcement for training. Negative training may lead to fear & aggression. Reward me with treats or pats when I pay attention or perform a command correctly. Don't punish me for unwanted behaviour. Instead, redirect my thoughts when I’m doing something you don’t want me to do eg if I chew on something you don’t want me to have, take it away, but trade it for a chew toy. When training, be happy & excited.

5.  SOCIALISE ME

Socialise me from the start! Introduce me to as many people, places, animals, sounds & smells as possible. I will be well adjusted because of it. If I start any herding tendencies, speak to the rescue or a trainer to nip it in the bud as early as possible.

I CAN FLY TO PERTH!

Flying a few hours is very important for animals in remote locations because it gives us the opportunity to be adopted. Talk to SAFE about flying me to Perth.

6 GREAT REASONS TO ADOPT FROM SAFE:

1. Lifetime Support: If you can no longer care for your adopted pet, please inform SAFE, and we will do our best to help you find a suitable solution.
2. Discounted airfares: if applicable
3. Adoption fee includes vet check, first vaccination, microchip and desexing
4. Foster care instead of cage confinement, ensuring lots of love and socialisation
5. Speak directly with my foster carer
6. Quick response to your enquiry

APPLY TO ADOPT ME

Am I the one you have been looking for? Click the link and fill out the application with as much detail as possible. The more information you provide, the easier the adoption process will be, hopefully bringing us together sooner!