Josie *On Trial in Her New Home*

*JOSIE IS CURRENTLY TRIALLING HER NEW HOME* Gorgeous Josie is a healthy, happy puppy who was born on the 14th of September this year. We’ve gone with “mixed breed” as we’re not sure of what breeds her parents were though they’ve definitely got Staffy, Heeler and a smidge of Labrador in them according to the fella who surrendered the pups to us.

Mischievous Josie has a friendly, fun loving nature and is very used to being handled (cuddled!) by adults and older children – we wouldn’t actually recommend her to a home with young kids as she’s a bit too boisterous and those puppy needle-teeth hurt! Josie gets along well with her foster carers other dogs just wanting to play and be an annoying puppy and she’s fine with the household cats. She LOVES food and can be a bit of a guts – she’d eat hers then her sister food if she could! Being food orientated is helping with her training and she’s learning the basics such as “sit” and “down”. \ She hasn’t spent much time on a lead as she’s being fostered on acreage so will need some practice with this in her forever home.

One of Josie's favourite activities is playtime with her sister Brandy and she tends to be the boss of the pair. They play for hours, tumbling about the yard and playing tug-o-war with their toys then to cool off they like nothing better than a swim in their wading pool. At night time Josie comes inside for some cuddles on the couch and to hang out with her carers little dogs before heading off to the laundry to curl up with Josie and enjoy sweet puppy dreams ?

Enjoy some video of Josie & Brandy: http://youtu.be/x4S5HOt_D_8

As she’s only a young pup she will require ongoing obedience training as well as socialisation with other dogs so she grows up having lovely manners. Daily walks or runs around the backyard, secure fencing, bones to chew on and toys to play with will make Josie very happy indeed!

Josie would be best suited to an indoor / outdoor lifestyle with either a doggie companion to learn from or on her own but only if she won’t be left alone for long periods of time as she’s used to having company.

If you think you’ve got the time, patience and love to bring up cheeky Josie then please download and complete a SARG Dog Application form by following this link or by copying and pasting it into your browser: http://www.sarg.net.au/adoptapet.html