Holt

Holt is a 5-month-old Border Collie/Great Pyrenees mix with a sweet face, a good brain, and the excellent temperament of a puppy who is ready to be someone's very best idea. He is friendly, social, smart, and an all-around excellent young dog. Holt likes people, enjoys other dogs, he is fine with cats, and he is doing a very nice job at the whole puppy thing. He is still a baby, so he will need the usual puppy basics: structure, training, patience, supervision, and a family willing to help him grow into the wonderful adult dog he is clearly capable of becoming.

Ideal Home

Because he is a young, active mix of two intelligent breeds, Holt needs a fenced yard where he can run, play, explore, and burn off his puppy energy safely. He will do best with a family that enjoys a bright, engaged dog and understands that smart puppies are always learning, including the things no one technically meant to teach them.

Ongoing Health

Holt is a young puppy, so adopters should be prepared for typical puppy health and development needs.

Training & Support

Holt will need the usual puppy basics: structure, training, patience, supervision, and a family willing to help him grow into the wonderful adult dog he is clearly capable of becoming. Homes considering adopting a puppy must be prepared for:

• Flexible schedules for potty training. Puppies can only hold it for one hour per month of age (i.e., a 4-month-old puppy can only go 4 hours without a potty break).
• Crate training until the puppy is at least one year old to prevent chewing on inappropriate things when you can't supervise.
• Socialization. The more positive and varying experiences as a puppy the better, both in and out of your home.
• Puppy behavior and life stages are equivalent to a human toddler. It takes at least a full year to have a calmer, well-adjusted dog. Patience is required and when your dog's behavior is a positive experience for you and those around you, your patience will be rewarded ten-fold, for years to come. Please do not consider adopting a puppy if you have not thoroughly thought through the pros and cons of having one. So many people end up returning them after 3-5 months because they didn't realize the amount of work involved in raising a puppy. Patience, appropriate toys, socialization, and obedience training are all musts. All are time-consuming and can be expensive. All dogs require supervision with children and obedience training. Adopters that want to have good dogs must be prepared to put the time and effort into training a dog. Any dog requires work and effort, but a well trained, well-socialized dog is more than worth the effort to get them there.

Application Details:

• Applications start by contacting us through Wags.
• All known information about an individual dog is provided in its listing. We do our best to provide accurate information, but adopters should understand that each home is different and the dog may behave differently in a new home. Dogs are creatures of their environment and you help make the dog what it will be.

Transportation

Holt is located with our rescue partner in Georgia. Transport can be arranged to a Wags adoption event, to learn more please visit www.wags.com.