15 Week Old, Female, German Shepherd Dog

Mill Valley CA

Description

The Cartoon Litter are 14-15 week old puppies. They originally hail from Mexico. We work with a fabulous organization that rescues the abandoned, abused, and neglected who are often discarded. Our wonderful partners step in and save them and we work together to find them the best homes. There are nine puppies in the litter and they were divided into 3 foster homes. The puppies are now about 15-18 lbs. They are all expected to be in the 50+lbs range when full grown. Daria, Nani, and Tiana are all in a foster home together. The puppies are doing great! The only thing that we cannot seem to distract them from is the eating of everything in their path! They will hunt down anything that they shouldn’t have and chew on it until we can catch them and take it away. Approximate schedule for these three pups: 6:30-7:30am: they wake up, go outside and go potty and then I feed them each separately inside while the others play outside. 7:30-8:30am: play outside or inside. 8:30-9:30-10:00am: nap time inside 9:30-10:00am: wake up and go outside to potty. 10:00-12:00pm: play (toys, each other, us) 12:00-2:00pm: usually nap time 2:00-5:00pm: play (toys, each other, us) 5:00pm: dinner 5:00-7:00pm: more play as they are winding down from the day. 7:00-7:30pm: last potty and play outside before bed. 7:30-8:00pm: we put them in their crate and they usually settle in with the exception of Nani who will cry for a bit before giving in. These are all very approximate times depending on the day :) Potty training has proven a bit difficult with three, but we are taking them out as soon as they wake up from naps, after a play session or when they are seeming restless and it is working much of the time. If they end up needing to go inside, they will use the puppy pads 75% of the time. We just ran out of the puppy pads. Daria (always) and Tiana (mostly) will go to a crate for their naps. Nani doesn’t choose the crate often. She would rather sleep on the couch, on a lap or in a sunny patch on the floor. They eat like they are starving and very treat (pieces of their food) focused. They sit, lay down, and follow. We are working on less jumping up. They are excited about us and anyone else they have met. They greet anyone who has left the room when they come back in. They are curious about our dog and will try to play with him. He usually isn’t interested and he lets them know and most of the time they respect that. One-on-one with our dog, they are all gentle and don’t seem to be competitive at all. They all love to capture and run away with any type of footwear! We pick all of them up constantly and they seem to be almost as happy as we are about it. They are exceptional with kids. They all let my daughters carry and roll them all over! Daria (weighs 16.7lbs) will be a wonderful family dog! She is persistent and playful and clumsy and perfect. She doesn’t mind being picked up and carried around and she loves to lay right up against and next to you while chewing on her bone, but doesn’t seem to want to be a lap dog. Daria is the most independent out of the three. She loves her sisters and people but doesn’t need constant physical connection. She is the first one to lay down for a nap in her crate and go to sleep for the night. She plays hard and rests just as hard. With her size and persistence, she needs a lot of distractions and playtime. She is never vying for attention unless you have a treat in your hand. Although we are working on not jumping up, it’s so hard because she just wants to give hugs! She is floppy and funny…think of her as the “class clown.” She keeps us laughing all day. She doesn’t seem jumpy or to get startled easily. She is curious but gentle for her size. Daria loves physical play and belly rubs! We’ve never seen her do a little doggy neck scratch without tumbling over…she’s so so fun! Not sure what we’ll do without Daria’s sweet energy in our home! We will only consider a home that has had a dog of their own in the last three years. We believe that puppies need the most experienced homes to become well-balanced, well-tempered and well-behaved adult dogs. We do not consider petsitting/fostering, roommate's dogs or family dogs who remain in the home as meeting the requirement. If there are children they need to be over the age of 8. Good with dogs Good with cats Good with kids Check out: http://www.dpsrescue.org/adopt/pet-detail/?id=16481394 for more info! :)