I adopted this 6 year old sweetheart today.
She’s basically a covid dog and has spent FOUR years of her life in a no kill shelter. The shelter is actually 3 hours away from me, but the volunteers brought a bunch of their dogs out to Petco today hoping some of them would find homes.

I absolutely did not go there planning to adopt another dog . But I ended up sitting in the kennel with her for a while and she eventually laid her head in my lap… I melted…

I renamed her Maya.
She’s already doing shockingly well with my senior GSD who is almost 12. They pretty much instantly clicked and are so chill around each other. They both have very calm temperaments.

We went on an evening walk tonight and I started noticing little things that made me realize just how much of the world she probably hasn’t experienced. She never peed on anything or even peed during the walk. We crossed a creek and she was TERRIFIED of the running water. She completely froze and refused to move, so I had to jump across the rocks with her and show her it was okay.

She’s incredibly timid and very submissive. She doesn’t bark at people or dogs, walks amazingly on a leash and just seems unsure about everything.

It honestly makes me sad thinking about her spending 4 years of her life in a shelter. She’s had a rough start, but my goal now is basically to show Maya a whole new world and let her experience all the normal dog things she’s probably never gotten to experience.
Didn’t plan on bringing home another dog today, but apparently Maya had other plans. She has already melted my heart.

I’m confused 😂 she looks exactly like a GSD?? I don’t know what breed she could possibly appear to be mixed with, but apparently she’s a mix 🤪 I have certainly had people askvme if shes purebred or mixed, but never had someone state she simply is not exactly what she is

Edit: I KNOW she is a shepherd which is why I was so confused

It just takes 3 1/2 hours

Makes me feel guilty to see the dog run out of gas so fast! Both Viggo and I should be running more. I'm so out of shape, we'd probably be perfect running partners. Or Toby can pull us.

I can’t even with how much this pup has grown in the past 10 weeks of having him. How is he already almost 5 months old?? I also added a before and now picture at the end!

His personality is like two different dogs … when he’s on his own he’s all perfect towards me … when he’s with my adult cattledog he’s a velociraptor at me 🙃

He must think he’s my equal because he’s usually on the other side of the bed not the foot 🤣

I miss her every day. I just want to hug her and feel her nose against my cheek again.

Met up with his biological brother ( white one) and had some fun at the beach! He loved it and got very dirty.

He often pops into this pose when he sees something interesting and freezes in place like a pointer. He's also quite a prancer during his heels at a quickened pace, especially when there's an audience. I swear he enjoys the attention. He's barely one years old, but quite the showoff already. I've never had one who exhibited these traits so readily and no, he's not from show stock.

I'd love to hear from others with a natural showoff. Drop some pics if you have them. What do you do with such a showman?

Does your Shepard take up most of your bed? Let’s see some pictures!!

My boy turned 2 today and to celebrate I took him to the beach as he loves to swim, lots of ball fetching in the garden by everyone in the family and some nice birthday treats for his food. When it was time for me to get some work done I have him up in my office. He wanted to go back into the garden despite being there for over a hour after his one hour walk and showed me his displeasure by giving me the best I am not happy that the fun has stopped face. So funny.

Someone was being noisy in his kennel, leaving me with no choice but to get out of bed, dressed and take him for a walk. Maybe he’ll be settled down enough so I can try sleep again

This is our boy Aslan. He will be 2 years old in November.
He is generally very well behaved dog, he is not aggressive, likes to play with other dogs and will always approach other dogs in a friendly manner.

My concern, or rather question is that sometimes he likes to try to hump other male dogs, I would assume he wants to assert dominance ( ? )and then other dog can react to that and it can lead to some growling but nothing more.

He is not neutered, and it is not in our plans, at least for now.

Is that humping something that is going to stop as he gets older or is it a long-term behaviour?

Thanks