Moby 11-406 [1]

 Merry Christmas, Moby! With love from Andrea

 Happy Holidays from anonymous

 In memory of Murph, Bert, and Hank

Moby has been with us since Sunday (12/4/11.) He was surrendered by a loving family who could no longer control him due to his size and strength. Moby is one BIG boy! He weighs in at a whopping 109 pounds. He isn’t terribly overweight, but will need to lose around 10 pounds or so. He is around 8 years old. He has the sweet white face of an older Golden, but he is young at heart and still enjoys running around, playing fetch, and living life to the fullest! He is such a sweetheart and an absolute joy to foster! Moby is our first senior foster, and we have quickly fallen in love with how wonderful he is!

We weren’t able to get an appointment at the vet until next Tuesday, so Moby will go then to get utd on vaccines, have a fecal test, heartworm test, senior bloodwork, and an exam. He is already neutered and micro chipped. At his vet appointment, we will have him scanned so we have the microchip number.

It has been reported that Moby can easily clear a 4 foot fence, so we’ve been keeping him on a tie out in the backyard until we know him better. He’s done great and we haven’t had any issue with him being interested in the fence. A fence isn’t a priority for him at this time, but he will need to be on a tie out to keep him from wandering the neighborhood if you don’t have a fence. Moby also reportedly will lunge and bark at other dogs at times, especially when on a leash or at the dog park. We have not seen this behavior with him at this time, but we will continue to work with him and monitor the situation. He has been around an older (dominant) neutered male German Shepherd and a younger (submissive) female spayed Bernese Mountain Dog and has gotten along great with them. He sniffed the German Shepherd and then did not seem too interested in him. With the Bernese, he did give a loud bark when he first met her, and she immediately rolled over submissively. After that, they played and had a great time. We have been taking walks each evening, which Moby loves. I had hoped we would get to see more dogs on our walks so we could work on how he reacted, but it looks like very few people want to walk their dogs at night in the cold.

Moby is used to being around children, and is great with my 7 year old daughter. Little kids will probably get knocked down by him, only because he’s such a big dog. He has never jumped up on us. He gets along great with my two cats. Moby is housetrained and has not had any accidents. We crated him for the first few days, but now he has graduated to being shut in my bedroom during the day. He’s completely happy as long as he has a few toys and a comfy dog bed. He has fit into our home and schedule very well. Moby knows sit, down (lay down), stay, leave it, and come. We are working on a few new commands and tricks. He is very smart and is treat motivated, which makes training a lot easier!

I will have another update after our vet appointment next week!