Author: Mia Wood
I went to my forever home on July 25, 2020!
***In Heartworm Treatment***
Coming soon!
More About Me:Whether gyms are open or not will not matter to my family. I have super strength and am ready to GO! Pull the kids in a wagon in the summer? Let’s GO! Pull the family in a sled in the snow? Let’s GO! Rough & tumble with the teenagers? Let’s GO! I’m a big, strong galoot. I kind of remind my foster mom of Disney’s Goofy! Well, shucks! On the other hand, I’m kind of like Marmaduke. I haven’t figured out how to get all of my long legs going in the same direction at the same time gracefully but have the best sense of humor about it all. I can fall, all the while smiling! Sweet & goofy, that’s me! And I have no idea I am as big and strong as I am. Maybe I’m like a super hero: tall enough to leap tall buildings or in my case clear counters without stretching!
As for an occupation, I might have a career in HVAC. Traveling from room to room, I like to spend time lying on top of the A/C vents. When the system cycles off, I know the vent is working properly. So I get up and move on to the next one. Or I might be a sportscaster. I like to talk when I play, like calling out all the plays to help you keep up with the game!
Please promise me you’ll take short kissing breaks. While I love to run and play, I equally love to cuddle & be cuddled. And at bedtime, I like to sleep with my people. Yes, I take up a lot of room! So if you don’t want me in the bed, guess what? I don’t mind the crate either! I’m really a good boy, just need a family who wants my strength, energy, and goofiness.
Please note I am in heartworm treatment and will be able to be formally adopted August 5, but don’t let that stop you from applying to adopt from Pet Harbor now! If I’m the right one for you, the date won’t matter.
Read MoreI went to my forever home on June 20, 2020!
- 6/7/2020 – Make it Fun
- 6/7/2020 – Bones & Kisses
- 6/7/2020 – Circles
- 6/7/2020 – Pet Me
- 6/7/2020 – Little Yapper
More About Me: Just about the happiest dog you ever wanted to meet. Touch me, and I immediately go into play mode. I believe 24 hours a day, 7 days a week should be playtime. As cute as I can be, too. More info coming.
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I went to my forever home on July 26, 2020!
- 5/17/2020 – Tumble for a Treat
- 5/26/2020 – Sit for a Special Treat
- 5/26/2020 – I Found my Voice
- 6/7/2020 – Dem Bones
- 6/7/2020 – Circles
- 6/7/2020 – Pet Me
- 6/7/2020 – Little Yapper
- 6/15/2020 – Circles 2
More About Me: Got treats? Got another dog? Have patience & love? The one major thing to learn about me is my shyness. My history taught me to be cautious of humans. My home will need to be a special home where I am understood. My Rome isn’t built overnight. You see, when the wonderful people rescued us from the terrible home where we lived in crates (see video under “History” above), some of us two per crate, all of us without food or water and many in crates that could not be opened without tools, that new world was hard for some of us. Understandably, I don’t see crates as friends of Cedric. When rescued, I was given the earned name of Cedric after Cedric Mingo, a pro boxer whose roots are in the same town mine are, because I sure am a fighter. I’m also honoring a 9/11 victim. So do you see how very special I am? At the time of my rescue, I weighed only 27 pounds. Yes, I was a full-grown adult. So treats are a good reward for me, and I will come for treats. The more distance I put between the situation from which I came and me, the more things have improved for me. I did not understand how to be normal, how to walk on a leash, how to do most things that come naturally to the majority of dogs. I’m learning. My foster mom & fur siblings are teaching me. My foster mom says I’m a really good boy. I don’t chew things I shouldn’t. I’m great with her dogs and kitty. My one issue is trusting people. When we were rescued by animal control, I was clinging to life. In fact, if you see the dog being carried in the photos because he couldn’t walk, that dog was me. I went to ER right away. Today, thankfully, I am alive and well. I’m ready for a family, a special family. You see, I have residual effects of that prior home. Sometimes I go in circles, inside and outside. See videos called “Circles” and “Circles 2” above. If you have been following our stories, I am sort of a cross between Nova & Ty. I’m shy like Nova, but I circle like Ty. We have all lived through our hard beginning, which is an amazing feat in and of itself. We’re learning and growing, and for some of us, it will take a while. Because of what I had to live through, trusting people is new to me. I am sweet. It’s not that I don’t want love. It’s that I don’t know what love is. I’m learning! The only way I trust people is when at least one other dog shows me the people are okay. I do still have to build the trust, but it is buildable. Without other dog(s), it isn’t. Without other dog(s), I’m not okay. I’m stressed and untrusting. But with other dog(s), I fairly rapidly start to unravel the barriers I have built to receiving love. I have come a long way with trusting my foster mom. Now I even let the neighbors pet me because my fur brother & sister showed me it’s okay. It took a bit of time, but it happened! So my home needs to be people with patience, gentleness, understanding, and full of lots of love to give me. Oh, before I forget, the vet put my age between 2 & 5. The shelter put me at 4. But because of my energy level, which is high, Pet Harbor put me at 2. Nobody really knows the accurate age. Progress is progress, but it takes baby steps to get there. The rewards to humans are immense when a shy dog trusts. The journey to that point is taken by people who are kind, patient, knowledgeable, and understanding. Is that you?
Read MoreI went to my forever home on June 12, 2020!
More About Me: My first love is people, all people. I shower them with kisses. Speaking of showers, my second love is water. Oh, how I love to play in water, especially if people join me! Play and kisses. That’s what I’m all about. Well, I’m as cute as a button, too. Despite knowing commands, I’m a happy-go-lucky puppy who plans to stay young. Wanna help me stay young and let me plant a bunch of kisses on you?
Read MoreI went to my forever home on May 30, 2020!
More About Me: If you want a Siberian without a lot of baggage, pick me. I’m an easy boy. And I take things in stride. I haven’t tried to drag people when I am walked with a leash. I haven’t tried to escape. I don’t come barreling through to shower folks with kisses. I gently come up to you and politely give and request kisses. I’ve had a hard life. I hope the rest of it is easy. I just need one family, one home, somewhere to be the last place I have to hang my leash. And it seems to me with a personality like mine, that shouldn’t be so hard to accomplish.
Read MoreI went to my forever home on August 1, 2020!
Since coming to Pet Harbor, I’ve spent time with children of all ages and have been great with them every time, polite & gentle.
- 6/1/2020 – Pickup Lines
- 5/29/2020 – Yin & Yang
- 5/29/2020 – Play it by Ear
- 5/28/2020 – Virus-Free Choir Practice
- 5/26/2020 – Taste of the Wild
- 5/26/2020 – Balls of Black Fluff
- 5/23/2020 – A River Runs Through It
- 5/22/2020 – “I Love You!”
- 5/19/2020 – Boys Will be Boys
- 5/19/2020 – Let’s All Talk at Once!
- 5/18/2020 – Runway
- 5/18/2020 – Jet Pack
More About Me: I adore people. I also love boating and sandbars. There’s a lot of cool stuff about my personality. My foster mom can carry me like a baby. I’m putty in her arms. I’m really overflowing with personality and sweetness. For entertainment, I open cabinets and peanut butter jars. I do have quite a lot to say. I heard this was an election year. So I’m campaigning, see!
When I came to Pet Harbor, I carried the baggage of escapism. I came from an animal shelter by the ocean & was adopted three times. Because of my escapism, I kept being taken back to the shelter. So then I came to Pet Harbor. From my tremendous escape ability, I got nicknames. Pet Harbor at first thought I needed another dog and my anxiety would be relieved. Well, that turned out not to be the case. I’m hoping I will get my forever home soon and all of my nicknames, mainly Spiderman, will disappear like magic!
I’m super smart & know lots of commands. I love toys. I love people the most. All people. Somehow, I seem to know which ones need more tender care (elderly, youngsters). More than anything, I love laps, cuddles, and running. Wow. This is starting to sound like a dating app! Maybe I should save up for flowers & chocolates.
Ready for a baby Spiderman who has a lot to say and will never give you a dull moment who is overfilled with love? If so, let’s go home!
Read MoreI went to my forever home on June 13, 2020!
More About Me: Let me tell you a bit about why my name was chosen. You see, I am really picky with my food, BUT I have no problem eating things that aren’t food. For example, when I went to the shelter, my stool was checked. In it, they found a sock. I couldn’t tell you where the other sock of the pair is, but it’s my understanding that solo socks are a common problem. Anyway, one of Pet Harbor’s amazing volunteers, the one who can find a needle in a haystack, found some sock-appropriate names for me from the list of 9/11 victims. I, therefore, became Bobbi, as in bobby socks. My foster family cannot figure out how I could have eaten a sock when I seem to do nothing wrong. Maybe it was my sole mistake ever? I really am a wonderful gal, sweet, gentle, not a powerhouse. I stay out of trouble & emit gentle sweetness. I paid attention when one of the White House inhabitants gave his inaugural address and became kind & gentle.
Read MoreI went to my forever home on June 7, 2020!
- 5/19/2020 – Flyin’ Frankie!
- 4/16/2020 – Watermelon Want
- 4/16/2020 – Dishwasher
- 3/31/2020 – When Frankie Speaks
More About Me: I’m loads of fun and as sweet as I can be, and I am progressing really well with overcoming my challenges. I’m not for the novice adopter. My foster mom was ready for the challenge and has helped me turn around to the point where I even alert her when her dog Max is about to have an epileptic seizure.
I went to my forever home on May 17, 2020!
More About Me: Information coming soon!
Read MoreI went to my forever home on December 17, 2022!
- 8/21/2022 – Captain Jack 1:Ball 0
- 8/20/2022 – Ball Shredder
- 8/20/2022 – Under the Table
- 8/20/2022 – Sniff Test
- 4/29/2020 – Backscratcher
- 4/29/2020 – Pink for a Boy
More About Me: I hate to brag, but I am an awesome dog and great companion! Everybody who has met me along my journey has fallen madly in love with me. While I am mature and can chill with the best of them, I also enjoy a good romp with other pups and really love long walks. Oh, and can you please give me a belly scratch or two? Thank you so very much. Probably I should also let you know I’m not a big fan of crates, but when my foster family leaves me alone uncrated, I haven’t gotten myself into any trouble. So it’s all good.
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