Joxer

Joxer has arrived in Maine and is adopted

Joxer is being held to be evaluated as a Therapy Dog.

From his foster mom in Maine: "Joxer is Awesome! He does like to retrieve. He'll chase the tennis ball, catch it in mid air, etc. He'll bring it back and when told to "drop it", he drops it at your feet and leaves it. He seems to prefer people, but he's content playing alone. NOTHING phases this dog. He is great in the car, great with the other dogs. My little dog likes to jump on his face and play and he doesn't mind. He doesn't seem to be scared or timid at all. He can do all those tricks listed it is so cute. He is hiliarious. He slept the whole night in the dirty laundry basket. This is one of the best dogs I've ever met. He's real smart and a little sneaky. He's trying to find new ways out of the back yard. "

Joxer is a 2 year old Airedale mix as of October 24, 2009. These pictures were taken in November 2009 at our partner shelter in Arkansas. The volunteers at the shelter have fallen in love with this guy. The Director of the shelter met his family at a McDonald's, and they were in a U Haul truck. The family lost their housing, lost their jobs and were leaving to stay with family in Chicago. They kept their small dogs but could not take Joxer. This is what Joxer's former owners have to say about him: We hate when people do this, and now we are those people. We had three jobs and four dogs (all rescues) between us....now we have four dogs and one job. Joxer is the biggest of the four and therefore the most expensive to keep and the one we are looking to rehome. We have managed to afford them all this far, but they no longer have the quality of life they once did, they get fed but have very few treats, new toys, etc. Joxer is two years old (just turned two on October 24th) and an Airedale mix and an absolute clown. He will do anything to make you laugh and very much enjoys leaping off things, running into things, singing, falling over and wearing human T-shirts. He knows his name, sit, stay, paw, speak, high five, roll over, lay down, jump, beg, crawl and I'm sure many others that I have forgotten. He's a quick study and learned most of those tricks within a week of each other. Joxer is housebroken too. He's a very social guy, loves other dogs and never plays dominant games - he can get a little grumpy if other dogs go near his food though, though ours are all fed in the same room and we've only had one incident and no blood was drawn. Also, we have a cat that he loves dearly but he's not real spry on other cats. I don't know how he'd be with a house cat that is used to dogs, but if he sees a cat in the yard he goes nuts. He's an easy groomer and likes to take warm showers.

Joxer went to the vet to get his vaccines updated and be tested for Heartworm/Lyme/Ehrlichia and get a fecal on December 3, 2009. He was negative for everything and is on HW preventative. Joxer is up-to-date with routine shots, house trained and spayed/neutered.

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This dog is available unless it is marked as Pending, meaning "pending adoption".

If this Dog is marked Urgent, it is because the Arkansas shelter where he/she resides is overfull. Please do not ask local shelters to take this dog in, there are many reasons why they cannot. Please also do not send us letters about why we euthanize, AHR does not euthanize, but the shelters we work with do. We are a rescue and we pull as many dogs as we have foster homes and funds for. We, like the shelter, do not have unlimited resources. Please, please: foster, adopt or sponsor a dog to help save their lives.

. We pay a Transportation Service from Arkansas to bring the dogs to New England. The adoption fee is $300 for dogs up to 6 months of age, $250 for dogs 7 months-5 years, and $200 for dogs 5 years and older. This includes vaccinations, spay/neuter, microchip, and transport from Arkansas to Maine on a USDA approved transport with a Health Certificate. All dogs are quarantined 14 days prior to leaving Arkansas. All dogs will be tested for Heartworm prior to adoption. Almost Home Rescue will process your adoption. Applications can be found at www.almosthomerescue.net and can be e-mailed attention of Adele at lonepine_ahr@yahoo for this particular dog. Click HEREto visit our site.