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Dottie

Status: Fostered

Estimated Age: 2 Years

Estimated Weight: 22 Pounds

UPDATE - 28 JUNE 2024 (from foster family): Dottie has been with her foster family for one month and is overwhelming us with adorability! She is polite, energetic, a little sneaky, and just loves people and attention. She is around 2 years old (acts younger). I would recommend Dottie as an only dog.

Updates from the initial posting:

Dottie wants to be an only child. She tolerates the other dogs and now plays with them in our little yard and on the deck. But, once my husband or I are present, she wants nothing to do with other dogs - just us and hugs and kisses and only her. I have taught her to be polite, but she is an introvert with other dogs. I took her to her first adoption day to try her out with other dogs. She had to say hello to every human that walked anywhere near. But, she again avoided all the dogs, put her tail under and just found another human to save her from the dogs. She is now spayed (only last week), and that has helped her be more friendly with the other dogs, but she wants to be the only dog in the human universe.

Dottie loves any human – adults, children, babies – she thinks she is the greeter for anyone near her and she doesn’t jump – she sneaks up and gently puts her paws on your feet until she gets you to pet her.

Rides in cars – she does fine in a car but sees it more as transport than fun – doesn’t put her head out the window – just sits in the back of my SUV on a pad and waits for us to be at our destination. She does hesitate getting in and out of the car, but I’m thinking that is because her rides were not for fun in the past.

Chewing - toys/bones/socks/trash (sneaky thief) – she loves rubber bones (already has a box of them). She will not share with other dogs, and I have to be there as she is sure the others want her bone and growls. She is at a chewing stage and steals everything if she finds it at her level – socks from hamper, t-shirt from chair, bathroom waste can tipped over and dragged through the house. And, she likes anything plastic (door stop, eye drop bottle, chap stick, etc.). So, I have baby proofed my house and introduced a wider variety of chew toys for when I’m not home.

Alone time – Dottie seems to do fine with us being gone – I have doggie cam - we do have doggy doors so she can go in and out on our deck and a small garden area. She doesn’t alert to me coming home like my other beagles (they are uncontrollably loud and jump all over me). Dottie watches me in the window and then gently approaches waiting for me to say hello – she doesn’t alert (howl) and she doesn’t jump.

Trainable – she appears to be quite smart – watches TV (whimpers when puppies are on). She learned how to use the stairs within minutes, doggy doors only took two tries, she stops when I say and she comes when I call her.

Leash – she has gotten used to her harness and is ready to go when I pull it out of the bin. She loves running around the yard and loves leash walks. She does pull a bit when she sees rabbits. But, she is small and not difficult for me – a child might need a little attention to get used to her as she is fast when she wants the rabbit.

Eating – she now eats with the other dogs but needs to be on the outside so they aren’t around her – she eats slower and isn’t scared of the food anymore. She now jumps right in when the snack bag comes out and isn’t intimidated by the other dogs.

Scared of raised hands – she is still skittish when you move quickly toward her, but if I call her name and point to the dog bed or sofa she goes to them and waits for me to approach. And she is fine when no other dogs are in the room.

Alerts – she doesn’t seem bothered by other dogs passing by the windows or deck, but she definitely alerts to rabbits, ground hogs, fox, and deer. She doesn’t like them in her yard.

NEW - 31 MAY 2024: Dottie is a pretty female beagle who came to BREW from a Maryland shelter and is now with one of our foster families. She still needs to be vetted, but here is an initial report from her foster family:

Dottie has been with us for a week. She was found by a farmer who brought her to a shelter, but no owner came forward at the shelter. There is no background information on her. The shelter’s vet estimated her to be about 3 or 4 years old. Our home has multiple beagles, and Dottie tends to be on the shorter size when standing next to the others. She has a long body and big paws that give her a little basset hound look.

Dottie is very friendly once you get her to come to you. She is very shy and will not come if you approach her or have your hands in the air. We have to lower our hands to the ground and stand still and she will come up to us. She is allowed on the sofa and loves cuddling and gives lots of kisses if you don’t move quickly or raise your hand to her. The downside to Dottie loving attention is she doesn’t like sharing the moment with the other beagles. Once she is on the sofa or in your lap on the ground she will growl at the other beagles. I say no and let her know it is okay for them to be there and place them next to her and she is fine. I’m thinking that she just isn’t used to having other dogs her and she is needing to get used to it – we do have five other beagles so it is a lot of adjustment in 7 days.

Dottie will not eat with the other dogs – the minute they get excited about food she moves away. I have to feed her in another room with the door closed, and she won’t let me near the food while she eats. She is also tentative with snacks – the first few days she just ran when the others got snacks, but I now have her grabbing the snack and taking it outside to eat it.

Dottie alerts immediately to the animals on the lawn (fox, ground hog, rabbits, squirrels). She is just animated the minute she sees one and has quite the alert voice. I took her for a leash walk/run in the woods and fields. She loves chasing scents and running with the other dogs. But, she is clearly not used to a collar or harness – she wrangled out of the collar instantly so I transitioned to a harness which she doesn’t like but accepts. When she wants to run fast, and I hold her back, she will try to squirm out of the harness and flops on the ground. It tells me she is not used to having a harness.