About Me

Meet Oshie

Status: Fostered

Estimated Age: 4 Years (Est DOB 2/21/22)

Estimated Weight: 29-30 Pounds

NOTE: Can climb a chain link fence, but great with a 6' wooden fence and walking on a leash!

UPDATE - 10 APRIL 2026: Sweet Oshie is still with BREW after over 2 years of waiting for her furever home. We decided to do a DNA test on her to see where her sleek body may have come from. We thought Greyhound, but here are the results:

70% American Foxhound, 10% Beagle (an official Beagle Mix!), 9% Llewellin Setter, 8% German Shorthaired Pointer, and 3% English Setter.

UPDATE - 23 DECEMBER 2025: Oshie is a true magical companion: she gives little kisses, love hugs, and bats her eyes when you baby talk to her. Oshie will turn to check you are keeping up ok on walks. She loves to stick her head under the blankets in bed, and you will know when Oshie is happy cuz she turns her ears inside out!

UPDATE - 24 NOVEMBER 2025: Our sweet Oshie lost her first foster home due to a move, but the great news is she is in a new foster home with a tall, wooden fenced yard and other beagle buddies in the home. She is doing very well. Here is a report from her new foster family:

In her new foster home, Oshie has shown us how much she loves to go on leash walks. She has a lot of personality and is extremely interested in her surroundings. Oshie is healthy, house-trained, and excellent with her foster sister and brothers. She loves to play outside with them. Oshie does tend to be a little timid with people and she is quiet until the vaccum cleaner makes an appearance. She is an eager eater and uses a slo-bowl for meals. We have not seen her with kids or cats but she is an avid squirrel chaser.

UPDATE - 12 OCTOBER 2025: This super sweet girl has been looking for her forever home since early 2024 (almost 2 years!). She is a gentle and loving soul who loves every dog (kids and cats not tested). She’d love a dog bestie to wrestle and nap with. She loves to be outside and actively seeks fur companions to do zoomies and wrestle with; inside, she’s rather chill. She’s a good girl, lovable and loyal.

Oshie would be perfect for an adopter who is looking for a hiking companion. Because Oshie needs to stay leased with a harness, and with her youth and energy, she’d make an excellent adventure companion! She’d love hiking the parks; she’s very athletic!!

UPDATE - 2 SEPTEMBER 2025: Oshie has now been with her foster family for 3 weeks and is adjusting well to life in the big city (Washington DC)! Here is an update from her foster mom:

We’ve witnessed so much progress in Oshie during the 3 weeks we have had her. She’s finally coming to me when called and now walks out of the apartment freely to the hall without needing to be being pulled on her leash. She likes to play and wrestle and is very acrobatic - she flips and all. She now jumps up on the couch on her own and snuggles my neck. Great strides in three weeks!

Oshie must be walked on a leash if the yard has a chain link fence. She is curious when outside, with her head on a swivel. This girl expects an adventure when she gets outside. We tried a longer leash, hoping she could do zoomies, but she mostly just enjoys having additional leash length to zigzag and explore.

We believe Oshie might be much happier with another fur companion in her home. She’d love that wrestle time with a fur brother or sister. She loves ALL dogs and has not met one that she walks away from. We have a 95 pound Golden Lab neighbor who has become her primary wrestling buddy, and she wears him down! She is strong. Oshie draws attention everywhere we go and would do well in an apartment or single family home.

UPDATE - 10 AUGUST 2025: Great news for Oshie - she is off to a foster home today!!! This sweet girl has been waiting a long time! Let's see how she adjusts to living in an apartment after spending a good part of her life living at our kennels. Since she is a chain link fence climber, she will get lots of practice walking on a leash.

UPDATE - 21 JUNE 2025: Our beautiful Oshie has now been with BREW, living at the kennels, for over a year. She has come a long way and is just as sweet as can be. Her only issue is that she is a chain link fence climber, so she needs to go to a home where she will be exercised on a leash (we haven't been able to test a tall wooden fence). She is quiet and calm. She came to the Adoption Day today and did well on a leash (it was a hot day!). She can be timid to start, but she seemed very content and social at today's event. We know there is a family out there for Oshie, so let's not see this girl spend another year at the kennels!

UPDATE - 25 JANUARY 2025: Oshie has been with BREW for almost a year! This girl is beautiful and is still looking for a foster home or permanent home. She is good at escaping over a chain link fence, so leash walking would be ideal for Oshie. She is very quiet, so she would probably do well in an apartment. Oshie came to today's Adoption Day, and we have all noticed a wonderful transformation. Oshie came to BREW very bashful and shy, but she was very social and happy at today's event. She did great! We hope she will be welcomed into a home soon! She has been waiting too long!

UPDATE - 19 OCTOBER 2024: Oshie attended another Adoption Day today, but she had to return to the kennels when she wasn't able to find a foster or permanent home. Oshie is a shy girl and unsure of what is happening when there is a lot going on. She did okay at the event and would let gentle human hands pet her and give her neck scritches. Oshie has been at the kennels for about 8 months, so we hope to at least find her a foster home soon.

UPDATE - 8 JUNE 2024: Oshie had a chance to join us at our Adoption Day today. She was a little overwhelmed with all the activity and kept her little tail between her legs most of the day. She was most comfortable when in a pack of other dogs, so we think she needs to be in a home where there is one or more social dogs who can help her with her confidence. She will need extra time and patience to grow comfortable living with humans. Young children and loud noises might scare her. She is a gorgeous, taller girl with very soft fur. Oshie is still looking for a foster or permanent home.

NEW - 3 MARCH 2024: Oshie is a shy girl who is slightly taller than your average beagle. She is good with other dogs. She was a stray, so her history is unknown. Oshie is available for fostering or adoption.