We adopted our sweet girl, Ivy, from HSU 3 months ago. She is a mixed-breed black Labrador, one-years old, & is full-grown at 45 pounds.
After coming into our home, she is now potty-trained and knows several commands (sit, down, stay, come - we work on training daily). She gets along with our two rescue cats, although it took her a couple of weeks to warm up. She is amazing with our 2.5 year old toddler, so patient and kind. She is friendly to all humans. She gets along well with dogs where there is familiarity. She is timid around new dogs but will warm up and then be excited to play. She does well at the dog park and loves to run and play fetch. She rarely (if ever) barks and is not reactive on a leash unless she sees a rabbit or squirrel and then she wants to play chase. She is spayed, up to date on all shots, and healthy - we just had a vet check-up and she was in perfect health and has great teeth.
Why are we re-homing her? Our toddler's behavior has been very frustrating since we brought her home. While Ivy is so good with our toddler, our toddler has not adjusted well to having a dog and it has brought a lot of stress, anxiety, and sadness to our home.
She does not like to be in a crate, unless her family is in the same room as her when she is in the crate. Otherwise, she just does better in the home. She does not like car rides and sometimes has car sickness. We have never tried medicine, but our vet told us this was pretty common with young dogs and to continue exposing her to car rides.