Breanne came from a shelter underweight, sores on the bottoms of her paws, nails worn down to stubs, hair falling out, and acted like she had never had a drink of water in her life.
We think that she was kept in a crate for the first five months of her life based on the sores on her paws and the fact that she paced in circles. Since being in foster care, she has put on weight, her fur is full and healthy, her paws have healed, and her pacing has greatly improved.
To top things off, Breanne is deaf and had never been worked with. But within the first week of being in foster care, she responded immediately to hand signals. Since then she progresses with her learning and is always looking for her foster mom to signal her with something to do. She is very smart.
Along with a spunky personality, Breanne has the most comical ears. They flip around every which way, from being folded in the middle, to one being straight up and the other down. Her ears are always whirling around in different directions. Just when she’s has gotten caught getting into mischief, she will look at you with an incredibly cute expression and her ears will flop into a pose. It’s very hard to not laugh.
She loves playing with her fur friends and loves people of all ages. Now that summer is coming, she can’t wait until the pool gets filled every day. She will pace around until her foster mom finishes filling it and then jump in! With her fur friends she wrestles and plays tug with toys. She even tries to play with the cat in the house and seems to get disappointed when the cat walks away.
Breanne is potty and crate trained. It is required that Breanne be adopted out to a home that has a fenced in yard, and this does not include invisible fencing.
Please note: Breanne will not be adopted outside the state of Michigan.
You can read about deaf dogs at http://www.deafdogs.org
E-mail julemson@wmol.com if you have any specific questions.
