Adopt Adolfo

German Shepherd · Male · Adult · 7 years

Adolfo was found together with her female German Shephard friend Astoria on the Boulevard of Marbella, both of them wearing collars, both uncastrated. It is believed that they belonged to a gypsy camp, or other types of travelling groups of people. It took us a while to learn more about Adolfo before he could well be presented, when they first arrived, Adolfo was quite reactive to other dogs on the street, and also bossying Astoria around, so they were separated for a while, because together they were anxious and not able to enjoy time in the dogpark, to run, roll in the grass, communicate with humans. By now Adolfo is a totally different dog, and even though every dog, especially German Shephard is very stressed and unhappy in the shelter, then he is well able to concentrate on the human, enjoy a walk around the shelter, run and sniff in the grass of the dogparks, but also to go for days out with volunteers - to the beach, to the nature. He is really sweet and social with the volunteers, and adapts well to different situations and humans, he really enjoys working and engaging with people. He also is very comfortable about being touched. Adolfo, like most German Shephards, is very intelligent, he is easy and pleasant to work with. He also loves snacks, so that makes it even easier to starting training obedience, agility, nosework with him. Adolfo & Astoria are now living together again, they are not hyping each other up anymore, and really enjoy running in the dogpark together. They are available for adoption together, but also separately. When a German Shephard lover is looking for a duo that will spend a lot of time outside, in the yard, on the farm etc, then adopting them together would be wonderful. When you are looking for a Shephard that will focus on you, a dog for joining on hikes, search training, obedience sessions, then we would recommend to adopt them individually, as each on their own is much better able to concentrate on the human, and the energy levels also lower. Adolfo would be very happy to be a single dog of a home, or to be adopted together with Astoria, or join a home with a social confident female already waiting. He however does not like other males with a dominant presence, and he would at the moment prefer not to live in areas crowded with other dogs, until good canine socialisation training is provided for him. Adolfo travels well in the car and walks well on the leash during his day out of the shelter, walking relaxed and confidently. Away from the shelter, he was mostly neutral about medium/bigger size dogs, but he did not enjoy little yappy dogs. Adolfo does not mind bicycles, cars, scooters and is respectful about humans passing by. We just noticed one particular thing - he is afraid of men with walking sticks... hmmm.... Adolfo loves to work with his human, he loves to learn and put his intelligence and physical potential to work. Fortunately for him, he has quite a straight back and does not suffer from lowered deformed hips, like many German Shephards do. He seems to be a healthy, capable boy, and he is really now ready for his forever home! His shoulder height is approximately 65cm.

Listed 2 months ago