FOREVER FRIEND: 'Sweet with people, not great with dogs,' Rogers ready for adoption
· Toronto Sun
Rogers, a seven-year-old male Shepherd mix, was transferred from Six Nations Animal Control to the Toronto Humane Society in 2021 and after a few false starts is still looking for his forever home.
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“He’s a reserve dog and he’s been in a couple of homes, both foster and adoptive over the years,” said THS spokesman Lucas Solowey.
“He’s a really sweet dog. He’s basically a 75-pound lapdog who loves nothing better than curling up beside you or on you. He loves a good cuddle.”
Solowey said Rogers is definitely a people dog, just not a dog lover himself.
‘Playful and goofy at times’
“He’s very sweet with people and he loves doing zoomies outside, spending time with people, snoozing,” said Solowey.
“He can be playful and goofy at times. One thing, though, to note is he’s not great with other dogs, but is learning to be more tolerant of others of his own kind. So he had had some reactivity with other dogs and shown some fear, anxiety and stress; however, that has been improving in his current foster home.”
“He can bark, but we find he’s been best when he spends less time around other dogs.”
Otherwise, Rogers is in good health physically and is a large dog.
“He had previously been on medication that reduces fear, anxiety and stress, but has been doing better and because of that his dosage has been reduced.”
As for the best home, Solowey said a rural setting over an urban one would suit Rogers best.
“He’d be happiest if he could leave somewhere out of the city or maybe in the suburbs with fewer dogs to think about,” he said.
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Rogers would love to run around in big yard
“A big yard for doing zoomies and a family, that makes him smile. He’s a really sweet dog just looking for a sweet and patient family who loves him for who he is. If you maybe go to a nice hiking trail or go in places where he has space, it should be about you and him bonding together in nature or him getting exercise. Not so much dog parks, at least at this point.”
Solowey said there will be one free post-adoption training provided to Rogers’s new owners and he encourages them to keep training him.
“He has been continuing to show progress, but, yeah, continued training just when it comes to other dogs could be beneficial,” he said.
A pet-free home is best. As for small children, Solowey recommended that “it’s best, maybe, to do a meet and greet, but I don’t anticipate any issues. We haven’t heard of any reactivity with people.”
Anyone interested in adopting Rogers can visit torontohumanesociety.com to start the adoption process
UPDATE : Dana, the one-year-old mixed-breed female dog from January’s Forever Friend column, was adopted.