FANCY

About FANCY

Breed

Mixed/Unknown

Sex

Female

Age

Adult

Size

Medium

Location

Springfield, MA

From Thomas J. O'Connor Animal Control and Adoption Center

Introducing Fancy! She has been social with humans, but less so with dogs. She’ll sniff and check out other dogs but so far has not been interested in play or social time with dogs. It’s possible she might enjoy the company of another dog, but a meet n’ greet is required if there’s a resident dog. Overall Fancy enjoys being social with her human friends, but she can also be anxious. As with all dogs, experience with positive reinforcement, or willingness to learn, is the best way to create happy associations to the world while building new skills and confidence. While this can change in a home, there has been mild resource-guarding with subtle signals. The safest way to manage resource-guarding is by ‘trading up’ with something of equal or higher value tossed to the side so the original item can safely be removed. This also helps a dog learn that valuable things will always be available instead of removed and reduces anxiety around the loss of prized possessions. Due to the mild resource-guarding we’ve seen at the shelter, she is best suited to older children, 15+ who can give her space, and learn how to read body language (link under 'resources' on our website)…

In the rescue's own words, as they published it.

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