Lila

About Lila

Breed

Mixed breed

Sex

Female

Age

Young

Size

Medium

Location

Estherville, IA

Adoption fee

300.00

Set and collected by Emmet County Animal Shelter, not Everybarn.

From Emmet County Animal Shelter

***The first step in the adoption process is to complete the adoption application at www.emmetcountyanimalshelter.org*** This speckled girl is Lila but the humans call her Bird or Puppy more often than Lila. Our best guess is that she was a late 2023/ early 2024 puppy. Lila is an adorable sweet girl once she knows and trusts you. She is a terrified shut down pup for new people though. When she arrived at her foster home she spent a few days quarantining before she met the other dogs. During that time she was not interested in humans. Once she was let in with the other dogs she started to open up. It took 1-2ish weeks before she decided the humans weren’t a threat. Slowly after that she started asking for pets and eventually decided she likes to sit with the humans and take naps. She did a lot of nervous peeing when she got here but nearly none these days. She still prefers dogs over humans. She loves to romp and wrestle. Her and another foster get to being so chaotic it probably sounds like a dog fight to outsiders but they just love to play. She is kennel trained but does exhibit some separation anxiety so she needs a solid kennel. She likes to sleep out with the humans and will…

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

How adopting Lila works

Emmet County Animal Shelter decides every adoption: its application, its fee, its home check and its timing. Everybarn only shows this animal on the rescue's behalf, takes no payment and passes no messages.