Age:2 Years Gender: Spayed Female Color: LiverWhite Weight: 40 lbs Variety: Bench, Show-Bred 2/14/07: Shelby, your foster mom loves you and can't let you go! Happy Valentine's Day! Shelby is a very outgoing young girl. She has so much energy that she flies off the deck instead of walking. She has been in foster care for about 7 weeks and her true personality has blossomed. Shelby would love to be the Alpha dog, but knows where she stands in her foster pack. She is loving and sweet and will seek one on one time with her humans. She especially loves the bathroom. She enjoys sleeping next to the tub and waiting for you while you take a bath or shower. She definitely requires another dog to be happy. She prefers boys because she can be a rough and tumble girl. She plays hard and because of this will do best in a home with older dog savvy children. She settles well when she is tired, but prefers not to be awakened by another dog. She startles easily. Shelby needs a home with a structured routine. In her foster home her mom is up early and leaves for the office at 6:30 AM. All of the dogs know they have a special spot where they receive their morning treat. They must respect each other or they do not receive a treat. The same goes for feeding time. Each dog has their spot. This is especially helpful with Shelby . She is learning she does not have to guard her food. She has no problem with a human putting their hand in her mouth or removing her food. She is learning the other dogs have their own food and hers is safe. Shelby is completely house trained, crate trained but prefers not to be crated, uses a doggie door because she loves to spend much of her day in the fenced in yard playing with her foster brothers and sisters. A fenced yard is a necessity. Shelby loves pointing and chasing birds as well as staying on squirrel patrol. She has never been on the furniture and on the bed once. She sleeps next to our bed at night. Shelby is a perfect size and will make a great addition to any home.