Dexter (10 Month Springer Spanial) Looking For A Loving Home

Meet Dexter!! Full of energy and intelligence, Dexter is a 10 month old male purebred Field Bred Springer Spaniel, and he's looking for a family to call his very own.

Dexter is of a "hard wired" disposition to hunt and thus needs a daily job, to meet his high energy/intellectual requirements.

Severely neglected from puppy, until 7 mos old, Dex has severe separation anxiety and will need a skilled adopter, willing and patient, to meet his breed type requirements. Dex is very "pack oriented" and will do best with other stable dogs in his family pack. He would be happiest in an adoptive home, offering agility or field trial training.

His foster family thinks the world of him and shared the following:

He is a wonderful friend with a great personality. Our family loves him!

Dexter is great on and off leash. He loves to run, jump and chase our two other dogs in the bush but always comes back when called. He is great at playing with other dogs and plays well with toys. He has learned to play fetch, tug of war, and chase stuffies (although he also plays with socks :) ). Dexter also has amazing leaping ability and would do extremely well at agility or Frisbee. He enjoys car rides so no problem driving him to the dog park or agility course!. .

Dexter can get anxious when left alone. He has made great progress with his separation anxiety because when he first came to us, he couldn't settle at all and would pace the entire day until he slept. There is no doubt that with stability, exercise and a family of his own, Dexter will continue to improve and his anxiety will be a distant memory.

The only other area where Dex needs some work is his 'counter surfing' behaviour. He has stolen everything from fine steaks to toast and at times garbage off the counters (he did live with a blind man so who can blame him). We have tempered this behaviour by setting up cans with food attached (he pulls the food and the cans come crashing down and he gets a fright). This has helped but he is so smart that he can figure out if the food is near cans to not take it, but if not - fair game :)

All in all he is a joy to have around, and is an extremely loving, fun, athletic and energetic dog. He loves the outdoors, and with his natural leaping ability and speed he will make a great athletic companion. The potential in Dex is limitless.

We will be sad to see Dex go but know that he will make the right family very happy.

To be considered for adopting Dexter, please complete an application found on the HART website. An adoption donation of $350 applies.