Sasha

Sasha is a 6 year old, spayed female German Shorthaired Pointer. She is full of energy, very friendly and gentle towards humans. Sasha has spent her life thus far in an indoor/outdoor kennel. Shasha's owner was an elderly man who could no longer care for her. She had to live, sleep, eat and mess in her kennel.

She is now in foster in Helena with the head honcho rescue lady will figure out what she needs to thrive.

It is not known what happened to her teeth, but she has worn down her teeth a considerable amount with the lower front teeth being almost gone. Her teeth are very heavily covered in plaque and her wrists and elbows and hip bones are calloused from long hours laying on concrete.

Despite her hard beginning to life, She is eager to please, full of energy and very curious about her surroundings. Although she had other dogs in kennels next to her, she did not socialize with them and has tendencies towards being dominant with other dogs as this is unfamiliar territory for her. She comes in hot and heavy excited to check out the new dog to assess the situation, and so her foster mom is working with her to improver her socialization skills and how to appropriately meet new dogs and learn to co-exist.

She was interested in toys but didn't appear to know what to do with them, and likes to hide them for safe keeping as these are new luxuries to her. The same goes for a blanket, it seemed as if she had never experienced a soft blanket and did not lay on it and was not given one in her kennel at the shelter. She showed no signs of fear around strange noises or unfamiliar surfaces. She was by a train recently and didn't seem bothered by it at all. She rides well in a kennel in the vehicle. She is your typical velcro GSP and loves to be as close to you as possible, but is learning laying within close proximity is also acceptable.

Sasha would benefit from love, compassion and the opportunity to have a real dog life where she could experience the outdoors, have a healthy exercise outlet for her energy, supervised play time with soft toys, basic training and a very slow and proper introduction to other dogs.

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