Cafe (foster-to-adopt) Boxer Mix Rochester, NY

CAFE is a drop-dead gorgeous dog who has a zest for life that is 100% matched by his impressive size and stature. He often meets new people with high excitability and with his size, this can seem a bit overwhelming, but our wonderful kennel staff and trainers have given Cafe a stellar set of skills to help him be best dog he can be! Cafe knows many commands, and will happily SIT, LAY DOWN, HAND-TOUCH, GO TO PLACE, COME. He has been taught and reinforced for all these skills with praise, food, and affection and responds very well to all 3!

What we notice is that Cafe often does not respond to with a great deal of comfort right off the bat to excessive handling, being forced into any situation like a car/kennel without some patience and fear-free based training games. This is very typical for dogs who have had long stays in kennel life as the frustration and inevitable boredom and can sometimes overwhelm a dogs ability to cope in some situations. Cafe has recently made tremendous strides in all areas of his behavior and amazing sociability with humans which has been wonderful to see. All he needs now is an experienced home with a fenced in yard or long walks in quiet areas, chill out place, no little humans or other dogs so he can be set up for BEST success which he deserves on so many levels.

Since we would like Cafe to be matched in a home properly, he is ONLY available for foster-to-adopt where you will be connected with our behavior team weekly to help suggest best daily routines for everyone to acclimate and keep communication open about how his transition is going. It can be tough sometimes for us to put this boy back in his kennel room because he attaches and adores being around people and also has a good healthy energy level, so he is on our high priority list for a foster home!

**This dog is part of another wonderful partner rescue in NY, and is adoptable to a larger distance from us than normal - within a few hour distance from Rochester, NY, and between Rochester and NYC area and closer to the NY tri-state area. These dogs will make great additions to the perfect home and the two rescues are working together to help give them the very best shot. Teamwork at its best!**

Please fill out an APPLICATION here for consideration: www.tinyurl.com/appshdr (copy and paste link into browser window if link is not active in your browser)

We are still doing application processing virtually since COVID-19 and dog meets will be individually by appointment with ONLY APPROVED APPLICANTS. We are not a shelter and are completely foster-based, so there are NO DOGS KEPT AT THE SHOP.

PLEASE NOTE: If a dog is listed as Adoptable, he or she is still available at that time. Also, our adoption area is within a several hour radius of us in Rochester, NY (NOT including Canada - sorry!)