We’ve been lucky enough to foster several dogs at Dogtopia. One of our newest foster dogs comes to us through the Wonder Weims Rescue. Four-year-old Cooper is a real sweetheart. He loves to play, socialize, and get lots of TLC from our staff. He thrives from the activity he receives at Dogtopia. Cooper went through training and knows many commands. This boy needs excercise (i.e., dog daycare, walks, jogs, etc.) to help balance out any separation anxiety. Since he plays all day at Dogtopia, we leave him with a frozen peanut butter kong at night and we haven’t had a problem with separation anxiety. I think regular exercise might have been what was missing in his former home.
Sweet Cooper loves to play with other dogs and loves to receive human affection.
His former family sent detailed information about Cooper. Do you have the perfect forever home for Cooper? See what his former family had to say:
Excerpt from e-mail: “Cooper is a 4 ½ year old neutered male. We got Cooper at a no-kill shelter on the KS border when he was 7 months old. The story is that his prior owner bred her female Weim and then decided it was too much work. She turned in the mom and puppies when they were a few weeks old. Cooper lived outside with minimal human interaction/socialization for 7 months. He was the last dog from the litter to be adopted. It was obvious that he had never been in a house or walked on carpet. The thing that drew us to him is how sweet he is. He was terrified those first few days, but always trusted us to take care of him. Pretty amazing since he wasn’t socialized. He totally bonded with our lab, Buster. We had difficulty training Cooper because he would have separation issues when Buster wasn’t around. He was and is hyper so we needed to do something to get him under control. We ended up taking him to a program through the Department of Corrections. Basically he lived with a male inmate for a month and received intense obedience training. Cooper came back knowing how to sit, lay down, stay, heel, etc. He’s very well trained…when we actually work with him. The separation from Buster did him some good too. He’s not quite as dependent upon him.
Cooper, left, with his former doggie siblings. Buster, the yellow lab, was his best friend.
He’s much better but he still has issues. He’s still really rambunctious. He’s very patient with our other dogs, but I’m not sure how he’ll be around a baby. He is crazy when he’s first let into the house (we keep them outside during the day). He doesn’t jump up but he’d sure like to. He barks when he knows we’re home and occasionally at other dogs, etc. He’s been known to catch a rabbit. He likes to hang out with the horses and will bark at them when they’re lying down. He never chases them. He is very housebroken, but has a hard time making it 8 hours. This means that he usually wakes us up once a night to go potty and we don’t leave him in the house alone all day. He’s a pacer, he’ll pace for hours if something is scaring him or he has to go potty. He’s terrified of thunder/lightening. He grabs at your legs with his front feet when he’s excited. He’s mouthy, he doesn’t bite, but he will nip at clothes to get your attention. He has never broken skin or left a mark.
There are lots of things I love about Cooper. He doesn’t chew and isn’t destructive at all. He loves to snuggle. He’ll get up on the sofa and snuggle all day long. He’s a dream once he’s settled down. He quietly lies in his bed. He’s super sweet and loves attention. He has super soft ears. He has a really big, trusting heart and wants to behave himself.
So that’s Cooper in a nutshell. He had a rough start in life and I feel horrible just thinking about giving him up. It’s really important that he find a loving, happy home.”
