Is your dog having too much fun? Woop, woop, Officer Rooney of the K-9 Fun Police will be arriving momentarily to stop it! Rooney is currently in NYC with Red Hook Dog Rescue. We adopt throughout the New England area. Rooney is a middle-aged Australian Cattle Dog/Chow cross who is great with cats and other dogs. In fact, she is much better as a 2nd dog so we’re looking for a home for her that already has a mellow dog in it… that she can occasionally herd, and generally stop from having too much fun. We think she’d do best in a home without kids, unless you really want your kids herded, which (as a mother of young children) I can say is a strangely appealing concept. Change is another thing Rooney isn’t big on, so she would do best in a quiet home without a ton of strangers coming through.
Our perfect home for Rooney is a retired person or couple in a suburban or rural environment, who have other pets and are perhaps looking for a companion for their existing medium to lower energy dog. Rooney is a lovely girl, extremely caring and devoted, and striking in her tan and white fluffy coat. She is medium sized (around 40lbs) and very easygoing…. she never actually gives Fun Tickets; you can always talk her down to a warning. Good cop!
Jackie
She is beautiful. As a preschool teacher, I can see where the “herding small children” might come in handy. We have a very high energy dog, but hope she finds a home soon 🙂
Catharine
I had a herding dog when my four children were all under the age of ten. It was a God-send! She would scoot all of the kids into whatever area I was in. When she first did it – it was through pushing the kids with her head and the tiniest of pinches on their butts. After that – the kids would see her coming and say “ok! Ok ! We’re going” and move along. Pretty funny stuff, pretty handy too. 🙂 the kids loved that dog for 15 years. Kinda like having a nanny.
I’m sure this sweetheart will make a fabulous addition to some lucky person’s home.
lisamims
With all due respect, that’s a corgi. The hair color pattern on the sides is the typical Pembroke fairy saddle-and-fawn coloration. (They’re also notorious for herding.) She might be Chow, too, but that’s a corgi–she even has the double coat.
alexdecampi
Hi Lisamims… she may be part Corgi…it’s anyone’s guess! She looks less corgi in her other pix, though. I don’t know if it will let me post a link here but this is her profile, with different photos: http://www.petfinder.com/petdetail/23621583