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Meet Elias!

Eli has been with us for a little under a month now and he has come so far in a short time! He truly is one of the best dogs I have ever had in my life and I have had MANY!

He is completely housetrained now! He had two accidents which were 100% our fault the first week. We were not paying attention closely at the two times He was caught in the middle of both incidents, and taken outside calmly and he finished his business outside and has never came close to doing that again! We did not yell at him nor scold him either time! He learns without any harshness!

He was staying in his crate nightly at first and it took him about a week and a half to really adjust to being comfortable all night in there, mostly I think because he is a big dog and likes to stretch out when sleeping! Now he sleeps out in the living room and the hardest part about that is getting him up at 7:30am to go out! If we let him, I bet he would sleep until 9 or 10am! The Bum! LOL

He truly is a wonderful guy to have around! He Loves my 4 year old even though she pokes and prods at him all the time! If he has had enough he just gets up and walks away and lays elsewhere! My 6 year old he loves even more since she gets the "let him have his space" idea. He gets excited when she comes home and lets her lay next to him and sometimes ON him! My 12 year old son is his favorite younger human to hang with though! You see, my son takes him on walks all the time and lets him hang out with a couple of young little hotties! A Shitzu and a bulldog!

As far as my wife goes, she has made the biggest impact on Eli so far! She stays at home and takes great care of him and our kids all day! And he loves to play with her and gets very happy when she hangs out with him! She spoils him with soft dog food mixed with the hard food, since he didn't know what to do with the hard food at first. Sometimes now he will eat the hard alone but mostly wants it mixed! She also spoils him with blankets and pillows and cots! And of course he is on his third new collar since getting him! Gotta have accessories right? :-)

As for me, when I get home he jumps up, comes to the door, wagging and wiggling, and a big smile on his face! However he still cowers at first when I go to pet him! Past experiences are hard to over come!

Eli has done a lot to get over his fears. He now will get into the car almost every time without help! He even hopped up into the back of my Tahoe yesterday when I picked him up from getting neutered! I didn't expect that or I would have not have let him so soon after surgery~! Usually he just walks in, even uses the running boards! He must have been REALLY excited to get out of there and go home! He will now go into any PetCo or other building with his head up and walk around calmly. He has ridden an elevator at my work and at home! He meets others dogs perfectly! He has played with them as well! But, not for long though because then he comes over and hangs out with us! He is a real flock overseer!

Bottom line is Eli has taken our hearts and shown us how nearly perfect he can be and gets through new experiences wonderfully! I mean this from the bottom of my heart, if you are lucky enough to adopt Eli he will enrich your life! All you need is a fenced in yard preferably, nice pets at home or none, kids or not, and a lot of love to give and he will return it for life unconditionally!

P.S. He is even nice to cats he met in a home and a rabbit at PetCo....can you believe it...he likes cats!? Go Figure!


Please feel free to fill out an Adoption application on our main website, www.midwestanimalrescue.org, by clicking on the Form/Applications link under Website Features.

Thank You!