Special Needs: Sarge does have some separation anxiety but when homes with another dog, he does great.

Description:

Sarge is 40 pounds of the sweetest pup you will ever meet.  He LOVES everyone and everything he meets and loves to give kisses and butt wiggles in exchange for hugs and pets.

Sarge loves other dogs so much, we are hoping to find him a home with another dog so he can play and never have to be alone again.

 

Here is an update from Sarge's foster family!

Sarge is doing well.  He loves to be around people, especially kids.  He
hardly barks, mainly during play and he absolutely not a good watchdog
because he either welcomes everyone at the door or he sleeps through it!

He has gotten many comments from people about how calm he is.  He has seen
a couple cats and hasn't been able to reach one but seems really
interested in them.

We have gone to the dog park a couple times now.  He seems to just be
learning how to play.  Sarge wags his tail the most when other dogs are
around.  He was a little shy the first couple times but now he plays
pretty well and loves to run free.  He seems to wear out very easily so I
further his walks a little more each time we go out during the day.

Sarge sleeps on his back, it's quite cute.  However, Sarge does not like
to be without his humans.   He is a wonderful, sweet dog.

UPDATE FROM SARGE'S ADOPTIVE HOME, JULY 23RD, 2011:
Things are really going great with Sarge!  We enrolled him in obedience 
classes and he attended three before he had a bit of a meltdown.  One of 
the instructors was trying to demonstrate something and Sarge just couldn't 
handle having a stranger handle him.  We took him out of class for a few weeks 
and let him spend more time getting comfortable with us and then returned to 
class.  This time he did beautifully and graduated from the class!  He has an 
invitation to continue on in the advanced obedience class and we are thinking 
about it for the fall.  He is so sweet and loving that he is just a joy to have in 
our family.  My husband takes both Sarge and his younger "sister" Sigi out 
everday for about a two hour walk.  We have a walking path less than a block 
from our home and they have explored a lot of that.  Sarge still has occaisional  
anxiety when he feels the need to stand on his hind legs and "hug" whichever 
family member is closest, but those episodes seem to be limited to times when 
there is another, unfamiliar dog around or when we return from being gone for 
a while.  He does great being kennelled when we go to church or grocery shopping
or something like that and he did great when we boarded both dogs at Rio Gran 
in Hastings when we had to go out of town for a weekend.  By the way, that was a 
FABULOUS place to board the dogs! He also does quite well when we take him to 
the groomers.  I always make sure that Sigi goes with him even though she just 
doesn't need the grooming that he does because her coat isn't as heavy as his.  
He goes every couple of months to get the extra fur out so that he is more 
comfortable and of course to look spiffy!