"Medina"

ADOPTED 2/18/02

• 11/4/01 - Poor Medina finds herself once again needing a home. Although the person who adopted her thinks she is a wonderful dog, Medina is not a good match with the other Boxer in the home. Medina likes to be the boss, and she may need to either be the only dog in the home or with another dog that doesn't mind Medina's assertive nature. Please complete the Foster Application if you can provide Medina with a temporary home or complete the Adoption Application if you want to adopt her.

   

• 7/22/01 - Medina is currently looking for a new foster home if she does not get adopted soon. Changes in the lifestyle of the foster family will require Medina to find a new family to care for her. Luckily Medina's resilient personality will help her take the change in stride. Medina charms everyone she meets, and everyone falls in love with her. The following report from a temporary foster home will demonstrate Medina's amazing ability to share herself with whomever gives her love and affection. This other foster mom cared for Medina and Lexi for a week while the foster family was on vacation (Lexi is the blind girl also available for adoption).

  What a couple of characters these two are...The Beautiful Medina has antics all her own...First, what an agility dog she would make!!  She loves to jump right over both Mandy and Lexi when they are standing side by side (and she clears them with a good 6 inches) ....There is what we call the flying sofa trick, this is very rare and there has to be a lot of excitement for her to get excited enough to due this, she leaps effortlessly over the loveseat into the living room, belly crawls under the coffee table and pops up onto the couch sitting perfectly right next to you on the couch and then covers you with
  kisses......She greets us at the door, and she will stand on the porch with her paws on the railing, but only to kiss the person on the other side. These two have been awesome to have stay with me.

   

• 3/22/01 - Medina is a striking deaf white spayed female Boxer who is not quite 2 1/2 years old. Sadly she has already been in 5 different homes before coming into our rescue program. The people who surrendered her to the shelter said she kept running away to play with other animals. She is definitely friendly and affectionate to all.  Below is the first report from her foster mom:

  "Medina is absolutely gorgeous. She is such a lady, too. She practically prances as she walks. She takes the leash in her mouth as we walk so that sometimes I wonder who is walking who. The way she stands and sits makes her look like a genuine show dog. And she is such an acrobat, she is an excellent candidate for agility training. She can belly crawl under our coffee table in less than 2 seconds. Her acrobatic skills are currently being used to scour our kitchen counter tops for extra treats. So whoever is lucky enough to adopt this pretty girl will need to make sure they keep everything that might be of interest to her far out of reach.

  I can see why the person who gave her up said that she is an escape artist. But this can be prevented with some simple extra measures around the house. We make sure that the leash is fastened to her collar before we even open the door. While she is excellent on her leash once you get her outside, she takes a mad leap out any open door....so she has to be firmly in your control before you get that far. This is especially important since she couldn't hear you calling her if she were to get away from you.

  It does not seem that she was ever crate trained before, but we are working on this. Keeping her in the crate will help tremendously in keeping her out of harms way when she cannot be supervised. She goes into her crate easily. However, she will bark for up to 20 minutes before she settles down to sleep. I am sure that the crate makes her uncomfortable as it limits one of the most important senses she has left, i.e. her sight. The time she spends barking has decreased slightly each time we have put her in the crate so I think she will get used to this given time. We just put her in her crate at least 20 minutes before we need to go to sleep and everything is fine.

  Medina has been a little bit frustrated by the other 4 male dogs in our house right now because they have been constantly pestering her to play over the past few days. I think this will settle down once everyone gets to know each other. She loves everybody and wants to play with everyone and everything. My cats are not too happy about this. You can tell from her body language that she has no intention of hurting them, but the cats are unnerved by the fact that she does not react to their hissing. They do not understand that she is deaf. But then, she is so well adjusted, even I can't tell sometimes.

  Medina seems to favor woman to men and shies away from some men as they approach her. However that hasn't stopped her from sleeping in my husband's lap and licking his face until it's practically raw. The protective barking and growling she does when the other dogs alert her to a visitor is enough to scare away even the most fearless potential burglar. But when we open the door to let someone in, those barks turn to tail wags and kisses in an instant.

  It doesn't appear that she was ever kept off of furniture or tables or
  counter tops for that matter, but we are working with her and she is already getting down when we sign the command for Down (which is simply pointing to the ground).  She recognizes many signs from American Sign Language such as Sit, Stop, Down, Come, and general pointing to get her to go where you need her to be. However, she tends to be focused on everything around her not just her person and she can only follow these commands when you get her attention.

  Medina definitely needs a home that can give her all of the attention she needs (and deserves).  It is easy to fall in love with her but it takes a little more work to keep her out of harms way. Her boundless energy also requires that she get lots of supervised exercise. I hope she finds the perfect home but I will definitely enjoy having her with us while she needs a place to stay."

  Please complete the on-line application if you can take care of Medina. She has enormous potential and she will reward you tenfold for all that you give her.

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