Meet Dooley:
Dooley is under a year old and a very happy and go-lucky fellow. He’s a nifty dog, learns very quickly and hasn’t met a single person who isn’t immediately on his BFF list. He is a little bouncy (but hey – he’s a puppy!) and he likes to carry things in his mouth like car keys and his favorite stuffed duck. He will bravely lead giant ponies like Sampson. He can walk himself on a leash. He comes when you call him, even if there is something very interesting going on. He’s pretty awesome and he’s pretty satisfied with his life so far. He knows he has all the food he can eat, lots of great people to meet and lots of space to run with puppy friends.
And that’s the problem. Remember the puppy with the broken jaw who had very clearly had a horribly crappy life? We had lots of interest on adopting him. We had another puppy come in that City Chick never even got to meet because he immediately went home with one of our clients – poor pup’s leg was all chewed up and infected and he had lots of puncture marks. He would have been snatched up very quickly if he hadn’t gotten adopted about 3 hours after he arrived. He had had a crappy life too. But Dooley hasn’t had a horribly crappy life from what we can see. He had a sort of crappy day where he was on his own for awhile before Garden Girl found him on the side of the road and brought him back to the Farm. Dooley isn’t damaged. There is no recovery time on him as he never was injured. He’s neutered, microchipped and fully vaccinated, well socialized and very capable of being a great dog. And no one wants him.
City Chick does some work with multiple pet rescue organizations through her real job. And she’s always amazed at some of these great dogs that have trouble finding homes. She doesn’t get it. Many of them have similar stories – a kind person finds them dumped on the side of the road, no obvious damage physically or mentally, just had the bad luck of having an owner that didn’t recognize them as living and sentient beings and threw them out with the garbage.
So . . . City Chick is putting it out there. Dooley is way too awesome to be hanging out at the Farm. The Farm is full up on full-time Farm Dogs, so he really, really, really would like a person or a family to call his own. He is housebroken. He gets along with with pretty much everyone – poultry, horses, cows, goats, people, dogs. City Chick has seen the farm cats teach him some manners – he thinks they are really fun to bark at and he gets his face a little too close to theirs sometimes. He is a little baffled at pigs – he doesn’t do anything but bark at them to see if they’ll play. They won’t. They are disgusted by his antics. He likes kids, but can be a little bit bouncy/excitable for smaller kiddos unless they are the rough and tumble type of child. He would be a fantastic running buddy as he loves to get out and move.
So, Dooley says, “Please – will you help me find my home? I promise I’ll be as good as I know how and will happily learn anything you need to teach me. I’ll love you lots and lots and always make you laugh and be so glad that you found me.”
Kuhs Farm 
I am interested in this guy! How do I get in touch with you to learn more?
Hi Brad – you can email elizabeth@kuhsfarmrescue.org or call 314.226.0709 to find out more.
I am very interested in the dog. Who should I contact? I would like to come this week to take a look and hacve him meet my son and I.
Hi Holly – you can contact Elizabeth at 314.226.0709 to make arrangements to meet Dooley.
No voice mail, sure she doesn’t have pager. so can you pass this along 636.675.7988