Meet Hershey! He is a 2 year old, 75lb chocolate lab. He was surrendered after his owner moved into an apartment and no longer had time to care for him.
Personality – Hershey is an affectionate and playful pup. He has the best labby lean and playful personality! Hershey thrives on companionship and enjoys being part of the pack. He is great with other dogs, but he likes to be the leader.
Training – Hershey is an independent and strong willed boy who will need a strong leader. He is very smart and he likes to be in charge. He is currently enrolled in a “board and train” program to help him learn basic obedience. He has shown some signs of resource guarding, so we are working on some of the basics. He is doing amazing in training! He now knows all basic commands (sit, stay, place, down) and is walking well on a leash. He is housetrained and crate trained as well.
Interests – Hershey is a young and active dog. He loves to run and play, so he would enjoy a big spacious yard with regular walks and adventures.
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Hershey is a hunk of love who has been through a 2 week off leash board and train with amazing results in his obedience. He will need a strong, confident leader in his new humans and continued work on his obedience skills. As a part of his program, his trainer will be available to help transition.
Hershey is house and crate trained. He currently knows come & sit, place, heel, down, distance down and will hold a command. He will wait for permission to eat. We are also continuing to work on his heel command with distractions when out for a walk. He is a strong boy needs an active family who is committed to exercising him.
As for his ideal family, we recommend no small children right now. Hershey loves kids, but we do feel he will do better with no children or older teenagers who can contribute to his training and hold him accountable.
Hershey is dog friendly and loves hard bones and toys. He loves to play fetch and will chase and return a ball as long as you’re willing to throw it! Hershey loves to go in the car and is a perfect gentleman watching all the action out his window.
Hershey has been with us for one week and he is such a joy! He is so playful and cuddly. He loves to play fetch, go for walks, and swim. He learns and adapts quickly. In this past week, he has learned leash and meal manners. Hershey is an instant best friend to everyone he meets! He is great with other dogs and kids of all ages. Hershey is eager to please, a forever companion, and fun to be around!
As for training and commands, he is great with the “sit”, “shake” , “leave it” and “off” commands. He learned how to wait for the “ok” command to start eating this week and we are starting to work on “lay down.” We have not been using a crate and he has done well without it. He is mostly house trained. He had accidents during the first couple of transition days but quickly learned the drill! We have bells on the door and he learned how to nudge those to signal needing to go outside.
He is such a great dog!!
