We’ve all been there. Standing at the trail head, unloading the car, heaving your full pack up over your shoulders, wishing there was some way to unload those 4 beers and make it a little easier to carry them to the peak. You ponder for a minute, “If only there was a way to enjoy these beers without having to sweat the trip up with them.”
Have we go the dog for you! Willow is adventure ready, and excited to trek up the trails with a backpack and your cold ones loaded up! This spunky mixed breed (we think some cattle dog and pitbull, based on her spots and smile) is always excited to through her harness on and explore the neighborhood with us, and our typical two mile loops are enough to get her excited for more!
Willow’s journey to Seattle wasn’t the smoothest. She came to us a few weeks ago from Three Little Pitties Rescue in Houston, where it was believed she was used as a breeding dog, stuck in a terrible hoarding and fight-ring situation. But in a true example of resilience, Willow is a huge social butterfly, instantly making best friends with any human she meets. Willow is young, just under 2 years old, and while her bouncy eagerness makes scrambling up a hillside or bounding through a creek easy, we are not sure how she would do with children under 10. But given a chance, Willow may even “encourage” you into a swim along the trail!
Willow has even offered a few surprises along the way. Upon arrival, she went into foster and had a difficult time staying calm and relaxed with their resident dog. Making friends, turns out, is difficult when your eagerness is moving faster than senses. When she came to stay with us and our two dogs, an altercation led to a few days of decompression and quiet time. But again, in a perfect illustration of her resilience, Willow quickly adapted and has befriended our ambassador dogs Pickle and Dakota (two dogs that are not always the easiest to win over, by the way). Willow is amazing at taking signals from dogs with clear boundaries, and only pushes as far as the other dog allows. Unfortunately, that would make dog parks difficult, but she would rather be glued to you on a hike anyway!
“But wait, why would I want a dog with so much energy?” Because those who play hard also know how to nap hard! Willow loves to crash after a hard play session with our dogs and nap the afternoons away. Though she is crate trained, Willow can also responsibly sleep in bed with us at night and we don’t have to worry about her waking up and causing mischief. In the words of her foster, “Willow is a PERFECT working from home buddy!”
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