Disco
~DOB: 9/1/2023
Weight: 74 lbs
Energy Level: Moderate
Overall Drive: Moderate
Location: San Diego, CA
Disco is a beautiful girl who demands the dancefloor focus on her #WatchOutJohnTravolta. Her personality has just started to blossom and she is proving to be a very playful young lady. Adding to her resume of “What is Disco like” she is also protective of her people and extremely loyal as well. Do you think you have to tame this Disco on the dance floor?
If Disco was a human, she would make a great bodyguard. She follows her fosters everywhere to make sure what they are doing is safe according to the laws of Disco safety. On occasion, she will just sit staring out of the door to make sure there are no undercover ninjas disguised as USPS, UPS, or Amazon delivery guys that are plotting an attack on the house. In addition to physical security, she also does food inspections to ensure no one has poisoned the family food supply while they weren’t looking. Overall, she is the BFF that you have been missing who is extremely friendly, bouncy #NotLikeMooDeng, and very playful. She gets along well with the resident GSD but has shown some signs of prey drive towards little dogs in the past. Her fosters have not tested her with livestock, cats, nor children.
During car rides she tries to move around a bit to make sure you drive correctly and safely enough for her liking, so she will need a harness or crate if you do not want a full-time co-pilot for your vehicular journeys. When she went to the vet’s office, she was good, the resident GSD went as well and there were no issues other than her barking and lunging at the little dogs that were there for checkups. If there are loud noises around the house she will retreat into her crate or come to one of her fosters, if she is outside when the loud noise happens, she looks for her humans. If her humans are her favorite thing in the world, food is a close second! If you want to bribe or get her really engaged in training, food is the key.
During Disco’s time in foster care, she has mastered Sit, Down, and Off commands. She is currently working on Stay, Come, Place, and Heel. Her house manners are coming around, as she is fully potty trained but will still raid the trashcan or counter surf if given the opportunity. This girl will get bored if not given the proper amount of mental and physical stimulation per day. When this happens, she makes “work” for herself in the form of deconstructing items left out in her reach or pulling things into her crate. Overall, these are easily fixable with the proper/continued training as well as mental and physical stimulation during the day. Please remember she is still young and sometimes these traits need time to be handled, Rome wasn’t built overnight.
Disco is looking for her forever home which will need to be an active home that will continue her training for her to be successful throughout her life. A home with older kids and large respectful dogs would work in Disco’s favor as well. She might be a sports candidate for Flyball, Barn Hunt, and Dock Diving in the future. Being outside is where she really shines so maybe a hiking/camping adventure buddy is what you are looking for. Give Disco a shot, she might surprise you and be the best dancing partner ever!
Must have previous or current, purebred Belgian Malinois experience OR other high drive working breed experience. Have no children under the age of 12 years old OR have extensive experience with children and high drive dogs.
Our adoption process includes- completion of an application, followed by a telephone interview.
Adoption Donation: $500.00
Transport along Interstate 5 (Stevenson Ranch, CA to Edmonds, WA) is available but cost not included in adoption fee.
For all inquiries, please fill out our adoption application first, as the volunteer answering emails is probably not the coordinator for the specific foster home/dog.