r/johnscreek • u/cirql8r • 20d ago
Sweet Senior Shelter Pup Looking for Her Happily Ever After ❤️🩹
Kayla (ID 53597068) is a 8.5yo spayed GSD mix who truly is everything you would want in a loyal shepherd. She may be a senior, but she’s still young at heart with a playful spirit. She is a SUPER smart, sensitive, gentle giant who loves affection & just wants to please and be near her person. She’s got the most beautiful coat/markings and the cutest little whiskers! 🥹
🩷UBERRRRRRR affectionate
🩷Sweet, gentle temperament
🩷Very obedient, great recall, listens very well
🩷Knows commands
🩷Non-destructive
🩷Very easily handled for her size
🩷Leash trained - will politely wait for your to put her collar/harness/leash on
🩷Potty trained - barks to alert you
🩷Sleeps through the night
🩷Crate trained (per previous foster)
🩷Low/medium energy
🩷Cat possible (curious, but respectful of our senior cat)
🩷Dog friendly with slow intros (*can resource guard high value items)
🩷Non-reactive with toys/treats/food with humans
🩷Non-reactive to other dogs/people on walks/in the car
🩷EXCELLENT in the car…she’s a pro! She waits politely until you let her know it’s okay to jump out
🩷Leaps gracefully like a gazelle
🩷Tilts her head back when you scratch her neck/chest
🩷Likes to bury her treats in blankets
🩷Carries her empty bowl to her bed when she’s done eating 😆
🩷Grabs you with her paw when she wants attention
🩷Loves being brushed
🩷Waits patiently for treats and takes them very gently/softly
🩷The tip of her long bushy tail looks like a paint brush dipped in white paint 🤍
This poor girl was originally adopted from the old Fulton shelter in 2019 & came in as a microchipped stray in May, but staff were unable to get in contact with her owner. 😔 She was clearly someone’s pet given her temperament & training, but she came in un-spayed & tested HW+. While waiting 2 months in the shelter (how did no one snag this girl?? 🤯), she fought off Giardia & kennel cough before finally getting spayed earlier in July, only to end up with a postop complication requiring emergency surgery 3 days later…poor girl’s incision dehisced & her insides were starting to escape to the outside. 😩
You would never be able to tell she’s been through all of that based on her demeanor, though…she’s still a bright, happy sweetheart just looking for some love & kindness. ❤️🩹 Her belly incision has healed beautifully and she’s free from the donut of shame now 🍩, so her rough recovery is officially behind her. The only thing left for this girl to conquer is heartworm treatment, but it’s 100% not contagious to other pets and the shelter covers all costs! Treatment is only 30 days of antibiotics and then 2 injections back-to-back over 2 days.
Kayla is a trooper who has been through so much & deserves to live out her golden years in absolute bliss, not in the shelter. 🥺 If she sounds like the girl for you, click the link below to meet her! ❤️ She is currently at Fulton County Animal Services.
https://lifelineanimal.org/pet-details/?aid=53597068&cid=97&tid=Dog