04/12/2025
Meet Milo!❤
Milo brightens the day of everyone around him with his goofy quirks and happy appearance. He absolutely LOVES other dogs and has done amazing with all of our daycare dogs. Even though he looks like he wants to be pet and loved on by people, he prefers NOT to be smothered with love. He will tolerate being handled and touched for putting on leashes/collars, grooming appointments, nails, etc. but prefers not to be pet excessively. He is also a resource guarder.
He was brought to us after a severe bite from resource guarding and has had multiple incidents of growling/snaping when being touched on the head/neck area. He has been with us for almost 4 months where we have been training and setting up specific situations for evaluation. These evaluations have helped rule out certain types of homes that will not be suitable for him. We have also ruled out any painful medical issues with a veterinarian that may be causing him to react this way.
His ideal new home will not have kids. Milo’s ideal new owner will also advocate for his space and keep his environment well managed to prevent resource guarding.
The perfect set up for Milo is a kennel run like the one in the picture below. He was not kenneled in his previous home and I originally was going to start him off in a big pen, gradually make it smaller then switch to a regular kennel but he does so well in the big kennel run and is very nervous in a normal kennel. The run that I have is not even connected to the wall and he will not touch the panels, he is very respectful of the wall boundaries.
The perfect outside area would be a fenced in yard to prevent him from having to be put on and off a leash multiple times a day. He would love to have another dog to wrestle with but cannot be a dog that will resource guard. He is very food motivated and listens very well to commands. He knows come, kennel, wait, sit, down, and does well walking on a leash.
We appreciate all the donations for our 5 dogs from last year. Your donations cover food, flea and tick/heartworm prevention, training equipment, treats/bones/chews, etc. Without your donations, we wouldn't have been able to help these dogs get out of the shelter and into their forever homes. You can donate to the link below❤
Once Milo finds his new home, we plan to take in our 7th dog. If you are looking for a dog but Milo isn’t the right fit for your home, please check in with Safe Haven! Our friends over at Memphis & Co. Dog Training also have a Cane Corso foster train named Duke available for adoption and our friends at Psyched Canine have a Terrier Mix, Kai who also came from Safe Haven.
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