SVEN

norwegian buhund + retriever mix | neutered male | 1 year and 5 months old | 36 lbs

Sven's Story

Sven was born from a stray dog and was living in the foothill with his mother and sibling. A volunteer had been feeding his mother for a long time. The volunteer tried to catch and spay the mother dog ever since she gave birth to the puppies. Though they were happy in the foothill but still in a dangerous area. We had been successfully catching the dog mother and preventing her from give birth too many puppies and rescued three puppies, unfortunately one puppy was died by distemper, Sven and another puppy are the only ones survived. We rescued these puppies when they were 2 months old, they were weak and skinny, and had skin disease by lack nutrition, so they stayed a month in vet hospital to treatment illnesses. Sven is almost died by distemper in hospital, he is survived but his permanent teeth are macular. The permanent teeth will be macular for a life. He is very healthy except the macular teeth.
— Sven's Rescuer

Get to Know Sven

Sven is a humble dog. He is gentle and obedient, he has sweet-tempered. He is shy when he being touched by strangers in beginning but he is still very friendly and willing to be petted. He is friendly with children and dogs/cats too. He is a loving animal to both human and dogs/cats when he knows them well.

We relocated him to another foster family where has dogs and cats and training him to go out for socialization, he was living in a foster where with a big backyard and many dogs but foster family has never took dogs out from home. He was living in there for a year, he shared few love since there are many dogs. We convinced his rescuer to adopt him out for a wonderful family, he will get completely love from his family in future.

He is a beautiful and good dog. He is worth to get a wonderful home. We hope he will soon be adopted by a loving family where he can be loved and cherished.
— Sven's Foster Parent

 -   SOCIALIZATION   -

SOCIAL INCLINATION : DOMINANT | SUBMISSIVE

PEOPLE-FRIENDLY : Y, but shy initially

CHILD-FRIENDLY : Y, but children must be well behaved. Overwhelmed easily.

GETS ALONG WITH EXISTING PETS AT HOME? : Y

GETS ALONG WITH OUTSIDE DOGS: Y

 

-   ANXIETY   -

SKITTISH? : N, but shy

FEAR OF MEN : N

BARKS WHEN UNATTENDED? : N

CHEWS THINGS UP WHEN UNATTENDED? : N

 

-   AGGRESSION   -

BITING INCIDENTS? : N

FOOD AGGRESSION WITH DOGS : N

FOOD AGGRESSION WITH HUMANS: N

 

-   DAY-TO-DAY ACTIVITIES   -

ENERGY LEVEL : V. HIGH | HIGH | MODERATE | LOW

HOUSE TRAINED? : Y (OUTSIDE)

LEASH-TRAINED : Y

COMMANDS LEARNED : SIT

ADAPTS WELL TO NEW ENVIRONMENTS? : Y, but like any shy dog, needs a gentle and quiet introduction.

 

ANY OTHER ISSUES? : N