ANASTASIA*

Meet Anastasia, the mixed breed adolescent. We are not sure what Anastasia’s breed mix is but some sort of Dutch Shepherd mix is our best guess. Anastasia came into the Shelter via animal control after she and three other dogs were reported to be running around a rural area of South County. A good Samaritan and our animal control team were able to get all four dogs into safety at the Shelter. We are not sure of their relation or exact age. They did not have identification (microchip or tags) prior to arrival to the Shelter. A volunteer took Anastasia home for about a week and reports the following: -house trained &non-destructive -mellow, gentle & quiet. a great work from home buddy -very cuddly & prefers hanging out on a couch over her dog bed -gentle walker on leash -food motivated Although she is fond of one of the dogs she came in with (Andre), she can be selective with new canine friends. She needs a slow, thoughtful introduction to dogs. When dogs are vocal or abrupt in meeting her, she does not have much tolerance for it. But when introduced to an adolescent male dog (Bruno), she ended up being play buddies with him. Anastasia is vocal in play, which may be off putting to some dogs. With a well matched dog and management, she may be able to join an already existing dog in a home. Anastasia's adoption fee has been sponsored by the Santa Cruz Animal Shelter Foundation's Leave No One Behind fund - a fund that draws adopter's eyes towards animals that have been waiting a little bit longer than average for the right adopters to come along and bring them home. The Santa Cruz County Animal Shelter Foundation is now offering “Pawsitivity Bucks” with every dog adoption. This $200 training voucher is a way for newly adopted canines and their guardians to connect with local positive reinforcement based behavior consultants and get their relationship started off on the right paw! Please note: Our Santa Cruz location’s Shelter hours are 11-6pm, 7 days a week! Although clients can walk through and see any animals in their kennels during open hours, we end “meet and greets” (aka meeting an animal out of the kennel) at 4:30pm every day. If you’d like to meet an animal out of the kennel, please arrive before 4:00pm to allow for time to discuss individual animals and meet them.

Meet Anastasia, the mixed breed adolescent. We are not sure what Anastasia’s breed mix is but some sort of Dutch Shepherd mix is our best guess. Anastasia came into the Shelter via animal control after she and three other dogs were reported to be running around a rural area of South County. A good Samaritan and our animal control team were able to get all four dogs into safety at the Shelter. We are not sure of their relation or exact age. They did not have identification (microchip or tags) prior to arrival to the Shelter. A volunteer took Anastasia home for about a week and reports the following: -house trained &non-destructive -mellow, gentle & quiet. a great work from home buddy -very cuddly & prefers hanging out on a couch over her dog bed -gentle walker on leash -food motivated Although she is fond of one of the dogs she came in with (Andre), she can be selective with new canine friends. She needs a slow, thoughtful introduction to dogs. When dogs are vocal or abrupt in meeting her, she does not have much toleran

Meet Anastasia, the mixed breed adolescent. We are not sure what Anastasia’s breed mix is but some sort of Dutch Shepherd mix is our best guess. Anastasia came into the Shelter via animal control after she and three other dogs were reported to be running around a rural area of South County. A good Samaritan and our animal control team were able to get all four dogs into safety at the Shelter. We are not sure of their relation or exact age. They did not have identification (microchip or tags) prior to arrival to the Shelter. A volunteer took Anastasia home for about a week and reports the following: -house trained &non-destructive -mellow, gentle & quiet. a great work from home buddy -very cuddly & prefers hanging out on a couch over her dog bed -gentle walker on leash -food motivated Although she is fond of one of the dogs she came in with (Andre), she can be selective with new canine friends. She needs a slow, thoughtful introduction to dogs. When dogs are vocal or abrupt in meeting her, she does not have much tolerance for it. But when introduced to an adolescent male dog (Bruno), she ended up being play buddies with him. Anastasia is vocal in play, which may be off putting to some dogs. With a well matched dog and management, she may be able to join an already existing dog in a home. Anastasia's adoption fee has been sponsored by the Santa Cruz Animal Shelter Foundation's Leave No One Behind fund - a fund