Artie Bullmastiff Mix Des Moines, IA

HOW TO ADOPT: This dog is available for adoption by appointment. To schedule a time to meet this dog, please email ARL-Adoption@arl-iowa.org.

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- Big goofball who loves playing in the yard and with toys

- Likes being around people

- Has been doing well with housetraining and crate-training in his foster home; just remember that any dog may need time to get used to a new schedule

- Has been doing very well with other dogs in his foster home and might enjoy a calm dog friend in his new home

- Can be shy and would benefit from continued confidence-building in his new home; ARL training classes would be great for that and for learning all his basic skills, too

- Had double cherry eye surgery at the ARL and is doing well now (more info at ARL)

- Experienced some swelling on his right leg that went away on its own; we are unsure of the cause and cannot guarantee that the swelling will not return in the future

The ARL's shelter software requires that we choose a primary breed for our dogs. Visual breed identification in dogs is unreliable, so for most dogs we are only guessing at primary breed. We get to know each dog as an individual and do our best to describe each of our dogs based on personality, not breed label. Primary Color: Brown Weight: 74.6lbs Age: 1yrs 3mths 2wks Animal has been Neutered