Grappler (Furever Foster)

Behavioral: Grappler was a young, intact male picked up by Calgary Animal Services for wandering at large. He loves his stuffy toys but he would mouth/nip inappropriately if over-excited so CAS transferred him to us as they thought he would be too much for their potential adopters.<br/><br/>He is very affectionate when he accepts you & he is getting much better about not bouncing up or off of us & his excited mouthing has calmed down considerably. But because of his stranger danger issues, we'd recommend an adult only home.<br/><br/>Yet, when people have come to visit us & come into the house, or we've had a dogsitter in for a weekend, he has had no problem meeting them & accepting them in the home.<br/><br/>He is pretty good about meeting other dogs politely & he generally ignores them unless a good game of chase starts. He seems to be rather particular about who his inner circle of friends is - not too many are actually enticed to play with him. He does like his stuffy toys & will amuse himself with some of the yard toys but does not seem particularly interested in the fetch games.<br/><br/>It wasn't until he had a meet and greet that we found out he is quite territorial about strangers coming into his yard/area. He not only stood & barked at them, but he also lunged and nipped a leg. When corrected for doing that, he redirected to my leg and nipped at it, leaving a bruise. He did eventually settle down enough to sit quietly beside me but would not take his eyes of the strangers and no treat was interesting enough to make friends.

Behavioral: Grappler was a young, intact male picked up by Calgary Animal Services for wandering at large. He loves his stuffy toys but he would mouth/nip inappropriately if over-excited so CAS transferred him to us as they thought he would be too much for their potential adopters.

He is very affectionate when he accepts you & he is getting much better about not bouncing up or off of us & his excited mouthing has calmed down considerably. But because of his stranger danger issues, we'd recommend an adult only home.

Yet, when people have come to visit us & come into the house, or we've had a dogsitter in for a weekend, he has had no problem meeting them & accepting them in the home.

He is pretty good about meeting other dogs politely & he generally ignores them unless a good game of chase starts. He seems to be rather particular about who his inner circle of friends is - not too many are actually enticed to play with him. He does like his stuffy toys & will amuse himself with some of the yard to

Behavioral: Grappler was a young, intact male picked up by Calgary Animal Services for wandering at large. He loves his stuffy toys but he would mouth/nip inappropriately if over-excited so CAS transferred him to us as they thought he would be too much for their potential adopters.

He is very affectionate when he accepts you & he is getting much better about not bouncing up or off of us & his excited mouthing has calmed down considerably. But because of his stranger danger issues, we'd recommend an adult only home.

Yet, when people have come to visit us & come into the house, or we've had a dogsitter in for a weekend, he has had no problem meeting them & accepting them in the home.

He is pretty good about meeting other dogs politely & he generally ignores them unless a good game of chase starts. He seems to be rather particular about who his inner circle of friends is - not too many are actually enticed to play with him. He does like his stuffy toys & will amuse himself with some of the yard toys but does not seem particularly interested in the fetch games.

It wasn't until he had a meet and greet that we found out he is quite territorial about strangers coming into his yard/area. He not only stood & barked at them, but he also lunged and nipped a leg. When corrected for doing that, he redirected to my leg and nipped at it, leaving a bruise. He did eventually settle down enou