Helga Labrador Retriever Mix Hopkinton, MA

*PLEASE - fill out an application at browndogcoalition.com after reading through the entirety of the adoption profile. Inquiries will slow down the application process.*

Meet Helga! She is about 7 months old, 35 pounds, and she looks like she has some Lab in her mix. Helga loves her people and playing with other dogs. She could go to a home with other dogs, a confident/dog savvy cat and/or kids 5+. Helga has been living as an outdoor only foster and is not house trained or used to walking on leash. So while she is safe, cared for and vetted, it is best to assume she needs help adapting to indoor life.

Helga's ideal adopters will be home for most of the day (beyond the COVID quarantine period) and enjoy being active, with a fenced in yard and/or lots of walks to provide her with daily, positive new experiences with people and other dogs, as well as life skills through training. Adopters will need to teach their puppy house-training and crate-training. Enrolling in a puppy training class with a certified, positive reinforcement dog trainer is required. Adopters are encouraged to commit to training beyond the initial required class.

Her foster says, "Helga is sweet, well behaved, loving little girl. She loves to play with her toys and the other dogs she has been living with. She enjoys being petted and will give kisses to those who are close. Any home would be lucky to have her!"

She is available for direct adoption with an approved adopter in North Dartmouth, MA on February 5th. Please fill out an application at www.browndogcoalition.com/adoption.