Joy

** If you are interested in adopting Joy please fill out our adoption application at http://farfels.com/farfels-rescue/adoption-form/ **<br/><br/>If you're looking for a happy, friendly, mini-sized Australian Shepherd, Joy might just be your girl! This adorable 3 year old Mini Aussie weighs just 25 pounds, and while Petfinder unfortunately doesn't have a "Mini Aussie" breed option, this girl is definitely Mini Aussie!<br/><br/>Joy came to one of our shelter partners in New Mexico after her family had to move and sadly couldn't take her with them. Unfortunately, this is a story we hear far too often....families' circumstances change, and wonderful dogs like Joy end up needing a new home through no fault of their own.<br/><br/>The good news is that Joy doesn't seem to have let any of that get her down! She is sweet, friendly, and affectionate with people, and she absolutely loves having other dogs around. She gets along wonderfully with both big and small dogs, so she'd be happy to have dog friends in her new home! Or not, she's good either way!<br/><br/>Her previous owner reported that Joy is good with children, although they didn't provide any information about the ages of the kids she lived with. For safety reasons, we would be comfortable placing her in a home with children ages 7 and up.<br/><br/>Since Joy came to the shelter directly from a home, we're assuming she is likely house-trained, but we won't know for certain until she gets settled into a foster home and we can learn more about her. She's currently in transit from New Mexico to Colorado, so she hasn't had the chance to meet her foster family yet!<br/><br/>What we already know for sure? Joy is a sweet, social little Mini Aussie who loves people, loves dogs, and is ready for a fresh start with a family who will never leave her behind. <br/><br/>We'd like to place Joy in a home where she'll get consistent stimulation, exercise and love. A (virtual or in-person) positive reinforcement training class promotes great behavior, bonding and confidence. Training is so important in the future behaviors of every dog. It's for this reason that we're unwilling to adopt to a family that doesn't make this loving choice. Farfel's is happy to provide a list of both in-person and virtual positive reinforcement / force- free trainers in your area.<br/><br/>Joy is up to date on her vaccinations, has been fully vetted, is healthy, heartworm negative, and is spayed.<br/><br/>Farfel's Rescue is a fully foster based rescue, and offers a one week trial with every adoption. We feel that this is much more beneficial to not only the dog, but the adopter too. We believe that only getting 20-30 minutes with a dog before deciding on a lifetime commitment is not a fair amount of time to the adopter, or the dog. Therefore we give adopters one week with the dog to assure it is the right fit, and offer a full refund of their adoption fee should it not workout within the week trial.<br/><br/>Farfel's Rescue has been doing adoptions this way since 2005 and is thrilled to adopt out 400 dogs each year.<br/><br/>Applications are currently being accepted for our wonderful pup. If interested in this gorgeous, very cuddly/sweet and loving best friend, please fill out an application completely at http://farfels.com/farfels-rescue/adoption-form/ and submit.<br/><br/>**PLEASE NOTE** If you're truly interested in adopting from us, please be sure to fill out our Farfel's Rescue adoption application found at the link above or at farfels.com. Adoption site applications such as Petfinder and Adoptapet don't provide enough information and therefore aren't useful. Our Farfel's application is the only initial tool that we have to determine a great match for this very deserving dog. We're sorry, but in many cases, we're unable to get back to those that don't submit our Farfel's Rescue adoption application. Thanks very much for choosing rescue.

** If you are interested in adopting Joy please fill out our adoption application at http://farfels.com/farfels-rescue/adoption-form/ **

If you're looking for a happy, friendly, mini-sized Australian Shepherd, Joy might just be your girl! This adorable 3 year old Mini Aussie weighs just 25 pounds, and while Petfinder unfortunately doesn't have a "Mini Aussie" breed option, this girl is definitely Mini Aussie!

Joy came to one of our shelter partners in New Mexico after her family had to move and sadly couldn't take her with them. Unfortunately, this is a story we hear far too often....families' circumstances change, and wonderful dogs like Joy end up needing a new home through no fault of their own.

The good news is that Joy doesn't seem to have let any of that get her down! She is sweet, friendly, and affectionate with people, and she absolutely loves having other dogs around. She gets along wonderfully with both big and small dogs, so she'd be happy to have dog friends in her new home! Or not, she

** If you are interested in adopting Joy please fill out our adoption application at http://farfels.com/farfels-rescue/adoption-form/ **

If you're looking for a happy, friendly, mini-sized Australian Shepherd, Joy might just be your girl! This adorable 3 year old Mini Aussie weighs just 25 pounds, and while Petfinder unfortunately doesn't have a "Mini Aussie" breed option, this girl is definitely Mini Aussie!

Joy came to one of our shelter partners in New Mexico after her family had to move and sadly couldn't take her with them. Unfortunately, this is a story we hear far too often....families' circumstances change, and wonderful dogs like Joy end up needing a new home through no fault of their own.

The good news is that Joy doesn't seem to have let any of that get her down! She is sweet, friendly, and affectionate with people, and she absolutely loves having other dogs around. She gets along wonderfully with both big and small dogs, so she'd be happy to have dog friends in her new home! Or not, she's good either way!

Her previous owner reported that Joy is good with children, although they didn't provide any information about the ages of the kids she lived with. For safety reasons, we would be comfortable placing her in a home with children ages 7 and up.

Since Joy came to the shelter directly from a home, we're assuming she is likely house-trained, but we won't know for c