"Rosie" is an 11 month old, spayed female, Irish Setter puppy. She was rescued from a local animal shelter. When she was pulled from the shelter she was very thin, quiet, and shy. She is gaining weight and confidence by leaps and bounds. She is your typical young Irish Setter puppy - full of life and energy, and very sweet.
Since being in foster care for the past 3 weeks she has been working on her basic obedience skills and is coming along very nicely. She needs to continue with her training. Her "forever family" should be firm but patient with her, yet allow her the time to run around outside and be silly - to work off some of that puppy energy.
She does enjoy a good belly rub, and likes being brushed on her back. She would be great with ANY people - men, women, children - she loves them all. At the dog park she regularly walks on up to people and stands around trying to get them to pet her. She doesn't jump up on people, except when you first come home from work - she is very excited to see you. "Rosie" is crate trained, and actually likes her crate, and is house broken, but needs to be reminded occasionally to go outside - after all she is still a puppy. She has developed house manners but needs reminding of what she can play with, and can't play with. She likes to lounge on the couch but will sleep in a dog bed on the floor.
She gets along well with cats, dogs and birds. She actually seems to NEED another dog around. When she is alone, she will cry, scratch the door, bark, but if she has another dog with her, she is calm and content - she will just chew a toy, or play with the other dog.