3 Years, BREED MIX: CHOCOLATE LAB MIX
GENDER: MALE
APPROX. AGE: Born MAY, 2014
SIZE & WEIGHT: MEDIUM, 57 LBS.
HISTORY/BACKGROUND: ABANDONED AND NEGLECTED, LIVED WITH PEOPLE, BUT CONFINED TO A PIT HOLE/APARTMENT COURTYARD WITH FOUR WALLS IN 3 STORY BUILDING IN PUERTO VALLARTA, NO ONE EVER SPOKE TO HIM, HE NEVER WENT OUTSIDE, WAS MALNOURISHED AND UNDERWEIGHT AND NO ONE KNEW HIS NAME. APPARENTLY HE HAD AN 'OWNER', YET, NO ONE SPENT TIME OR CARED FOR HIM. A VISITOR FROM CANADA WAS VISITING HER BROTHER IN THE RUN DOWN APARTMENT COMPLEX AND COULDN'T BARE TO LEAVE SHOKO BEHIND. SHE GOT SHOKO OUT OF THERE, TO THE VET FOR VACCINES, GOT A CRATE, BOOKED HIS FLIGHT ON WEST JET, AND FLEW HIM TO HER TOWN IN ST. ALBERT. SHE WANTED TO KEEP HIM HOWEVER KNEW SHE COULDN'T SINCE HER LANDLORD ONLY ALLOWED ONE DOG. SHE THEN CONTACTED OTHER RESCUES AND AGENCIES AND COULDN'T FIND ANYONE TO HELP UNTIL SHE REACHED OUT TO US. AND OF COURSE, WE SAID WE WOULD BE HAPPY TO HELP HER AND SHOKO FIND A WONDERFUL NEW HOME AND LIFE. SHOKO WILL BE DRIVEN TO OUR SANCTUARY THE FIRST WEEK OF JANUARY, 2017!
TEMPERAMENT & PERSONALITY: HE IS VERY SWEET, LOVES TO CUDDLE, HE LEARNS VERY FAST, HE IS SPECIAL, HE KNOWS THINGS, IF YOU LOOK HIM IN THE EYES YOUR HEART WILL MELT, HE NEEDS LOTS OF LOVE AND AFFECTION, NEEDS HUGS, HE IS A LITTLE AFRAID OF OTHER DOGS AT FIRST but coming along with his socialization the more he gets out to dog parks and around new things.
DOG'S NEEDS: LOVE, CUDDLES, ATTENTION, HE LOVES TO PLAY WITH OTHER DOGS SIMILAR TO HIM, HE HAS A PEACEFUL CD MUSIC FOR SLEEP THAT HALL HE LISTENS TOO ALL NIGHT AND HE LOVES IT.
BEST MATCH: FAMILY PREFERABLY WITH OLDER KIDS THAT CAN TAKE CARE OF HIM AND SHOW HIM A FUN, ADVENTUROUS LIFE WITH EXERCISE, RUN AND PLAY.
FAVORITE THINGS: HIS MUSIC, HIS BLANKET, STEW BEEF BONES, RELAXING ON HIS BED AFTER A LONG WALK, BEING AROUND PEOPLE.