Richie is a 40 lbs, lab mix who is around 6 years old. He’s a Heinz 57 mixture packed with personality! Richie is a retired Houston stray looking for his forever family.
We wish we could ask Richie how to describe the first few years of his life, but we will have to settle for guessing. Richie clearly had a human or humans in his life who loved him at one point. He came to us knowing about living in a house, routines and food times. He knows how to walk on a leash, how to take a bath, and how to behave in a crate. He loves to roll in the grass, get belly rubs, and give hugs. He knows ‘sit’, ‘shake’, fetch, loves playing with toys, and loves kids and people fiercely. He’s also quite the talker, not only with his amazing facial expressions but his ‘sass’ when he wants something of his humans 🤣
Ok…now for the not so good. Richie was picked up as a stray with no ID on him and never reclaimed. Then he ended up on a high kill shelter euthanasia list after he went unnoticed by everyone until our rescue agreed to save his life. He was well behaved there and only listed for space/time. Richie had pesky heartworms and recently finished his treatment. He also had many fractured teeth with root exposures and required an extensive dental surgery to remove many teeth to prevent pain and recurring infections. Given he is a well behaved boy in is foster home and in his crate, we can only imagine what he went through in life to damage his teeth to that extent.
Richie is one healthy, happy boy now with no ongoing medical issues. He has a low-moderate energy level and will do well in a variety of home types, but he is a bit dog selective and doesn’t care for dogs larger than him (c’mon, is he really the first man with a size complex). Once he decides he doesn’t like a dog, he’s not really interested in working on the relationship 🤣. He seems to do best with female dogs and he likes ‘em on the smaller side (he’s a cliche, what can we say). He also seems fine with felines. If you like to have your friends and all their dogs over for drinks, he’s probably not your guy. If you live a quieter, calmer life without the comings and goings of a pack of canines, then he’s the one for you! Richie is in foster with Frenchie and he’s in looooove….should you be looking for two.
