Meet Miss Foxie Roxie



Roxie

Roxie's story begins with her being picked up as a stray back in MI.  While she was in foster care she was spayed and brought up to date on her shots.  Roxie was obviously used for breeding purposes and was probably dumped on the side of the road because whoever owner her was done breeding her, hence why she had a mammary tumor.  Roxie had it removed and it was benign. 

Roxie was transported to NJ where she is now in foster care with me.  When I first had her she was a tornado.  She jumped all over the place and couldn't figure out the whole home setting.  Since she's a stray I don't know what her living situation was like before, but I don't think she was indoors much.  I also had just received Polly and at that time, Polly was not dog friendly. 

Roxie headed to Camp Bow Wow where she charmed the camp counselors and made many friends.  Once Polly was settled I picked Roxie up and tried to re-introduce the two.  Roxie is a very social dog, Polly on the other hand was not.  Polly needed time to warm up and now they get along fine.

Roxie is very smart.  She learned "no" rather fast.  She was a major counter surfer but hardly does it anymore.  She also knows "sit," "stay" and "down."  She does well on a leashed and gets super excited when she sees the leash.  She knows it's walking time.  Roxie is also an excellent car rider.  She bounces around for about five minutes and from then on she either goes to sleep or lays across the back seat looking out the window.

Napping with Big Foot

Roxie is high energy but don't let her fool you, she's really good at taking naps.  She will run five miles with you or watch a movie without interruption.  The only thing she request is that she be close.  Where I sit, she needs to be right up next to me, typical Velcro GSP.  She just wants to be loved and she is.  I love Roxie and she is just as sweet as can be.  She even found me a present in the yard the other day.  And by present I mean a dead bird.  She points often and she's leggy.  When she runs she's very gazelle like.  Despite her prey drive she has yet to even attempt to jump the fence.  I think she likes it here so she'll wait for the critters to come into her yard.       

Roxie has been a pleasure to have so far (excpet for the first day lol).  She's obviously been through a lot and I would really like to see her go into a family as a second dog or an active family.  She's friendly with all ages of people and dogs.  She's just a sweetheart and needs a family that's going to treat her right.  She deserves it.   

If you're interested in Miss Roxie or have any questions please email gsprescuenj@hotmail.com.