Rio

Rio is looking for a foster home to give him a chance to search for his forever home!

Rio was born last year in Urla, İzmir in a village to an Anatolian Shepherd looking mother and a father that looks like him (wired coated terrier mix (?) big breed).

Together with his sister Lima, they have made a closely knit family of four, living among other village animals such as stray cats and sheep.

Unfortunately, bad people are everywhere, there have been several incidents where they slightly escaped cars or aggressive dogs specifically introduced to the area to force them out and such.

While the mother and father dogs are experienced and skittish of people the puppies grew up to be super friendly with people which put them under more danger.

Recently transported to Ankara, Turkey, the puppies are diagnosed with Erlichia, a tick borne disease (not contagious to dogs, other animals or people), treatable with antibiotics. They are currently under medication and will not travel until they are tested negative for it. Rio will also be castrated after treatment and before his travel to the NL.

Although they have entered a building for the very first time in the dog sanctuary they are currently staying, they adjusted super good. They have already mastered stairs, staying in a kennel and potty training.

Both are super food driven and as such very trainable.

Rio is not very fond of being leashed up however his excitement for the outside outweighs his anxiety for the leash. He is of course zigzagging and time to time fight with the leash but this is a work in progress. We have only tried with a slip leash and we are planning to try again with a no-escape harness to make him feel more at ease on the leash.

This profile will be updated as time passes but we wanted to give him and you a chance to e-meet already. If you would like to foster him and give him a chance to find his happily ever after in the Netherlands, please reach out to us (preferably on WhatsApp)!