Joey

Reference Number: 36524
Background: Stray

Breed: Staffordshire X
Gender: Male
DOB: 19/3/2024
Size: Medium
Weight: 18kg
Desexed: Yes

Adoption Fee: $202

Requirements:
Experienced owners
Must meet all family members in the home
Kids (10yrs+)
Best as only dog (for now)
 

Commands I know:
Sit
Toilet Trained

Meet Joey,

Joey is a soft-natured boy who’s looking for a special home with patient and understanding people. He’s a little shy at first, especially when meeting new faces, but with kindness and time, he blossoms into a sweet, playful, and affectionate friend.

This sensitive boy would love a calm, quiet home where he can feel safe and secure. He’s best suited to experienced owners who understand timid or nervous dogs and can help him build confidence at his own pace. Joey is still figuring out how he feels about other dogs, but he absolutely enjoys the company of people he trusts.

While he’d be a great fit for an active household, Joey’s exercise needs are simple—a gentle stroll every other day is all he really asks for. What he truly loves most is being near his people, sharing quiet moments, and soaking up affection once he feels comfortable.

If you have a peaceful home, a little patience, and a lot of love to give, Joey will reward you with his trust, his happy wagging tail, and a lifetime of sweet, soulful moments.

Ideal Home: Joey is fine to live in a townhouse, standalone home or on a farm/acerage, with a medium to large yard and high, secure fencing.

Family: Joey is open to meet kids from 10 years and up. The reason for this is that Joey can be a little nervous when meeting new people. We feel that older kids will be more understanding of his sensitive needs.

Joey is fine to live with people who work part-time hours - he shows no signs of separation anxiety but he does feel most at ease when he is around familiar people. He is able to create bonds with people and these bonds help him feel safe and comfortable. Time spent inside the home with his new family would be great too.

As we cannot test in this environment, we are unsure how Joey would go living with, or meeting, cats/pocket pets. This would be up to the discretion of his new owners.

Training & Development: Joey would benefit from post-adoption training such as training at home to cover basic commands/obedience. Group classes would be good to so that Joey can learn social skills and desensitisation skills so that he feels more at ease when meeting other dogs.

Joey is still learning his name but he knows commands such as 'sit' and he is also toilet trained. He is very food motivated and is quite gentle when taking treats from you - so having treats on you during training to mark good behaviour would be an excellent idea. Joey really likes devon.

We always recommend post-adoption training whether it be at home or with a professional. Training doesn’t have to be a chore – it can be a fun experience for you both, it doesn’t have to take long & is a great way for you to bond with your new pal.

Play: Joey has low-range energy needs & would benefit from exercise, play, or walks from 20-30mins every other day to keep him healthy and happy. Joey doesn't show any interest in playing with toys - he prefers going for walks, and personal play with his handlers.

Joey walks well on lead with minimal pulling. He is fine to be walked on a lead and collar or martingale.

The 3-3-3 Rule of Adopting a Dog

Post Adoption Life: With all animals it’s important to understand that going into a new environment with new people may not be as seamless as we want it to be. It’s important to know that these animals have unknown histories - most are left in the shelter by their owners. The information we have is from observing the animal’s behaviours & reactions to certain stimuli whilst in our care. Adopted animals can take up to 3 months to properly decompress from post-shelter life & a lot of behaviours & quirks may surface during this time. All that we ask is that their new owners have an open mind & are patient.