Brownie the English Springer Spaniel
Aliases: none
Breed: English Springer Spaniel
Favorite toy: cupcake chew toy
Owner: Laura
ASPCA personality Type: Couch Potato
I’m a relaxed, laid-back kind of dog who enjoys long naps, watching movies, curling up on laps, and walking very short distances from the couch to the food bowl and back.
Appearance: B
Some days she knows how to work her cuteness. Other days she would rather claim her space on the couch and not worry about getting attention. But overall she is a very cute looking dog for her age!
Friendliness (People): D
Friendliness (Dogs): D
My poor dog has a history of not being very friendly in general. She growls and barks at visitors and throws a fit running around the house every day when the mailman comes. But in her older age she has become a bit friendlier to strangers.
Special Talents: C
She can tell you almost telepathically when she needs to go outside. She will come up to you and place her paw on your knee and stare into your soul until you eventually get up and open the door for her. And she knows the exact boundaries of the outside without having a fence. She can sit and lay down for treats like most dogs. The only other thing she does that is special is opening the door to my room by herself by repeatedly bumping into it.
Begging for Food: C
This dog would stand at the edge of the table for days if it meant getting a scrap or even just a crumb of our food. When she does finally get something good she won’t even wait for all of the goodies to get into her food bowl. She will devour anything.
Other important information:
This dog has a personality like I have never seen in any other dog. After 13 years of learning everything about her, I can tell you that she is more like a best friend than any human I’ve ever met. She knows when you are sad or hurt and her loyalty never fails. Her humans are first and foremost in her heart, even in her old age, and not a day goes by when I think about how my life wouldn’t be the same without her.
Overall Grade: C
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Shadow the Rottweiler mix
Aliases: Shadowbear, Babybear
Breed: Rottweiler mix
Favorite toy: A purple stuffed octopus
Owners: Adam
ASPCA personality Type:
Goofball – I’m a fun-loving, happy-all-the-time, glass-is-half-full kind of dog looking for someone who loves to laugh and play around. Must have a great sense of humor and some time to spend with me. I’m a dog on a mission to please you.
Appearance: B
She looks just like a Rottweiler, except she’s too small, has a little patch of white on her chest, and has a weird fuzzy tail that curls over top of her back like a question mark. We’re not sure what other breed of dog she is.
Friendliness (People): A
Shadow is an attention hog. I’ll be petting my other dog and she’ll rush in, push him out of the way, and put herself underneath my hand. She also flops down immediately because she loves belly rubs — she has a skin allergy and likes being scratched. She’s very patient and will let humans do anything to her, as long as they’re paying her mind.
Friendliness (Dogs): D
But when it comes to other dogs that aren’t the one she lives with, she gets extremely aggressive and territorial. It takes a lot of careful pack leadership on my part to get her to coexist with other dogs. She comes around eventually, but usually begrudgingly.
Special Talents: B
We taught her what we call an “up-up”, which is where she sits on her tail and lifts up her front paws before we give her a nighttime treat. I’ve been slowly teaching her how to stay on command. She also has a great knack for manipulating my other dog into playing with her, mostly by raising false alarms about lizards in the backyard.
Begging for Food: B
Shadow is smart and manipulative. She knows who the easiest target is and begs with those big brown eyes of hers. The fact that she’s a tank of about seventy pounds (mostly muscle, but some fat now that she’s getting older) doesn’t seem to stop the weakest link in the family from feeding her.
Overall Grade: B
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Aliases: Sparkles, Sparklebutt, Spark Plug, Batdog
Breed: Australian Shepherd/Dalmatian mix
Favorite toy: Human feet
Owners: Adam
ASPCA personality Type:
Constant Companion – Let me sit at your feet, walk by your side, and I’ll be your devoted companion forever.
Appearance: B
He’s got the most expressive face I’ve ever seen on a dog, and his ears make him look like a bat. But he does resemble a cow. Also, when he was a puppy, the muscles in his ears weren’t quite strong enough to support themselves, so he had floppy ears for a long time. They grew at different rates, though, and one ended up standing up before the other, so for a while he had one floppy ear and one straight ear! I’ve always been disappointed he outgrew that.
Friendliness (People): B
Sparky loves people, particularly people with bare skin, which he will lick until the skin rubs off. He only actively seeks out people he trusts, though.
Friendliness (Dogs): B
With other dogs, he warms up to them quickly, but seems okay with or without their company.
Special Talents: CHe thinks he’s a great lizard hunter, but he’s not.
Begging for Food: C
Sparky has no shame about begging. He lays his chin on your knee and stares at you with his doleful brown eyes, without blinking. He’s also smart enough to know who’s the easiest target in the room.
Other important information:
He’s named after Sparky the Sun Devil, Arizona State University’s mascot.
Overall Grade: B
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Floyd the Doberman
Breed: Doberman Pinscher
Favorite toy: X-L Kong
Owner: Laura
ASPCA personality Type: Constant Companion – Let me sit at your feet, walk by your side, and I’ll be your devoted companion forever.
Appearance: A
He is perfectly proportioned, has the sweetest big brown eyes and is always shiny as a penny.
Friendliness (People): A
Friendliness (Dogs): C
He loves people, barks and jumps, sniffs and licks with the obvious first-time-visit apprehensiveness. He won’t leave you alone and follows you everywhere, including the toilet to make sure you don’t fall down! However on the lead, with other dogs he will growl and bark, but with our other dog, Reg, he’s happy as larry.
Special Talents: B
He can steal anything and everything and you won’t even know it! We call him ninja because although he’s a huge dog, he’ll climb on the sofa or bed and you won’t even notice.
Begging for Food: A
He stands in front of you whilst you’re eating and politely lays his head on your knee looking at you with big, needing eyes. He also slobbers over your knee so you have no choice but to give him some!
Overall Grade: A-
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Prince the Shih Tzu
Aliases: Principe, Bitchass, Falkor, Stinky, Stinkipe, Beastipe, Falkorino,
Breed: Shih Tzu
Favorite toy: Socks
Owner: Kristin
ASPCA personality Type: Free Spirit – Intelligent, independent, confident and clever, I prefer making my own decisions but will listen to you if you make a good case. We’re partners in this adventure. Treat me like one and we’ll both live happily ever after.
Appearance: A
Um because Prince is adorable and insanely photogenic. Also he rocks the bow tie like nobody else and he has a sassy personality that one ups yours.
Friendliness (People): B
Friendliness (Dogs): C
Prince is prickly. He’s like a cactus. You have to cut through his spiky exterior to find the nourishing flesh inside. Cute and cuddly with other canines on his own terms.
Special Talents: C
He can sit, he can lay down, he can speak, he can dance (for food).
Begging for Food: B
Prince’s begging is successful when mom isn’t looking.
Other important information: Prince is one sexy animal and he is sass master extraordinaire and that’s why he wins all the awards.
Overall Grade: B
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Willie Booker Bennet the Schnoodle
Breed: Schnoodle
Favorite toy: Tennis ball
Owners: Anonymous
ASPCA personality Type: Constant Companion – Let me sit at your feet, walk by your side, and I’ll be your devoted companion forever.
Appearance: B
He would be a 5 but he loves to roll in nasty, smelly things when we let him loose in the neighborhood, but he’s adorable nonetheless!
Friendliness (People): B
Every now and then he will bark at a stranger, more than than he does now.
Friendliness (Dogs): C
He loves to play with other dogs when his tennis ball isn’t around. If it is, he only wants me to throw it and will pitch a fit if another dog gets it or even comes near it.
Special Talents: A
Willie can do countless tricks like sit, lay down, roll over, shake, come, stay and give kisses, but his best trick is getting shot. I can point a pretend hand gun at him and say ʺBANG!ʺ and he will fall over and lay there.
Anytime there is a place too high for him to jump, I will get on my hands and knees and he will jump on my back and up to where he wanted.
He can also catch any tennis ball in the air before it bounces. BUT he is very obsessive with his tennis ball.
Begging for Food: A
Any food I drop, I will call him over to clean it off and then he will stay and wait for more. We are very bad about giving it to him, so I don’t blame him.
Other important information: He does shed but not a lot and he is hypoallergenic. He is very good with kids!
Overall Grade: B+
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Abraham Flowers the Rottie Mix
Aliases: Baby Abey, Abergobbles, Jolly Bastard
Breed: Rottie mix
Owners: anonymous
ASPCA personality Type: Constant Companion – Let me sit at your feet, walk by your side, and I’ll be your devoted companion forever.
Appearance: A
Abraham is one handsome mofo. He is easily the most beautiful person in our household, but he doesn’t let it go to his big, manly square head. Also, sometimes he’s a bumblebee.
Friendliness (People): B
Friendliness (Dogs): A
The only people that Abraham doesn’t like are people in wheelchairs and weirdos. Also, he humps puppies…so maybe he needs to stop and reflect on who the actual weirdo is.
Special Talents: B
This guy can sit pretty!
Begging for Food: B
Cuddles are his food.
Other important information:
He’s pretty much the greatest.
Overall Grade: B+
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Breed: Cavalier King Charles Spaniels
Favorite toy: Whale Shark – stuffed toy
Owners: Andrew & Amber
ASPCA personality Type: Constant Companion – Let me sit at your feet, walk by your side, and I’ll be your devoted companion forever.
Appearance: A
Cavaliers are known for the long ears, feathering on their paws, and of course, those big eyes that most people just melt after seeing.
Friendliness (People): A
If you have a hand to lend, or lap to lay in, it doesn’t matter who you are. They want you to feel warm and welcome.
Friendliness (Dogs): B
This breed doesn’t always see eye to eye with other dogs. They will most likely be the first bark at a passing dog just because they can.
Special Talents: D
This breed needs lots of training for it to truly perform. They are motivated by treats, so you might get some sit, lay, and maybe an occasional stay, but as for showman ship, they just have no interest in the spot light.
Begging for Food: C
This breed can easily become beggers simply because they like to be at your feet, especially when you’re sitting at a table. However, unless the owner is a willing participant, they would much rather be near you then having to beg for food.
Other important information:
This breed is fantastic for families with small children, older parents, or singles who have time to be around the dog. They don’t do well by themselves all day. They’re one of the breeds that does well in packs, so most Cavalier owners have two or more dogs running around the house.
One interesting note is that they are originally a British breed. Named for King Charles II and have blood lines dating back to the late 1600’s. They were once used as hunting dog. Trained to go down rabbit holes, fox holes, and chase some squirrels to low level trees, they became an indoor breed once the Terrier made its way into the hunting scene.
Beloved for their loyalty, many in Europe’s royalty class demanded they were part of their families. Many castles still hang portraits of the Cavalier that date over 1000 years old.
Overall Grade: B
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Aliases: Super Grover
Breed: Goldendoodle (retriever x poodle)
Favorite toy: his reluctant older brother, Rocky.
Owners: Catty
ASPCA personality Type: Free Spirit – Intelligent, independent, confident and clever, I prefer making my own decisions but will listen to you if you make a good case. We’re partners in this adventure. Treat me like one and we’ll both live happily ever after.
Appearance: A
Grover is extremely handsome, with a HUGE fluffy, white coat, droopy ears and intelligent, dark eyes. When he needs a trim he’s slightly less handsome because he ends up becoming dreadlocked and frizzy, but most of the time he has movie star looks.
Friendliness (People): A
Friendliness (Dogs): C
Grover loves people, and he loves cuddles, but he’s still really a puppy so what Grover loves most is to PLAY and that is how he sees visitors, whether they be human or canine. He takes a bit longer to get used to his fellow doggies, but once he realises they’re as keen to run around in circles as him, he’s their best friend!
Special Talents: D
Grover barely scrapes a two in this area because he is an extremely disobedient dog – living up to his ‘free spirit’ personality type quite well. He’ll sit, he’ll drop, but what use are those if he won’t come?
Begging for Food: B
Obtaining food isn’t much of a problem – he’s very smart and an opportunist who often outwits his human counterparts and steals bits and pieces. He does tend to lose them to his brother quite often though because Grover is quite cat-like in his eating habits, slow and finicky.
Overall Grade: B
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Aliases: Rockstar, Riccardo
Breed: Rottweiler
Favorite toy: Literally anything he can get his teeth on
Owners: Catty
ASPCA personality Type: Couch Potato -I’m a relaxed, laid-back kind of dog who enjoys long naps, watching movies, curling up on laps, and walking very short distances from the couch to the food bowl and back.
Appearance: A
Rocky is a very handsome boy with a shiny coat and a beautiful, smiley face. He has soft velvet ears and two tawny brown spots over his eyes which I see as sort of a trademark. He’s an old doggy now, but the grey hairs just make him look distinguished.
Friendliness (People): A
Friendliness (Dogs): D
Rocky LOVES humans, his family and visitors. As soon as someone visits he walks up to them, gives them an ‘nobody ever cuddles me, I’m so lonely and sad please love me’ glance with his big, soulful eyes and puts his head in their lap. He’s so affectionate that he will climb onto your lap if he can, despite weighing around 50 kgs. He just wants to be as close to the people he loves as possible, all the time.
As for other dogs, Rocky has a young brother of just over a year old who gets on with quite well. He used to be quite social but being the old boy he is now, he’s not very keen on new doggy company.
Special Talents: C
In his heyday, Rocky was quite a talented soccer player, even dribbling the ball between his paws. Now his talents are mostly sleeping and stealing his brother’s food, which he is VERY good at.
Begging for Food: C
As noted before, Rocky has gigantic soulful eyes that he uses to hypnotize humans into handing over love and yes, food. He’s so good at it that he got quite chunky and had to be put on a diet, much to his dismay.
Other important information: Rocky is nearing the end of his life, and if I had one wish it’d be to extend it another ten years. He is the most gentle, loving dog I’ve ever met.
Overall Grade: B-
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