Polo -- ADOPTED!!!!!

So let me start by saying, if Ryan and I didn't have three dogs and a cat already, we may have just adopted this awesome guy. He is everything I could imagine wanting in a dog, so it'll be hard to keep this brief. So let me just hit some of the highlights.

Stunning.

Polo is a young (5ish months) Doberman (mix?) who is a perfect mix of incredibly affectionate and sweet, fun-loving and playful, well-behaved and well-mannered, easily trainable, cute and gorgeous, eager and happy and well....I could go on for a while....

Such a cuddler.

Firstly, he is a cuddler. He loves laps and loves being petted and he loves giving gentle kisses of appreciation to let you know how much he loves these things. He is very good about not jumping on you until you invite him though, which is pretty amazing for a dog as young as he is.

Yea, that's a happy face!

His good manners carry through to all the other areas though. He's already learned sit, and even though he sometimes doesn't completely eat the hot dogs he's given, he will sit for you none-the-less. He also started to learn "drop it" in only a few times of saying it. Basically, he's brilliant.

His awesome "sit".

He walks nicely on the leash, and when he gets to the point where he may pull, he stops and allows the slack to get back in the leash. Although he's still a puppy right now and a bit awkward with his long legs, he will most likely be super athletic and a good walker and runner.

Loving fetch with his soft toy!

Once we got in the grassy pen he hopped around a bit, but came running over as soon as we showed him the soft toy. You see, he LOVES soft toys. He's not obsessive with them though, which is nice, but he clearly loves a good game of chase. He actually "fetches" really well. He knows that bringing the toy back will result in more chasing -- like I said before, brilliant.

Weeeeeee!!!

Once he brought his toys back we started to teach him "drop it", which he started learning nicely. He has an incredibly soft mouth and a very very gentle nature, which is one of the reasons I love him so much. That, and the soft, happy eyes and little Doby grin -- melts my heart instantly!

You melt my heart.

Polo is really good around other dogs and is very polite and playful. I think he would be great either as an only dog or with doggie playmates as he really loves to play.

Great focus, so much fun!

He is definitely one of the sweetest, happiest and all around awesome dogs I've met and I think he will make a very lucky person very very happy!

Come meet me!!!

If you'd like to meet him, he's in Kennel 32.