DERICKA Pit Bull Terrier Young - Adoption, Rescue for sale in Thornton, Colorado

Dericka is a part of the shelter's offsite adventure program called Hikes For Hopefuls. The dogs in this program are taken on weekly 3+ mile hikes with other shelter dogs along with staff members/volunteers. Not only is this a great enrichment program for the dogs, we also get to learn a lot of things about them while on their adventures. Here are some things that we learned about this Hopeful:

*Derrika was understandably nervous when she first went into the car. She tried to get into the front seat but was tethered to the seat belt in the back seat.

Once she found a comfortable spot (laying across the baby car seat) she was fine and just stayed there looking out the window the whole time. I thought that maybe on the way back she would just sit in the seat, but no, the car seat was her spot. If she could have fit in the car seat I think she would have just sat in it. Very sweet.

*She wore a freedom harness clipped in the front. This seemed to work well for her. It was a little difficult putting the harness on her but with more experience wearing it I think she will be fine. There was some pulling, nothing too bad. She does need to work more on her leash walking skills as she is a high energy dog and gets excited to see everything so she meanders back and forth and side to side. More walks should help her with this.

*She had no issues walking next to the other two dogs. She came nose to nose with one of the dogs and then they both walked side by side for a little bit.

*There was no reaction from Derrika when we passed a stranger on the trail walking their dog. She was pulled to her side of the trail and just walked on by them. She sniffed everything and watched the birds in the river but didn't try to go after them. She is very prey driven with the bunnies and critters around the shelter, but I think she really enjoyed this walk and she had so many new things to see and smell that she was just happy being there and didn't

care about going after anything.

*(Derrika is a very sweet dog with a little prance to her step and a zest for life while seeing and investigating all of it


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