Trixie is an adult female Terrier mix who is available for adoption from the Baldwin County Jail Dog Program in Milledgeville, GA.
Trixie is a very smart, independent girl who loves to be the center of attention. She gets quite excited when she first meets someone new or when guests come to visit her cell. With her perpetual happy smile, she approaches each day with joy and anticipation. Trixie shares a dorm with Rico who she adores and teases good naturedly. When he says enough, she is respectful of his desire to be left alone.
Trixie knows sit, down, go to your spot, stay, wait (at doors and for food), leave it, give, off and is crate trained and house trained. She has mastered every mental game we have given her and she is very good at nose work. She can sniff out every morsel that is concealed inside and outside. Trixie is HIGH energy in her outdoor play and she loves to splash around in water whenever she can find a puddle. Inside, she is well mannered, quiet and never bothers her trainers possessions. In the evenings, she enjoys cuddling with her trainer, getting as close as she can.
Trixie would love an active person or family who enjoys the outdoors, and then a good snuggle on the couch together. Trixie gets along well with the male dogs in our program with proper introductions. She has been selective with females, so we will be looking for a home either as an only dog or with another friendly male dog.
Rico is a low maintenance, well-adjusted happy boy who loves every human and most med-large dogs he meets. Very tolerant, sweet and friendly, he loves to be around people. He reads other dogs well and adjusts his interactions appropriately. No small animals for Rico. Rico is one of the first 2 dogs in our program that started in 2015. Rico and his pal Billy were adopted by a former employee of the prison. They lived a good life for 5 years Sadly in November 2020, their mom left the marriage and relocated out of state. Rico and Billy remained with their dad in Georgia. Tragically, just before Christmas 2020, their dad passed away in his sleep, leaving the boys homeless. When their dad’s body was found, the boys were taken to the Morgan County Animal Shelter. We were notified the evening of December 20th and went the next morning to pick them up. Billy has since been adopted.
Rico enjoys being outside as long as it’s not raining. He is not a water dog. A bit prissy about getting wet, he heaves a big sigh, and tolerates bath time. Rico’s calm temperament and sweetness has brought much delight to all the inmates and officers who live and work in his dorm. Rico has excellent house manners. He is clean, quiet, and very easy to have around. He never harms his trainer’s personal belongings. Rico thinks he is a lap dog, curling up with his trainer any opportunity offered. Outside, in good weather, Rico is more playful, usually for shorter periods of time. Rico’s favorite toy is a big rope toy that he plays with interactively with his trainer in the yard. Rico and his best friend Trixie have lived, trained and played together for the past 2+ years.
Zack is a happy, friendly, playful, highly athletic, energetic and very smart boy. He considers you a friend (unless a person is mean to him) and gets along very well with other dogs in our program. Zack is house and crate trained. He has learned his cues of sit, down, wait, give, leave it, stay, go to his spot, Zack is quiet, clean and a “leaner”. You may not receive many kisses from this boy, he prefers cuddling with his person. Zack’s favorite thing is to fetch the ball outside in the fenced yard. He will go as long as you allow him to. Of equal enjoyment is a good game of “tug” with his trainer. We teach a special kind of tug that trains our dogs to “let go” on cue. Once Zack is well exercised, he walks nicely on the leash.
We are looking for a home with a good size fully fenced yard in order to get the amount of physical exercise Zack needs. He could not get sufficient exercise by just walking him. Inside, Zack is calm and quiet. When he does bark, it is an alert for his trainer that someone is at the door of their cell. Zack’s bark is impressive and no criminal with a working brain would try to break into his house! Once the visitor is welcomed inside, Zack is his usual friendly self. Zack is respectful of his trainer’s property. He enjoys playing with his stuffed squeaky toys (which he does not destroy) or chewing on his XLarge Bambone while his trainer reads a book. A very visual dog, Zack is constantly watchful of what is going on around him.
Zack came from a quiet home with an older couple who surrendered him to the local shelter due to stated financial struggles. He is a real “home body” and likes to keep his world small and quiet. Zack has been challenged in the prison which is consistently very noisy and crowded. He would do best in a calmer environment without crowds or loud yelling and loud noise, both which are abundant in prison. This boy especially loves women!
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