Introducing Tango!

Wow! What to say about Tango! He is sweet, affectionate, and very playful. He doesn't really care who he plays with as long as SOMEBODY will play with him.

He's a fairly big guy and enthusiastic, so he probably wouldn't be great in a home with small children - unless they are already accustomed to unintentional knockdowns :-)

Tango has been started with dog scootering and has taken to it very well.

Tango has also started school and has shown himself to be a very motivated student. He has his sit down quite nicely and lie down is getting better all the time. He is also pretty good at stay in a controlled situation.

Tango is currently learnig not to jump up when he gets excited. He is showing definite improvement in this area. He is also learning about personal space and about being a little more polite when asking for attention.

I have had Tango as a foster for a week now and the only potty training mistake he has made in the house was pretty much my fault. It's not really fair to turn on the Roomba in a small room with a new dog and expect eveything to be fine. Oops.

Tango is working on distinguishing between dog toys and people toys. He's got the simple stuff down, but tricky items like plush toys and pillows are still snagging him from time to time.

Tango is a real talker. When he plays he likes to bark and when he wants something from you he'll yodel at you.

He has been crating pretty well. I don't give him a lot of free range time around the house right now because of the appropriate toy issue, but he is getting more freedom as he adapts to the household routine.

He has definitely got a hang of the doggie doors and the screen doors on the patio (my guy showed him all of the ways to get between the back yard and the house).

So far he has not attempted to climb my 4' chain link fence. He likes to go out and play in th eyard but he doesn't particularly like to be locked out in the yard without a person there.

He's getting a bit better about this as time goes by, so this could be temporary anxiety because of his bouncing around a bit from pound to foster care.

He definitely enjoys leash time, but he needs a fair amount of work before he would be considered a proper leash dog.