ADOPTED – LYRA

Female, 12 – 13 months, 13 lbs.

Say hello to Lyra, a “purebred shrinky-dink” border collie mix. Little Lyra looks like all of the border collie girls her foster mom has raised through the years, only Lyra has obviously been shrink-wrapped. Full grown at 12-13 months, Lyra weighs in at around 13 pounds. She has a beautiful white and black rough coat with that easy-care-Teflon border collie hair; nothing sticks. An hour after getting dirty, she is brilliantly white again with no attention to her coat. That said, she loves a bath, and both loves and needs regular brushing.

Other border collie traits? Lyra loves to run and is fast. She is incredibly agile–over, under, around, and through–and she can jump into any lap or open arms. She is treat and toy-motivated. She will benefit from someone who knows how to teach her to learn and to stay with what she’s learning. She’s keen and very eager, but simply hasn’t had a lot of exposure or experience with training. Lyra needs things to do that will stimulate her brain; she needs to be with her person more often than not. She is a dog that needs more than walks around the neighborhood and her person coming home at lunch time to throw the ball and let her outside for 15 minutes. She’s got a lot going on and wants to share her excitement and zest and smarts with someone! She loves the flirt pole, pizzle sticks, her Holee-roller ball, and she’s learning to tug.

Lyra likes other dogs, but is intimidated by larger, rowdy dogs—rolling on her back and even sometimes crying. She gets along nicely with small dogs, but would be just as happy, if not happier being a one-and-only. She has not been exposed to cats.

Lyra sleeps quietly in her crate at night and hangs out in her crate when her foster mom is away from the house or they’re take a “puppa-venture” in the car together. She is good in her crate, but she will let you know if you take that for granted and expect her to spend a lot of time in her crate and not spend time doing engaging things with her to stimulate her mind and exercise her body, (i.e., she has a voice and knows how to use it!) After she has a good play or training session, she is a lovely little snuggle bug, settling nicely in your lap. She has not had an accident in the house in a very long time, and responds well to a regular potty schedule.

If you are interested in a dog with a lot of the things we love best about border collies, but in a deceptively small package, you have a plan for how to bring out the best in this little munchkin, and you have time to spend doing things with her, let us know you’re interested in Lyra. She is more than ready for her forever home!

LYRA is micro-chipped, spayed, heartworm negative and on preventative, and up-to-date on vaccinations. If you have an approved Northern California Border Collie Rescue & Adoptions Adoption Application and wish to inquire about LYRA, please email us at Adoptions@norcalbcrescue.org. If you have an approved adoption application with Border Collie Rescue of Northern California let us know and we will request it be forwarded to us for consideration.

LYRA is fostering north of Sacramento, CA.