A miniature hound dog without drool? Porter. He’s cuddly.
We’ve known Porter for 5 years. He’s a good boy, who wants to be picked up and held. You can tell, because when you start to pick him up, he gently jumps up. And you can hold him for 5 minutes or more - like a baby. Will bury his face and cuddle. He really likes people, a lot.
Porter is 6 years old, and just 20 pounds. He’s stubborn, but well-trained, and responsive to treats. He’s a couch potato, and wants to sit with you, and take up too much space on your bed. He likes to wear doggy sweaters and jammies. He has a quiet, infrequent snore, doesn’t fart often, and has nice ‘hound dog fat’ that makes him ‘rolly polly’ and fun to pet. And he’s very clean. Loves a bath. Not slobbery. Low shedding.
Life story: Born in Hawaii, probably a pound puppy, was shipped to Portland, and adopted by my sister-in-law. She and her husband trained him for 3+ years. COVID brought them big life changes, and Porter needed foster care. We have fostered him for a year, got his DNA tested for breeds, loved on him, etc.
People: LOVES people. Wants to be near people. Will let you dress him in cute doggy sweaters.
Kids: Patient, snuggly, but has his limits, the same as nearly any other dog. NOTE: dog-literate kids only. Porter does not have saintly labrador patience - but he also has a good record with kids.
Dogs: vocally defensive toward other dogs, snappy. Best guess: being a rescue from Hawaii, and having some notches in his ears, it’s possible that humans have been kinder to him than other dogs. BEST IN A 1 DOG HOME. (We are fostering Porter with his ‘cousin’ and they’ve known each other since the little white dog was a tiny puppy.)
Training: Kennel trained, house-broken, sit, go, scootch, move, come home, lay, heel, clean up (kitchen floor scraps), go potty, some hand signals. He responds well to firm voice, snaps, whistles, claps, and treats.
Health + Diet: feed him rice and chicken. His DNA testing shows he doesn’t have any hereditary conditions, and is a total mutt. He’s partially blind, and it shows when he’s clumsy and bumps into stuff. (But, he’s little so it doesn’t break anything.)
Coat: short hair, low shed, likes showers and baths, will let you clean his muddy paws.
Vision: His visual impairment doesn’t keep him from being a “good watch dog” who is very quiet if he can’t see out the window. He barks at animals, and delivery trucks. He barks. There. We use a squirt bottle to spray him, and he instantly stops. But we have a bench seat at our front window, and our dogs all sit there waiting for something to see.
Breeds:
41% Chihuahua
27% Jack Russell Terrier
12% Bluetick Coonhound
8% Finnish Coonhound
4% Miniature American Shepherd
In the right home, Porter would be a low-maintenance dog. Could be an apartment with a small back patio. He’s only 20 pounds, so if there’s risk of him misbehaving, you can just pick him up and walk him home. But, if he can hear another dog, he’ll bark and try to dig to reach them, and he’ll be snappy while is in that reactive mental state. Again, he could do well in an apartment with a small fenced yard. He’s also lived in a townhouse where he went on small walks, but didn’t like meeting other dogs. Surprisingly, he had a cat friend at one point.
Please text me if you want to meet Porter. 971-221-0762
I can drive Porter to meet you at any park near Lents in outer SE Portland.
Thanks kindly!
-Ben
