11/30/2024
For anyone who has been waiting for an opportunity for a Zeren dog, and disappointed being told I have no litters planned.
Our owned Ember’s full littermate sister is available and the information given by her current owner.
NAME: "Elan" (Zeren's Elan)
AGE/DOB: 3 yrs (March 9, 2021)
S*X: Female, intact
LOCATION: Saskatoon, SK, Canada
TRANSPORT AVAILABLE: BC, Alberta, Manitoba and potentially elsewhere in Canada or the US at the cost of the new home.
DOGS: Yes, most; big or small, male or female. Likes to play with her feet, so can be too much for some smaller dogs.
CATS: Iffy. She may be able to be acclimated if it's something that is needed, but she would require work put in to be considered "safe" around cats.
KIDS: She was raised with small kids until 8 weeks old, then hasn't been around kids much since. I would be inclined to think that she could be integrated into a knowledgeable household, as she loves people and attention in general.
CRATE TRAINED: Yes, very well.
HOUSE TRAINED: Yes.
TRAVEL: Excellent in the car in her crate.
GROOMING: Not a fan. She'll tolerate brushing, but hates baths, and REALLY hates the blow dryer. She has recently decided that having her nails done is potentially life threatening.
SHEDDING: High.
INDOOR/OUTDOOR: Definitely an inside dog, but may learn to be more outdoors if she had a buddy. She has excellent manners in the yard (city) and does NOT nuisance bark.
FAVOURITE THINGS: Fetch. Food. Toys. She LOVES her ball. Will play with a disc but wrecks them. Plays tug, but prefers fetch. Highly food motivated. She enjoys tracking and could likely be taught to find deer antlers or something similar if someone wanted to do that with her.
ACCOMPLISHMENTS: SDS SP (Started Special) title in SDDA nosework, along with two of three components required for the SDA (Advanced) title; however, she doesn't really like the more difficult level stuff and isn't a great candidate for moving on in that sport.
QUIRKS: She HATES v**e "smoke" (and I'd assume cigarette smoke), and currently will try and "get" it when it's exhaled. She is very serious about it. She doesn't like it when other dogs jump on/are rude to her people and typically dislikes any dog that commits that particular offense.
Elan has moderate/higher prey drive, high food drive, and is easy to train, although she is not a problem solving kind of dog. She lives to please and would do anything for her person, once that relationship is established.
Elan would do well in a lower to moderately active companion home, an entry level sport home (tracking, lure coursing, obedience), or as a hiking companion (as long as it's not too hot outside). I could see her having major potential as a skijoring dog as well, or possibly even a single or tandem sledding dog, but I'm not very familiar with the sport. She does not require a ton of daily stimulation, but has the drive and trainability to do more than the average companion if someone wanted her to. Elan is incredibly sweet and genuinely wants to make her people happy.
Elan is being placed due to her current owner becoming extremely ill.
TRIAL PERIOD & TRAINING SUPPORT AVAILABLE
