29/08/2025
🐔 R O O S T E R 🐔
Age: 15 months
Gender: Male
Breed: Mixed breed
Location: Tauranga
✔️ Desexed
✔️ Microchipped
✔️ Council registered
✔️ Vaccinations up to date
Rooster is a busy, clever, affectionate young dog who thrives on stimulation and interaction. He’s a working-dog type at heart… happiest when he has jobs to do or space to run.
• Indoor life: Sleeps soundly in his crate from 6 pm to 6 am, fully toilet trained, not destructive indoors (no chewing furniture, no hole-digging lately).
• Affectionate & smart: Physical touch is his love language… he’s a couch cuddler and “passenger princess” in the car. He’s extremely intelligent: drinks from the fridge water dispenser, turns light switches on, knows commands (sit, lie down, circle, through legs). If you sneeze, he’ll come check on you!
• Water dog: Loves swimming, jumping in the shower and is a strong swimmer.
• Healthy: Born with a naturally short tail, no allergies or skin conditions.
🐕 Behaviour & Training
• Other dogs: Gets on well with most, especially larger dogs. Loves off-lead play at the park.
• Cats: Not suitable.
• Kids: Hasn’t harmed a child, but due to his energy, best with older/dog-savvy kids.
• Quirks: Can get jealous of the resident dog, reactive when collar/harness is put on (but manageable, as he accepts it happily in the car). Can be demanding of attention and stimulation, but he’s also incredibly loving.
• Current support: On fluoxetine to help manage overstimulation. Training support is available through Linda at Holistic Vets, who has offered to help his new family.
🏡 Ideal Home
Rooster needs:
• An experienced, patient owner
• A larger property or lifestyle block where he can thrive
• A calm environment where he can be “top dog”
• Ongoing training, structure and positive reinforcement.
💼 Comes With
• Crate
• Collar, lead & harness
• Favourite treats
💔 Reason for Rehoming
Rooster is a wonderful, healthy young dog but struggles with jealousy towards the family’s other dog. This has caused stress in the home, and his humans want the best for him… a space where he can shine as the centre of attention and reach his full potential.
With the right home, patience and love, Rooster is going to be the bestest boy ever. 😁
📍 Located in Tauranga
If you think you can offer Rooster the loving, structured forever home he needs, please get in touch.