10/06/2026
Some dogs make you wonder what they’ll be like once they’re home. With Kalifa, we already know.
She’s had day trips, walks, outings, time in foster, lunches at restaurants, car rides and countless interactions with volunteers—and the reports keep saying the same things: sweet, playful, affectionate, gentle and incredibly well behaved.
Kalifa is potty trained. She knows sit, stay, down and come. She waits to be leashed before getting out of the car and even waits for permission before eating her dinner. She takes treats gently, loves belly rubs, plays tug-of-war and fetch, and perhaps most importantly, she is absolutely obsessed with her toys. Give this girl a stuffy and she is HAPPY—and somehow she even manages to play with them without destroying them.
On a day out, she rode beautifully in the car, sat patiently beside her people at a restaurant without begging for food or jumping on the servers, and calmly noticed other dogs without reacting to them. In the shelter, volunteers repeatedly describe her as easy to leash, easy to return to her kennel, affectionate and playful. She runs back to her handler for attention and leans in for pets.
She spent time in a foster home, too, where she proved that she already knows how to live in a home. Her foster described a happy, potty-trained girl who loves her toys, loves her people and has that fun, playful 3-year-old energy.
And yet, somehow, Kalifa is still waiting.
Kalifa has spent the last two months showing us exactly who she is. She’s ready to find her forever home. Can you make space in your heart and home for her?
Kalifa
Animal ID:
3 years old
63lb
Stray
📍 Maricopa County Animal Care and Control - West Valley Shelter
2500 S 27th Ave
Phoenix, AZ 85009
📞 (602) 506-7387
