Please welcome beautiful Malia to the available page! This brindle girl arrived in FBRN care from a commercial breeding facility. Now she is ready for a loving forever home where she can be a cherished pet!

Malia gets along great with people and other dogs, but due to her high prey drive, cats are a no-go. Because she has a tendency to nip and play roughly, children in her forever home should be over twelve years old and dog savvy. With training and age, we expect Malia’s mouthy/nippy play-style to change, so a forever home willing to continue her training would be wonderful.

Malia is potty trained and crate trained. However, she tends to bark when crated. Currently, she is gated in the same room with her foster fur-sibling when her foster mom is away. Malia is much calmer in the presence of another dog, but also tends to be more dominant and would do best with a more relaxed canine sibling.

She’s really had a blast playing and wrestling with her Frenchie foster brother. She also loves to shake and “kill” her stuffed toys, chew on her bones, watch the world from her favorite window seat, and of course, sunning herself in the yard is a favorite pastime! Malia is very smart and catches on to things quickly. She gets bored with the same toys and foster mom swaps them out frequently to keep Malia interested. When Malia gets bored, she tends to find inappropriate household items to chew on!

Malia always seems to be honing her escape artist skills. When in a new environment, she looks for ways to escape and will need a securely fenced yard to keep her safe. She is also an excellent guard dog who will bark at anything that approaches the home! Speaking of barking, Malia has a slight aversion to very tall individuals and men. If the person approaches slowly and sits or lowers themselves to her, then she will cease her guard-dog antics.

Malia’s ideal forever home includes a fenced yard and another dog to keep her company. An apartment may not be ideal since Malia tends to sing the song of her people when left alone in her crate. A single person, couple, or family with older children would be great! Malia is a more dominant dog and needs a person who will set boundaries and be consistent with her. An experienced dog owner would be ideal, since at first, Malia will try to push those boundaries and see what she can get away with!

Malia would be an amazing office companion and currently accompanies her foster mom to work a few days a week. When Malia isn’t attending meetings at the office, she is only home for 4-5 hours at a time. A similar situation in her forever home would be ideal, but if her people must be away for longer then Malia would need a dog walker.

Malia’s foster mom had this to say about her, “Malia (also known as Mimi) is a wonderful dog. So sweet and funny and snuggly. I can only imagine that she had a tough start in life but it doesn’t get her down. She settled into life at my house as if she always lived there. Everyone that meets her falls in love!”

If you think you can give Malia the perfect forever home, then all you need to do is fill out an application to adopt. After that, get ready to pick her up in Southern Massachusetts should you be selected as her forever home!

FBRN does not ship dogs as cargo, so adopters are expected to pick up their dogs from their foster family.

FBRN dogs are in foster care in people’s private homes. For the foster families’ safety, we do not disclose specific locations, and we don’t set up meet and greets prior to applications. For detailed information about the dogs in our care, please read the extensive bios on each dog.