Zippy – 2 years old, located on Missouri PRO ID #: 260203-P-D-GA Intake Date: 2/14/26 Available Date: 2/28/26 My name is Zippy, but I’m as happy sleeping curled up on the couch or staring down squirrels through the window as I am zipping around the backyard. I get along well with kids, dogs and cats. I’m learning to restrain my bad habit of jumping on people, but when I do forget, I am so gentle and balanced, you’ll barely notice it. I like to play tug. When I wrestle with the resident dogs in my foster home, my style is legs and paws everywhere, so sometimes the other dogs don’t really want to play with me. Apparently, they don’t care for having my paws slap them in the face. Who knew? I’m still getting used to living in a house. I really don’t like being “in trouble” or having my people disapprove of anything I do, so I’m learning quickly, but you probably shouldn’t trust me to be left alone for a while yet. I have trouble remembering that I’m not allowed on the counters or tables, and I REALLY love finding magazines or notebooks or any kind of paper and shredding them and “skiing” on them across the floor. (Pay attention, kids – your teacher probably won’t buy the excuse “the dog ate my homework” even if it’s true!) I may also chew on other inappropriate items if they are left within my reach. I like to know where my people are at all times, and I follow them if they try to leave my sight, and sometimes I startle at things (even things I sniff!), but I’m really not timid – I just haven’t experienced a lot of the things I’m encountering now. My foster mom thinks I may have gotten my name Zippy from the way I walk on a leash – I hang behind to sniff something, then when she tells me to catch up, I ZIP ahead and yank her arm. Oops, she says I need to work on that. So far, I like my kibble and wet dog food and dog treats, and any meat scraps, but I don’t like any other people food. My foster siblings like all kinds of weird things, like strawberries and pineapple. I’m learning other things from the resident dogs, though, like sitting when mom hands out treats. I’m not so good at waiting my turn yet. I sleep quietly in my crate every night since I can’t be trusted not to chew inappropriate things. (I don’t like to go in there, though.) I’ve had a couple accidents there when mom didn’t get me out in time in the morning, but I’ve had no daytime accidents. I use the dog door when I need to go! I’m always happy to greet any new people I meet. I like to follow the resident cats around and sniff them sometimes, but I don’t chase them. I found a couple of safe, happy places and that’s where I go if I’m in trouble or startled. Those places are the couch (they don’t let me get on the chairs) and the double decker dog bed by the kitchen window. TRANSPORT AVAILABLE TO APPROVED HOMES! (generally within 1,500 miles) Want to learn more about one of the dogs we have up for adoption? Fill out our adoption application!! https://pointerrescue.org/adoption-info/