SHAYLA is a beautiful, friendly Shepherd mix puppy that we were told was born 10/3/25, which would make her about 6 months old at the time of her listing, She has some plaque buildup that makes us wonder if they might have been off by a month or two, but she's def in that range. Right now she's about 25 lbs and is a bit underweight for her size. We've got her and her 3 littermates all vaccinated and they are also on our schedule for altering and microchipping in the next several week, which is included in their adoption fee. Super sweet, smart as a whip, and friendly. The siblings who have met cats have been fine, and all have been good with the other dogs in their foster homes, as well. They hadn't been exposed to leash walking, but they're picking it up quickly and all seem to be very food motivated. They're learning housetraining basics at their fosters, as well, but as we said super smart and also very motivated by food and to please. We'll update with more pics and info as we get them from her foster. (also, adoption fees have not been showing up on PF recently, so we'll add it here, their adoption fee is $425) Adoption fee INCLUDES: all vetting to age (including deworming, flea & tick etc), spay/neuter and microchip (if the dog is under 6 months, alter and chip will occur after they're 6 months, covered in full at our clinic or reimbursed partially at a vet of your choosing). If the dog is older than 6 months and not yet altered, we will schedule ASAP (normally within 30 days) at our clinic . We also provide as an incentive a $60 rebate for completion of positive-based training classes. Adoption also includes lifetime support of the rescue. Please go to www.secondhanddogrescue.com/apply and select his name from the dropdown to apply! APPLICATION PROCESSING: We do most application processing virtually and dog meets will be individually by appointment with ONLY APPROVED APPLICANTS. We are not a shelter and are completely volunteer foster-based, so there is no central place to come see all of the dogs available. IMPORTANT NOTES: ** Housetraining with rescues is sometimes a work in progress and even if a dog is 100% in a foster's home, it should be expected there will be an adjustment period as a dog adapts to a new environment. This is even more true if the dog has not by chance had their altering appointment at time of adoption. ** Also, we highly recommend some form of 2-week shutdown and decompression for dogs going to a new home for best results. --> Lastly, breed guesses in rescue are just that (GUESSES!!) 99.9% of the time. We do not do DNA testing and our breed guesses are based on appearance and sometimes other traits, but we know the dog breed guessing game is a fool's errand even for those with LOTS of experience. ADOPTION AREA: several hour radius of Rochester, NY (Canada within 3 hours IS allowed, except that young puppies need to be old enough to have gotten their rabies vaccination to cross the border - usually around 16 weeks)