Meet the Mushroom-themed Malinois German Shepherd mix puppies! This group of 8 puppies were surrendered to the Shelter after someone had an accidental litter. Mom is a German Shepherd Malinois while Dad is a German Shepherd. At three months old, these puppies are still perfecting life skills and manners like potty training, leash walking and age-appropriate, thoughtful socialization. These small-ish puppies will grow to be large breed (likely 75lbs or more). Adopters should plan to do breed specific research to learn all things nose to tail about both breed make-ups as they do require daily mental and physical stimulation beyond the average dog. The Santa Cruz County Animal Shelter Foundation is now offering “Pawsitivity Bucks” with every dog adoption. This $200 training voucher is a way for newly adopted canines and their guardians to connect with local positive reinforcement based behavior consultants and get their relationship started off on the right paw! Please note: Our Santa Cruz location’s Shelter hours are 11-6pm, 7 days a week! Although clients can walk through and see any animals in their kennels during open hours, we end “meet and greets” (aka meeting an animal out of the kennel) at 4:30pm every day. If you’d like to meet an animal out of the kennel, please arrive before 4:00pm to allow for time to discuss individual animals and meet them.