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About Calypso

  • Status: Adopted!
  • Species: Dog
  • General Color: Red/Golden/Orange/Chestnut with White
  • Color: sable and white rough Collie / Bicolor
  • Eye Color: Brown
  • Ear Type: Erect
  • Tail Type: Long
  • Current Size: 48 Pounds
  • Potential Size: 50 Pounds
  • Current Age: 10 Years 11 Months (best estimate)
  • Fence Required: Yes(6 foot)
  • Declawed: No
  • Housetrained: Yes
  • Obedience Training Needed: Has Basic Training
  • Exercise Needs: High
  • Grooming Needs: Moderate
  • Shedding Amount: Moderate
  • Owner Experience Needed: Breed
  • Reaction to New People: Friendly

Calypso is a four-year-old spayed female sable-and-white rough Collie that has traveled to Colorado from Missouri, seeking a fabulous family to love her forever.   She is adorable and sweet natured with all humans.  Cali has a sense of fun and displays it by being wiggly and cuddly and floppy, all at the same time.  Her previous family cooked her organic turkey and quinoa and eggshells for calcium and she has been a bit disappointed in my kitchen skills.  But she is now eating a combination of grain free canned turkey and potato with Taste of the Wild grain free wetlands formula. 

Cali needs to be the only dog in the family.  She guards her "resources." Resources not only apply to toys and treats and her dog bowl but also to humans.  Although this is quite unusual for a Collie, it is true for her.  We have a fabulous trainer that is helping us understand how to work with Cali and hopefully reduce her discomfort at sharing.  But she may need to be the only dog for her lifetime.  So let's start with this as a requirement.

We will be looking for a home for Calypso with lots of prior dog experience with the herding breeds.  She is smart and will need to have lots of mental stimulation as well as running and playing to blow off the steam of a young and very healthy dog.  So if you are a couch potato, please don't even send an application.  We don't like to disappoint humans, but with us it is......doggies first!

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More about Calypso

Is Not Good with Dogs, Good with Cats, Good with Older/Considerate Kids Only, Good with Adults, Somewhat vocal, Requires a yard, Likes to play with toys, Playful, Affectionate, Eager To Please, Gentle, Goofy

Special Needs: Needs to be an only dog, quite unusual for a Collie


Please begin the process for adoption by reading our Adoption Policies and, if we sound like the right group for you, fill out our online Adoption Application. From there, our receipt of your completed application will be confirmed by email. You then will receive a follow-up phone call if we feel you are a good potential applicant for the dog. Lots of good conversation with the foster family, a reference from your veterinarian, and a home visit round out the screening process. We take dog adoption very seriously.  Please put a lot of thought into why you want to adopt a dog, and help us make a good match for your family. We appreciate your taking the time to visit with us. We will look forward to hearing from you as well.

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