TASHA-BOXER

State: near Hartford, CT
Age: 6 years
DOB: 3/27/19
Weight: 59 lbs.
Sex: Female
Neutered/UTD: yes/yes
Coat Color: fawn & white
Children under 4: no (no history)
Children over 4: yes
Separation Anxiety: no
Other dogs: no
Cats: no
Crate Trained: no
House Trained: yes
Obedience Trained: no
Leash Trained: learning
Microchipped: yes

ADOPTION FEE: 💖FULLY SPONSORED BY DONATIONS💖)

9/19/25-This sweet girl just continues to thrive in foster care.  She’s been here about 2 months with us and is really settling in.  She’s becoming more vocal and expressive, letting us know just how she feels!  Still no house accidents, loves laying out in the yard & we spend a few hours each day out here with Tasha sunning herself.  She loves her toys, running, daily zoomies are a thing! This girl has a lot of energy & still demands being the center of attention.  She’ll bark at visitors & wants them to pet her.  She wants to be the queen of the house as a result she needs to be an only dog.  She’s content sleeping on the floor by your bed or in the bed.  She’ll also rotate between the couch & floor for TV time. Tasha is a real sweetheart, has great house manners, haven’t had any issues with her at all. With reduction of her Apoquel for allergies being every other day now it’s only about $30 per month. Plus bonus now is her adoption fee is fully sponsored by donations to help get her into a great home!

8/23/25-We adore having Tasha live with us and are in love with her.  She fits right in.  Tasha loves to be the center of attention.  She loves to greet you when you walk in the door.  For a 6 year old dog, she has a mountain of energy and silliness.  She absolutely loves to play with her toys and throw them around.  She will bring them to you to throw for her but also entertains herself quite often.  She loves to run around the yard and lay out in the grass or on the patio.  She rolls over for belly rubs, and has recently learned to hand her paw out for snacks too!  Tasha likes to be around her people!  She barks sometimes when first introduced, but mellows out well. She just isn’t a fan of other dogs, though. Tasha is happy to curl up on the couch or on the floor by your feet.  We have also brought her out for some car rides and pup cups – which she really enjoys!  She spends her nights divided between laying in our bed, on the floor by our bed (either on the rug or in a dog bed we put down for her).  She’s a good sleeper.  Tasha does not like a crate, however we put up some baby gates to keep our dining room separate and also in the den…(Tasha likes to greet you right at the door, so we put it up to help keep her safe and not escape)… she is good with the gates.  She has not tried to knock them over at all.  Another Tasha positive is that we have had zero house accidents and no destroying of anything.  She is just an all around good pet!  We are currently giving her Apoquel allegery pill every other day to see how she does and so far so good!  She takes it well with some peanut butter and her evening meal.  Tasha has good house manners.  She will put her feet up on the windowsill to look out, but she responds really well to “no”.  Tasha is a really great dog.  We enjoy her company!  She will make someone a phenomenal and loyal companion for sure!

8/18/25-Hey it’s me Tasha again.  I’ve been doing well here at my foster home.  I already knew how to “sit” but I recently learned “paw” too!  My foster parents are so proud.  Still no house accidents.   I am slowly getting better at leash walking.  My foster dad has been trying to teach me to not pull so much.  I also get upset when I see another dog nearby, but we will work on that too.  I listen really well when I’m told no.  Treats on the walk also help keep me focused more.  My favorite things right now are running around the fenced yard and playing with my toys.  I love throwing them around up in the air!  Oh, and naps of course. They are also trying me on Apoquil every other day,  it’s only been a few days but so far so good.  I really am so good.  I just want to please and be the center of everyone’s world! 

8/4/25-We had company over the weekend and it took her about 5 seconds to get comfortable.  This girl likes to be the center of attention!  If you’re a person who doesn’t want more than one dog or can only have 1 dog, she is your girl!  She loves entertaining herself by playing with her toys & balls all on her own too. Lol The once a day Apoquel pill is working great & keeps her allergies away.  What an absolute sweetheart. We are adoring her & you will too!

7/30/25-Hi!  I’m Tasha.  I like to chew ice cubes and eat watermelon.  I’ve also got a good ear for the refrigerator deli drawer! I’ve had a rough year being bounced around and I’m looking for a good place to settle down.  I just got to my new foster home a few days ago, and I’m starting to decompress.  I’ve been on my best behavior.  I think I am impressing my new foster parents with my good manners (no chewing and no house accidents). The sore near my ear was itching a bit yesterday, but the lady put some peroxide on a piece of cotton and cleaned it up for me.  That felt good, I didn’t mind it at all.  They give me my apoquel allergy medicine with my food in peanut butter.  I don’t mind taking it that way.  I heard the foster parents whispering about taking me out for a walk soon to see how I am with meeting others.  I’ll let you know how that goes.

8/1/25-Tasha is doing very well. We haven’t had any new dog/dog interactions yet.  She needs work on the leash, but she is very food motivated……. Had her out in the front yard, no response to anyone on bikes going by.  Going to work with her on walking.  She has a fun game where she plays ball with herself by dropping her ball from the couch, it rolls away & she retrieves it, to do it all over! Lol

7/25/25-Due to her foster home’s upcoming vacation, Tasha is moving to another foster home in CT on Sunday.  More updates soon!

7/19/25-Tasha is doing great & we can’t believe no one has wanted her yet! The Zyrtec & Benadryl were not working for her suspected environmental allergies, so after a consult with the vet they decided to try her on Apoquel 1x per day 16mg tablet (about $60 per month). Tasha has been on Apoquel for a couple of days now and I saw a big difference in her scratching and chewing her paws after the first dose. All of her itchiness has gone. Her left ear flap is still a little swollen, but it doesn’t bother her and I think that should resolve
itself with a few more doses. She continues to be a great house guest and is happy to cuddle up or go outside and chase whatever she can find that moves. She loves to sit and watch the kids next door when they are
in the pool. She is very attentive. She would make a great pool lifeguard! The kids like to come over to the fence and talk to her – she loves that. I throw her ball once and she plays with it for 5 minutes. She is a happy girl. I’m hoping she finds her forever home very soon. 

6/25/25-My little sun goddess basking in the sunshine. Tasha loves to lay out In the yard. She is a keeper!

6/17/25-Tasha continues to blossom as she has been here for just over 3 weeks. She is so easy to have around. She will sleep until you get up, goes right out and does her business, then comes back in to have her breakfast.

Then it’s nap time on the couch, unless I’m moving around. Then she needs to know what’s going on. I take her out with me when I do some errands to keep her engaged. she does pretty well, until someone next
to us wants to talk to her, then she talks back! Lol She is very easy to redirect though. She is very easy going and likes to be with you. She isn’t too bad on the leash, but needs some more time with that. She seems to have
some seasonal allergies – scratches a bit. She has just started on Zyrtec to help her out. I can’t say enough what a pleasure it is to foster Tasha. She is always willing to please. She knows when it is dinner time.
She has a lot to say, it’s really pretty funny. Every day I can see some wonderful changes in her. She just keeps on getting better.

6/6/25-Comment from her groomer: I can’t get over what a perfect, silly girl she is!

6/5/25-Tasha went to our favorite groomer, Lauren to get a bath. Tasha has been very itchy and seemed to be bothered by her ears. The thought was that she may have residual chemicals on her from the cleaning products they used at the shelter. We will see how that goes from here. Tasha is an absolute pleasure to have as my foster. She is a happy girl and always ready to go whether it is out in the yard, or in the car. If I leave her home, I have a Kong in the freezer ready for her to play with. She does not like the crate at all. I gave it a try leaving her out with some restricted space and her kong and she did great. Right now she does like to bark at strangers. We are working on that with the training video “Look at Me”. The trainer at the shelter started her on this, and Tasha was quick to pick it up. It has been easy working this program. It will take constant reinforcement, but she is smart and always willing to learn. The only drawback with Tasha is that she is a bed hog(like most Boxers). Lol I don’t think she will be around long , so get your applications in!

6/2/25-Tasha is a very sweet girl that just needs time to be a goofball! She is a pleasure to have. I have not had to leave her alone yet. I am not crating her, so I’ll see how that goes. I feel like she will be OK, but we will see. Tasha is out enjoying the sunshine today. She loves running around the yard like a nut playing ball all by herself. Lol  She’s a keeper! 

5/31/25-Tasha arrived this afternoon after a long transport from NY. She has checked out the yard and then the house. She has had a snooze and is sniffing around again. It’s almost dinner time, so she will be happy. I hear she is a good snuggler, so it will be welcomed tonight with the damp weather. More to come…

5/29/25-Tasha is a beautiful 6 year old boxer from a shelter that came into rescue today thanks to our temporary foster home until her transport this weekend.  Poor girl has had a rough several months. She was abandoned by her first owners at end of last year.  There was a really nasty divorce and she was dropped off at a friend’s house by the ex-husband who never went back to get her. After 4 months, The friend was losing his property so she was brought to the animal control in late March. The shelter placed her with a foster home but they had cats and found out Tasha has extra high prey drive (squirrels, cats, birds, etc) & was trying to eat them, so Tasha was removed pretty quickly.  Tasha was then adopted in mid April to a woman that had other 2 boxers but after a week, Tasha decided she wanted to be the only dog in the house. This adopter was really broken up when she brought Tasha back to shelter a couple of weeks ago. She said Tasha was a great dog but could not get along with her resident dogs so she had to make this hard decision.  The shelter said Tasha is a young at heart boxer girl that just needs to be the only pet in her new home.  However she’s good with all humans including school age kids who she lived with over the past couple of months. They also said she is house trained but is not good in crates – very anxious, tries to eat & bust out of them.  We know the perfect home will be out there for Tasha!

9/27/25-Tasha likes her koala pajamas!  She’s been doing wonderfully.  I’ve noticed she needs a softer collar, the rougher ones seem to make her neck skin break out.  I washed her neck with peroxide & put some Neosporin on it & it’s healing nicely.  We keep a soft collar loose on her at all times & use a different collar which we put on tighter for walking so she can’t slip out.