Mishka

Mishka is a combination of two types of livestock guardian dogs, and therefore there are some very strict requirements for potential adopters. Please read these carefully:
– You need to have high fencing in good condition, standard farm fencing (1.20m) is not high enough to contain Mishka
– You need to live on acreage
– You need to have experience with large, independent dogs, preferably livestock guardian dogs
– NOT suitable for first-time dog owners
– Livestock guardian dogs bark a lot, that is simply part of the makeup of the breed – you need to be able to cope with that and
have neighbours who can tolerate it.
– Miskha will be a great companion dog for somebody living on a property. Although she is a livestock guardian breed, she is not used to livestock at this point in time. If somebody is interested in having her as a working livestock guardian dog, it will take a large commitment of time and effort from her new owners to get her to that point.

Hi, my name is Mishka and I would love to come live on your farm! My mum is a Maremma and my dad is a Sarplaninac. I grew up on a farm for the first 4 months of my life and enjoyed all the space to run around and living with my siblings.

My human mum then brought me to the big noisy city. I love my mum but find the noises scary and like to tell her when I hear them – which is pretty much all the time! Due to this I cannot live in the suburbs or city anymore.

My mum says that I am a very agile dog for my size. I do like figuring out how to get out of enclosures that people put me in, and everybody seems surprised at how high I can jump when I am motivated to get to the other side of whatever fence is stopping me. Normal farm fencing is a breeze to get over, but I have not been able to get over higher fences.

I LOVE to go to doggie day care; I have lots of doggie friends there that I really like to hangout with and all the humans love me. I also LOVE to go to the puppy park, so much so that I don’t like to leave! I’m good with big dogs and small dogs, but I just don’t like sharing my food.

I really like to go for walks and sniffing all the wonderful things, but I don’t like going near humans that I don’t know; they are a bit scary, and I need to protect my mum from them! But if you take the time to get to know me, I’m sure we will be best friends.

I have lived inside in the city and I’m very well toilet trained; however, I do prefer being an outside dog. I love the cold and rain!

I am very smart and can do lots of tricks like sit, lay down (that’s my favourite), stay and shake paws. Mum likes me to come when she calls but she doesn’t understand that I have better things to do with my time. I do come when I am ready though (or if there is a really delicious treat and nothing else is more interesting or important).

What I really, really, really want is to live on a farm and get away from all the scary noises and activity in the city. I would be much happier being someone’s companion on a property! I think I could also really learn to like to do the job I am bred for; be a livestock guardian. This far, I think chickens are ok (although I’ve only hung out with them when they are in their prison), and I have cat friends. I have not met any other livestock yet, but I am sure I can be friends with them! I’d love to come live with someone who has experience with livestock guardian breeds and who has the patience and knowledge to train me to be a great worker. But otherwise I would also be quite happy just being a person’s companion on a farm.

I can’t be someone’s first dog even though I’m adorable, and I really do not want to live in a city or town anymore; I’m a rural girl at heart!

If you are interested in hiring me to join your family and maybe your work team, please send an email to dogrehoming@outlook.com, with some information on why you think you would be able to offer me a great home.