If you adopt Kona your life will only get better! She is a perfect little Lhaso Apso who can adjust to your lifestyle with no problem. You enjoy playing in the park? So does she. You would rather chill at home on the sofa? Kona can be a couch potato any day of the week. Kona is already trained to go potty on pads and grass so really, it’s whatever you prefer. She is such a wonderful lady who is totally fine staying home alone, but when you’re around she’d love to spend the day with you. What are you waiting for? Come meet Kona today!
Here’s some notes from her foster:
She is very sweet and calm. She is quiet most of the time. Her main communication is soft whimpering but I think she did bark a few times to protest my practicing a Chopin waltz on the piano. I am learning it so my playing was not performance-quality.
She does quite well when I leave her by herself at my home. I have had to leave her for periods of several, up to four, hours. She will sometimes bark when I leave, but I think that subsides quickly. She is not frantic when I return. She usually naps when I am away.
I would say that Kona is older than “middle-aged”. I was told that she lived with her previous guardian for 15 years, so I think of her as a “retired angel”. Her energy level is good. She is able to go up and down carpeted stairs, although she doesn’t mind getting a lift. I haven’t taken her on any walks as she seems content to walk around my backyard. I have not seen her run.
She is not overtly affectionate – no licks or kisses, and she doesn’t approach me looking for attention – but she likes to be in the same vicinity as me. This may be part of the getting-comfortable-with-you process. She doesn’t mind me picking her up.
She is house-trained. She makes it through the night (8 hours +/-) without peeing or pooping and she is sleeping on a dog bed in my bedroom with me and my own dog (a 15 pound maltipoo). The two dogs get along fine, although they don’t play with each other (too old for that).
I think she is quite (but not completely) deaf. When she is sleeping she does not hear me open the doors when I come back home. She doesn’t respond when I call her, but I also think that “Kona” is not the name that her previous guardian called her. Muttville usually gives dogs a new name when they arrive.
