Meet Soda Stream, a retired left tackle for the famous Idaho Potatoes. This handsome Jack Russell, a former star of the Boop Football League (BFL), has retained his muscular build and quiet intensity, but he can play goofball like a pro. Comfortable with other dogs, humans and their kids, he’s just a friendly lug with a face for shaving cream ads, if dogs shaved. Mostly he’s a dang good boy looking to make a forever family feel very lucky to have him.
Here’s some notes from his foster:
Soda Stream is easily the best-behaved dog I have ever fostered, and that’s saying a lot because all of my foster dogs have been well-behaved. Soda is loving, gentle, friendly, and social. He gets along well with my dogs. He gets along well with my cats. He gets along well with the dogs, big and small, at the dog park. Soda has shown absolutely no aggression or even interest in my rabbits. He’s an absolute dream of a dog.
Soda Stream is house broken and pees and poops quickly when taken outside to do his business. He walks well on leash – no leash aggression whatsoever. Soda doesn’t dig or search for “stuff” on the ground to eat. He enjoys his time outside, discovering new smells and walking off his breakfast. He does not react to sirens, screaming kids, or dogs barking at him from across the street. I’ve only heard him bark once, and it wasn’t very loud. He also doesn’t whine or pant loudly. Soda expresses himself through body language, like the full body wag he does when we’re about to go for a walk.
Soda Stream sleeps soundly through the night, cuddled up next to me. I picked Soda up on a Thursday afternoon and by Saturday he was walking off-leash by my side at Fort Funston. He stayed closer to me than my own dogs but not so close that he was annoyingly underfoot. I didn’t have to worry about him straying towards the cliff or doing anything that would get him (or me) into trouble. He is the perfect walking companion.
Soda is an active dog. He follows me around the house. He runs and rolls on the grass in park. He has a lot of pep in his step. If you’re looking for a dog to sit and watch tv with you, Soda will do that, but I wouldn’t recommend it unless you’ve first given him a reason to rest. Soda is too young of spirit to live a sedentary live and needs both the mental and physical stimulation of activity.
If I wasn’t already at full capacity, I’d adopt Soda Stream in a heartbeat. He’s such a good dog that he must have been surrendered only because it was in his best interest. All dogs deserve good homes, but I really hope that Soda finds a family that will treat him as well as he treats them and love him with lots of walks and lots of cuddles.
Soda Stream is so loyal and so gentle and so everything that a person could want in a doggie companion. He really is the best dog.
