Murphy (CL) is a COURTESY LISTING available for private adoption -- for more information, please contact the owner listed below. DO NOT apply through the GSRA website as this dog and owner are not affiliated with GSRA.
Murphy is a sweet 3 year old mix with lots and lots of playful energy. Murphy loves his humans, other same energy / playful dogs, lots of room to run, and playing fetch with balls and Frisbee. He loves long walks / hikes through the woods, smelling plants and where other dogs have been, chewing on chew toys, pulling all the stuffing out of soft toys, going to dog parks to play with other dogs and run around. He is house and crate trained and knows a lot of commands (sit, stay, come, lay down) and has passed his canine good citizen test at teamworks dog training LLC. He has food and skin allergies and has been on special food (royal canine ultamino) and takes an anti-itching medication (apoquel) for the last few years. He requires at least 1-3 hours of walking/ play to wear out his energy. I got Murphy when he was 6 weeks old and he is up to date on all his vaccines.
I did a DNA test kit on him when he was a puppy and it said he was 28% pit bull, 20% german shepherd, 9% chow chow, and a small percentage of other breeds like lab. It also said he wasn’t predisposed to any health problems.
Things to be aware of:
-Murphy is cautious / reserved around kids younger than 8. He is unsure about toddlers and generally avoids them. He has never been around babies due to his hyper energy levels.
-He resource guards toys / food / water / on rare occasions people from other dogs. He can get aggressive if another dog resource guards first or starts a fight. Has never bitten a person or acted aggressive towards any human.
-He will bark initially to new house guests when they first walk up to the house or come in (but interestingly not the mailman or Amazon drivers) but then will get happy and playful.
-He will tolerate baths but really hates them.
-He doesn’t like loud high pitched noises like smoke detectors on low battery or air fryer alarms. These high pitch noises cause him to shake but he calms down after 10 -15 minutes. He hasn’t ever reacted to fireworks.
Murphy’s ideal home would be a single person or family without very young children, with no dogs or one or two dogs with matching personalities/ energy, more than likely no cats (open to temperament testing for both dogs and cats), and a big fenced in yard or farm where he plays lots of fetch and goes on at least a one hour walk every day.
Josh Terry
Durham, NC
rockguitarguy123@gmail.com
Contact the owner listed above for more information about Murphy (CL).
