Please take a look at our newest adoptable dogs and whether you are looking for the perfect face, the perfect demeanor, or it's love at first sight, hopefully you will find the perfect companion at HITTGV! 

We are also in need of people who can support us as fosters! You can also foster a dog until the perfect forever home is found or as a trial period with the option to adopt.

To get started, please go to our 'Adoption' and/or 'Foster' tabs at the top of the page. Kindly fill out the form of your choice and submit to us. You can also e-mail us at This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it. or call us at (707)583-9583 with your inquiries. Thank you for considering rescue and for helping us save more lives.

Ceri is a super sweet, extremely devoted, cattle dog and border collie mix. She weighs 43 lbs. and is around 2 years old. She has a wonderfully loving and happy personality, when she feels safe. Ceri is a Velcro dog, who more than anything wants her very own person/people to be with and follow around. She just wants to be petted and loved back.

Our girl would make an exceptional companion. If she could, she would shower her foster mom with kisses all the time. She will roll over for a tummy rub and is very happy to get leashed up and go outside. Ceri will follow her foster mom around in the house and not let her out of her sight. She is content to lay down and hang-out nearby, when her foster mom is in the kitchen cooking or in the office working, or even in the barn feeding the horses.

Ceri is enthusiastic about toys and balls, and will play fetch with a ball or toy. She will play with toys on her bed, in the crate, or just about anywhere. When her foster mom is working in her office, Ceri is content to hang out and chew on her toys, or nap. It is best to always have a soft toy, stuffed Kong, or chew toy for her, as she chewed through 2 nearby leashes very quickly.

As a young herding mix, Ceri would do well with a lot of daily physical exercise and play time to help expend her youthful energy. Also, as a very smart girl, she will also need activities to keep her brain busy. While Ceri is happy to go out on leash, she is just learning how to walk on one. She zig-zags and may pull a bit. When on walks and she hears/sees the barking neighbor dogs across the street, Ceri is interested in a curious friendly way, but does not pull towards them.

We rescued her from a very overcrowded county shelter less than 2 hours before she was to be euthanized. She had been found as a stray with her puppy, who was quickly rescued from the shelter by another organization. We believe that Ceri had been an outside only, and probably a ranch dog.  She is not used to the everyday sights and sounds when out in public. When she recently went on a trip to PetSmart, she seemed astonished that there were so many people in the world. She just sat in amazement and watched everyone.

Ceri has great potential. She is a fast learner, eager to please and smart. When she first arrived, she was not house trained and didn’t know what doors were, but learned very quickly, partly from copying the other dogs. She now asks to go out by going to the door. She was also unfamiliar with a leash, and now associates it with fun walks. She has soft mouth and takes treats gently. Currently, she knows "sit" and we are working on "stay" but not quite there yet.

She will sleep in a crate when her fosters need to go out for a few hours. Initially, she may whine a bit, but will soon settle down. Ceri does not go into a crate on her own. She'll go in if you offer a treat and put food and water in the crate. Once inside, she is fine with it. Her foster mom has been allowing Ceri to sleep on the bed with her, and Ceri will sleeps quietly beside her all night. 

Ceri can jump quite high, and should be supervised whenever outside, and always be on a leash or long line, until she gets more training and her humans know that she will not be motivated by something to leap a fence. When she is happy to see someone and wants some attention she has a tendency to jump up on you. Her foster mom has been discouraging this.

Although, she has not shown obvious herding tendencies, she sometimes uses her mouth to communicate. Once or twice she has gently taken her foster mom’s wrist in her mouth to get her attention. Ceri is a very quiet dog, who only lets out a bark before she goes to hide, when hearing or seeing unknown people come to the house, and sometimes on walks if she thinks someone is approaching.

Although Ceri would be ok with another easy going, balanced dog, she would not be a playmate or a close companion for another dog. Her main focus is on being with her human(s). She would prefer to being an only dog for all the love and attention of her people. At her foster home, she co-exists peacefully with an older female who is the same size, but sometimes tries to keep the other female away from her foster mom. Her fosters also have a smaller, terrier mix, male who is a resource guarder and, before the fosters knew to keep him separate, has snapped at Ceri over ‘his’ people and food. Ceri did argue and snap back at him. For this reason, she would be happiest in a home as an only dog, not worry about competing with another dog over her people or around food.

Ceri is curious about cats and wants to watch and follow them. She may be ok with a dog-savvy cat, who does not run or show aggression. But, in general, a home without cats may be best, as she is often distracted by them. If they run, she will chase. She does listen well when her foster mom tells her “no” and uses a treat or toy to re-direct her away from the cat. After some work with her and the cat, Ceri is doing better. Currently, Ceri will sleep on the bed with the 5-year old cat who does not run or pay much attention to her. There is also a senior cat who ignores Ceri, and Ceri also ignores her.

We don’t believe that Ceri has been on many car rides before. She currently will not get in on her own. However, once in the car she likes to look out the window, but will restlessly pace back and forth. Occasionally she will lie down.

While Ceri is a happy, calm girl when feeling safe with her person/people, it is clear that she was very mistreated and neglected in her former life. As mentioned, she is very afraid of unknown people. She is terrified of brooms and mops. If you touch a broom or mop she will immediately run away and hide. Ceri is also very sensitive to and does not like loud noises or sudden movement. For these reasons, she would not do well in a busy household, or with children.

During her vet visit, she was quiet, but very unsure and worried. When the vet tech approached her, she began a low growl and tried to hide. She lets people know that she is not comfortable, but she has not tried to snap at anyone.

Ceri has a wonderfully sweet natural personality. We believe that over time she can become a self assured dog. We cannot stress strongly enough that this dog needs patience and time (6 to 12 months) in the right hands to truly blossom. She will need a calm home with patient, understanding people, who can use positive associations to help her gain confidence when out in the world and become more socialized.

This is NOT a dog for apartment/condo life, or a first time dog owner, or one who is not familiar with these breeds or with a dog who has been mentally and physically abused. If you may be interested in Ceri please email us at This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it. or leave a message at (707) 583-9583.

Bluey (ADOPTED!) is a super sweet, even tempered, very loving, friendly Australian cattle dog, with possibly a bit of border collie. He weighs 45 lbs. and we estimate that he is 15-18 months old. Bluey is also essentially deaf. In new situations, or when first meeting people or other dogs, he is unsure of himself and tends to be shy. Once he feels comfortable and knows things are okay, he becomes very loving and playful. Since he cannot hear, Bluey is very observant, and big on checking in often and making eye contact with with people.  He also tries very hard to understand what you want, and to do it.

He is a great dog, who very attentive and responsive to people, and he very is eager to please. His only issues are easily addressed and are not his fault. People in his past never worked to teach him anything. Bluey is just beginning to learn basic manners, boundaries, and obedience commands with hand signals. These can easily be learned with consistent guidance and training practice. We asked a wonderful, very experienced dog trainer to evaluate Bluey, and he described Bluey as a “treasure,” which we had never heard him say about any dog before. He later told us that if he had the ability to add another dog to his household, he would take Bluey.

Our boy very social with people (including children) and other dogs. When petting him, he’ll roll over for you to pet his belly. Bluey is just a silly guy who has the best intentions. He exhibits excellent body language with other dogs. Bluey would do well with another dog to learn from. Because he lacks experience in many situations, he closely watches and copies what other dogs do. When having a play date, he saw a dog use a doggie door and was at first puzzled by it. A few minutes later he copied her and was suddenly inside the house. There is not a mean bone in his body. His fosters have cats, and Bluey is curious, but calm and respectful around the cats.

While Bluey is his full size, mentally he is just a big puppy. He loves dog toys, shaking and tossing the soft plush toys, and he is very keen on chew toys. He enjoys chew treats, such as bully sticks. He has not shown any guarding behavior at all

Bluey is very much like a human toddler. He treats everyone like a littermate. When the puppy in him wants attention, or to play with either a human or another dog, he can be pushy about it, often using his paws to get a response from humans or other dogs. Bluey doesn’t realize how big he is, or the using his paw to pat a small dog or a child could scratch or injure them. We are working on having him keep his paws to himself. When he is trying to get someone to play with him, he can become a little mouthy and nibbling. His instinct is to use his mouth to show you what he wants and to communicate. He will try to take your hand or pull at your pant leg to get your attention and tell you it’s time to play. Like a small child who wants to hog the attention, if you are petting another dog, he will run over and try to squeeze himself in and edge the other dog out. He takes corrections from other dogs very well. He remains good natured a will back off when other dogs growl or nip at him.

Bluey rarely ever truly barks. He is most vocal when actively playing with another dog, and he begins his ultra-high pitched, excited cattle dog bark. Still a baby, he will also cry if he’s afraid or worried.

Here are YouTube links to videos of Bluey playing with other dogs:  https://youtu.be/0a3ZyGeDGRk  

https://youtu.be/gSb0Q_TCKTI     https://youtube.com/shorts/15wb3Lg_dmw?feature=share

He has the velcro nature of a cattle dog, who wants to belong to a family/pack, and to have a human to bond and hang out with. Bluey’s fosters have an 8 year old daughter. When she had a sleep-over, Bluey and the girls played every waking minute. He has the energy to run and play in spurts during the day, but he is also often content to be inside, relaxing near his person.
 
Bluey seems to be a medium energy dog, which is unusual for a young herding dog. He seems to be content with a 10-15 minute session of highly active play, punctuated by a rest/nap time period. Having several blood pumping exercise each day, makes him much calmer and less fidgety inside the house. Sometimes after playing or running  around, he becomes energized and overly stimulated, and needs an adult to stop the action for a few minutes to settle him down.

With normal body language used to train any dog, we are working to teach him manners and appropriate vs inappropriate behaviors, and we have also begun teaching him hand signal commands.

Bluey is learning to sleep in a large crate at night, but he is afraid of being alone in the dark. He sometimes wakes up while it is still dark and if he believes that he is alone, he will begin to cry. If there is a night light on and he can see someone, he will be okay. Bluey also loves to be outside and play, but he is very afraid of being left outside alone, especially when it is dark outside. Bluey tends to be afraid of getting into a car and during the ride. He will climb in if another dog he knows is in the car, and if he is consistently taken to a fun place by the same person and car, he becomes happy to get in and ride to his play date.

Our boy walks fairly well on leash. He does not pull, but he does zig-zag. He seems to be housebroken. However, his movements must be watched and managed during the first day or two in a new home, in case he tries to mark, especially if he detects the smell of another male dog. He was neutered on Nov. 23, 2022, and it may take a few months for his marking behavior to diminish.

Bluey is an all around great dog, who possesses a wonderful nature and excellent personality traits that cannot be taught. However, he is not a turn-key dog. Mentally he is still a baby. He needs people who understand the work and time involved to manage his energy and excitement, and teach him manners, boundaries, and basic obedience commands. We are seeking adopters for Bluey who are willing to work with him, and enable him reach his full potential.

Potential adopters must be willing to have an adoption transition process to allow him to make the mental transition to new people and a new situation. We prefer that potential adopters live within a 1-2 hour drive of the Santa Rosa, CA, area.

If you have questions or are interested in meeting Bluey, please email us at This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it. or leave a message at (707) 583-9583. Completing an adoption form, is the first step to meeting him.

Nemo (ADOPTED!), our honorary herder, is barely 1 year old. He is a playful, sweet, guy, full of joy. He has energy to run and play, yet knows to be calm when inside. He weighs 50 lbs. and seems to be a Siberian Husky and Shiba Inu mix. Nemo is a gentle soul who is very loving and cuddly with his people. He meets people easily, and is great with other dogs.

Our happy boy loves stuffed toys and squeaky tennis balls. The husky in him is very devoted and family oriented. He especially loves his foster Dad, He is very good at checking in to make sure he knows where his foster Dad is. Nemo is content if outside with his person/people, and he has a soft spot in the shade and a toy. For him to be calm and content like this, he will first need to work off some of his youthful energy.

He will need space to run and/or people who are active, and can give him the daily exercise he craves. Nemo spent 3-months of his very young life in a shelter kennel, and was scheduled to be euthanized at the shelter when we rescued him. He needs to catch up on learning about life and to learn some basic obedience training. He sleeps on his bed all night, and seems to be house trained.

Nemo is very even tempered when meeting new people, including children, and other dogs. He wants to sniff them and then moves on. He seems fine with calm children. He has only seen cats on walks and has wanted to chase. When greeting people he knows well, Nemo wants to joyfully jump up on them. When told no, he stays down, and is well mannered. His fosters are working on this. Nemo still needs to learn that he is no longer a small puppy, and that his loud excited barks and jumping up when playing may scare or knock down children.

Nemo still has a lot of puppy energy and tendencies. He will need active exercise at least twice a day. When he wakes up in the morning, before his walk, he is full of energy and excited for the new day. He does some puppy mouthiness, especially if he hasn’t had any exercise. If you tell him no or leave-it, he will stop. He doesn’t yet know that he is a medium-large dog, who could knock things over when doing zoomies.

After a long walk or active exercise, he will be calm for most of the day, with spikes of playful energy (zoomies, playing with toys) when going outside for potty breaks. He will become busy and energetic again by late afternoon/evening, and will need another long walk or play session.

He loves walks, and once on leash, the husky in him loves to pull, and is quite strong. However, if you stop walking, he will stop also. If Nemo sees squirrels or other small animals, he wants to chase. If another dog barks at him he will pull and bark back. Feeding him high value treats distracts and redirects his interest. His foster Dad says that Nemo is walking better on the leash and coping better with distractions. He just needs continued leash training.

Nemo has not shown any guarding behavior with his humans at all, with food or toys. He has also learned to sit before getting his food. On the first day at his foster home, one of the fosters’ dogs tried to go for a treat that was being handed to Nemo, he showed his teeth to tell her to back off.

He does have many breed traits of both Siberian Huskies and Shiba Inu’s. Nemo is very observant and extremely smart. While he is very child-like and willing to please, he has a stubborn, strong will from both breeds. He knows what he wants and will let you know what he needs.

Nemo is very curious, resourceful, and learns quickly. While he does want to please and is extremely teachable, like a 2-year old child, he will “argue” and test you during a teaching moment. He will bark and give you an angry look, over small things, such as being told he can't jump up to get his own treats. If you don’t react to him, and calmly ask him if he's done, he will eventually stop barking and come over and cuddle up to you, as if to apologize for his tantrum. Adorable. He's just a softy with a big bluff. For this reason, Nemo will need an experienced person, who has the patience, understanding and leadership to work with his strong will.

Other than barking in protest or when very excited, he is a very quiet boy. He is NOT reactive about noises and people outside.

Since both of his foster people work, Nemo spends a few hours each day alone. He will whine initially before settling down, but, if first exercised, he will be ok alone for a few hours. After a few hours, he will look for things to do, and may collect items - shoes, pieces of scrap wood, etc., bringing them back to his bed. He has not done anything destructive. However, if routinely left for too long, and he becomes frustrated, it’s possible that he could begin unwanted chewing. Still very much a puppy, if Nemo discovers a new item in his surroundings, he may mouth or teethe on it to ‘taste’ or play with it. If told no, he will stop.

Nemo is being fostered in Napa, CA. If you have questions or are interested in meeting Nemo and receiving an adoption form, please email us at This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it. or leave a message at (707) 583-9583. Completing an adoption form, is the first step to meeting him.

This is a Courtesy Posting for Copper's Dream Rescue. See the contact info at the bottom.

Maz was rescued off the streets in Iran.  He is an 18 month old, approximately 45 lb., neutered male. Our best guess is that he is a herding dog mix, likely cattle dog or border collie mix.

He is very loving and affectionate with people he knows. He is a happy, silly, sweet, and bouncy guy, who loves attention from his humans. If you are sitting outside on a chair, he will climb into the chair and lie next to you, hoping for some some pats and cuddles. He loves human attention and to lie down on his back for a tummy rub. Maz is a good balance of a loving, yet independent dog. He does not need to constantly be with his human, and is happy to wander around outside while his human is in the house.

Our boy does well when meeting people, and is sometimes slower to warm up to men, depending on the person. He loves and seeks attention from the man in his foster family.

His foster family that has two girls -- a 10 year old and 8 year old. He LOVES them and they love him. They play with Maz all the time. Maz does sometimes get excited and in an effort to get their attention to play, he nips at their pant legs. These particular girls are very dog savvy and know to get away fast when he starts to get excited and mouthy. For this reason, he is NOT recommended for a home with children. When excited his mouthiness can be incessant and difficult to stop. His mouthiness is out of excitement and does not intend to hurt anyone, but it can be too much for small people. He will need an experienced owner who is willing to put in the work, to help him stop this habit.

Maz is currently housed with two dog-aggressive dogs, and he has befriended both of them. He has been great with other dogs, after a proper introduction. He can bark or growl when he meets a new dog, especially when on leash. When getting acquainted with a new dog, after about 30 minutes of sniffing each other/meeting one another, he usually begins play bows to invite the other dog to play.  

Being the equivalent of a teenager, Maz is a high-energy dog. He needs a VERY active home and/or people. Having another energetic dog to run around and play with would be beneficial. He is exuberant in his play with other dogs, and can unintentionally play a bit rough, but all in good fun. At his foster home, he plays a LOT outside with the other dogs.

Maz must have ample outdoor space and would likely not do well in a condo or apartment. He would need a home with a large enclosed yard or, ideally, a farm/ranch. He currently does not spend much time indoors (except for at night) as he gets bored, and starts to look for things to get into or to chew.

As is fitting with a herding breed, Maz is a very smart and curious pup. He needs daily mental stimulation, and would love to have a "job" to keep him busy.  if he does not have enough exercise and mental stimulation, he will start to chew on things, like furniture, in his need to be busy. As we have seen with smart, energetic, young, working dogs, if you don’t give them a way to channel their need for mental and physical exercise, they will make up their own things to do, which are often destructive activities, such as chewing and taking things apart.  

Maz can get destructive if left alone, loose in the house without enough toys to keep him entertained. He is good in the crate and does NOT have severe separation anxiety. On rare occasions, he barks for a few minutes when left alone, but calms down quickly. His fosters put a light sheet over his crate or play classical music, which relaxes him. He can be left alone in the crate for several hours, and he currently sleeps overnight indoors in a crate. He can also be left alone outside in a securely fenced area for many hours - he loves to sniff everything, and explore.

He is generally easy to walk on a leash. He doesn't pull and he stays with you. He is often walked on a paved, public trail, and sidewalks in a suburban neighborhood. His fosters always walk him on a short leash when passing another person and/or dog. When on leash, sometimes when passing an unknown man or certain dogs, he barks/lunges until they pass. Certain people and dogs trigger Maz, and it is certainly due to his past history in Iran, but unclear why.

When Maz first came into rescue, he barked quite a bit. It was too much in a suburban neighborhood where the houses are very close together. He now wears a bark collar that beeps but does not hurt him when he barks, which has resolved his frequent barking issue.

Another reason that Maz would not be appropriate for a home with small children, is that he does guard his food and other prized resources (toys), against other dogs and people. About 3-months ago, when Maz first came to the U.S., a man who Maz did not know, gave him a bone, and then moved his hand toward the bone as if to take it away. Maz growled and then nipped the man. He did not break skin, but caused a red mark on his thumb. At his foster home, Maz is fed separately from other dogs, and once he starts eating, no one reaches for his bowl. If he picks up something that he shouldn’t have, his fosters never try to pull the item from his mouth. Rather, they offer him an “exchange” by showing him a new item/toy, and he will drop the one he is holding in his mouth. Maz will need a person or people who are very aware of his resource guarding with food and toys, and willing to help him work through this.

In summary, Maz is a wonderfully happy, loving, playful, and super smart guy, with enormous potential. He has already come a very long way in just a few months. He needs experienced and understanding people, who can continue to teach him how to overcome some of the habits he acquired from his life on the streets of Iran, and to learn that he doesn’t need to protect his precious food or toys. All work with Maz must be positive (treat and praise based), so he learns trust and let go of the survival worries he acquired as a street dog.

If you have questions about Maz, please contact Lee at This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it. or 415-359-5111. If you are interested in meeting Maz, please go to his adoption link at Copper’s Dream at:  https://www.coppersdream.org/dogs-over-6-months.html