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Collette’s Story

Collette came into the SNAFU Rescue via a private party. Her prior family wanted her to be placed in a loving home and spend the rest of her years being a spoiled pet with lots of attention.

Meet Collette, lovingly known as Coco in her foster home — the petite French Bulldog with a BIG personality, an athletic streak, a wicked-smart mind, and a heart full of love! This girl is the perfect combination of laid-back companion and full-blown WWE wrestler. She can go from peacefully lounging beside you to launching into an all-out wrestling match in the blink of an eye. She is sweet as pie, incredibly adaptable, and an absolute joy to have around, but don’t let her petite size fool you. This girl has some serious athletic talent!

Collette is an incredibly fun-loving girl who LOVES to play! Her foster family is amazed by just how athletic, agile, and coordinated she is. She can duck, roll, twist, and maneuver like a professional wrestler, and she has absolutely no reservations about playing with dogs of all sizes. Her current bestie is a 26-pound female Frenchie, but she is equally happy wrestling with the family’s 55-pound English Bulldog or keeping up with their 80-pound Boxer. She can manage multiple canine playmates at once and has no trouble holding her own. In the yard, she runs like the wind and is lightning fast! She especially enjoys patrolling the fence line and investigating all the interesting things happening on the other side. The kitties that live beyond the fence are particularly fascinating to her. She has shown curiosity without any signs of aggression, but her enthusiasm and speed mean supervision is important.

Speaking of canine friends, Collette is wonderfully social and genuinely enjoys the company of other dogs. She can be a little forward when meeting new friends and sometimes needs a reminder that not every dog is ready to join her personal play club immediately. Thankfully, she responds very well to corrections, backs off when asked, and understands when another dog communicates that they’ve had enough. She currently lives with five other dogs and has learned that some members of the pack simply aren’t interested in playing. She respects their space and saves her wrestling matches for the dogs who enjoy engaging with her. A calm, confident canine companion who enjoys playful interactions would be a wonderful match for Collette. She will need continued guidance, positive reinforcement, and appropriate introductions to help her develop good doggy manners and understand that not every new friend needs to become her wrestling partner!

Collette loves people just as much as she loves her canine companions; even the small kiddos too! She is affectionate, social, and always on the lookout for an available hand to pet her. If there’s a hand free, she’ll find it, even if that hand happens to be busy petting another dog! She can occasionally be a little pushy with her requests for attention, but she responds well to correction when her humans need a little personal space. Her petite build makes her an excellent lap-sized companion, and she absolutely loves settling in for a good snuggle session. She’s still figuring out the finer points of being held, but her foster family suspects she’ll get the hang of that with time. This girl simply wants to be loved, included, and close to her people!

Collette is also an excellent leash walker! Her combination of leash skills, adaptability, and enthusiasm makes her a fun little adventure buddy. She can initially be a little nervous in the car, but once she settles in, she’s comfortable and ready to go. Whether she’s heading out for a walk, exploring somewhere new, or simply joining her family for an outing, Collette enjoys being part of the action. She has mastered stairs with ease and confidence, too!

Collette is wicked smart, curious, and eager to learn. She picks up on routines quickly, responds beautifully to positive reinforcement, and genuinely wants to please her people. Her foster mom works from home, and Collette typically spends meetings peacefully napping nearby. Occasionally, however, her inner WWE wrestler decides that a meeting is an inconvenient interruption to her play schedule! When that happens, she’s perfectly happy to spend some quiet time in her kennel until it’s time for the fun to resume. She may occasionally chirp a little, but she settles down and becomes quiet as a mouse. She will thrive with a family willing to continue teaching her appropriate manners, encouraging her intelligence, and helping her understand that sometimes the answer is simply, “No, Collette, now is not the time to wrestle!”

Potty Training: Collette is still working on mastering her potty training. Having spent much of the beginning of her life kenneled with a potty pad, transitioning to a traditional potty routine has taken a little extra time. Her foster mom takes her outside regularly and stays with her to make sure she follows through with her “go potty” command rather than getting distracted by running, wrestling, and investigating all the wonderful smells. She has shown recent improvement, and her foster family is confident that with continued consistency, patience, and frequent opportunities to go outside, she will get there! She has not yet mastered communicating to her people when she needs to go out, so adopters will need to maintain a proactive potty schedule and continue working on those signals. She is a quick learner who thrives with routine, so consistency will be key to her success.

Crate Training: Collette does very well in her kennel and is comfortable settling in when her family needs some quiet time. Her foster family primarily uses her crate when her foster mom is working and needs to keep things peaceful during meetings. She would also do well spending time crated when her family is away from home. Every now and then, she may let out a tiny, pathetic little whine, but it is infrequent, short-lived, and best met with no attention so she can settle herself. If Collette had her way, though, she’d much rather skip the kennel and share a bed with her people! She loves being close to her family and thinks nighttime is the perfect opportunity for maximum togetherness.

Medically, Collette is perfect! She has been spayed, is current on vaccinations and deworming, heartworm tested, microchipped, and has been cleared for adoption by our veterinarian!

Collette would thrive in a home with a fully fenced-in backyard! This girl absolutely LOVES having room to run, play, and show off her impressive athletic abilities. She enjoys zooming through the yard, bobbing and weaving around landscaping, and keeping a watchful eye on everything happening beyond the fence. A securely fenced yard is a must for this little speed demon because she is lightning fast and, quite honestly, doesn’t have much in the way of brakes! Having a safe outdoor space where she can burn off energy and enjoy her freedom will be important for keeping her happy and safe.

Collette would do best with someone who works from home, has a flexible work schedule, or has a stay-at-home family member. While she’s comfortable spending time in her kennel, she currently needs someone available to let her outside several times throughout the day as she continues working on potty training. Once she’s fully trained, her foster family anticipates that she’ll be comfortable with a more typical schedule that includes a midday potty break. An apartment would not be ideal for Collette. Between her athletic energy, love of outdoor play, and need for frequent potty opportunities, she needs a home with room to run, explore, and enjoy life!

A home with another playful, confident dog would be especially wonderful for Collette, although she could potentially do well as an only dog with plenty of opportunities for socialization and play. Her canine companion should enjoy an enthusiastic playmate who isn’t afraid to get a little rowdy! She would also benefit from a family that understands dog body language and is committed to providing appropriate introductions, supervision, and continued guidance. We recommend slow introductions between dogs and appropriate supervision around children as Collette settles into her new home.

Collette is the kind of Frenchie who truly has it all! She’s a happy little soul with a puppy’s sense of fun, an athlete with some seriously impressive wrestling skills, a fabulous walking buddy, an exceptional office companion, and an absolute snuggle bug. She’s silly, sweet, smart, adaptable, and endlessly entertaining. She can keep up with the big dogs in the backyard, settle quietly while you work, and then happily curl up in your lap when the day is done. She has so much potential and an uncanny ability to make you feel like you’ve been her person forever. She still has a few young-dog lessons to learn, but with consistency, structure, and positive reinforcement, this little girl is going to make someone an incredible companion!

Given her calm and sweet nature, we also think she’d love to go work with her new family if they wanted to take her with them to their quiet office. If her people are not able to take her to work with them, no problem at all – she would much rather have a work-from-home or stay-at-home family member to follow around all day long!

If you feel like your family might be Collette’s perfect forever home, please submit an adoption application for her today!!