Sadie Seeks a Sanctuary, also known as alliteration with "S"

Sadie says Hi!

Sadie is 14 months old and looking for just the right place to call home. Sadie is a smarty pants tall girl who has been left up to her own devices for too long. She was undersocialized, and has lived her life in the bush doing her own thing. She has been here now for three weeks and is settling down nicely. She still feels the need to bark outside at those scary "town" noises, but is generally settled (for a young herding dog) in the house. She is crate trained and has not had any accidents in the house. She is waiting to get spayed until after her "season" is over (hopefully soon!), but is up to date on vaccinations and is healthy. Sadie is attending an advanced pet obedience class where she has learned sit, down, swing and around, go to mat, hand targets, etc. She also likes to "talk" quietly for cookies, I am working on putting it on command now. Sadie has some trouble with greeting dogs appropriately. She is loose in the house with all seven other border collies when I am home and does fine, but she reacts a bit inappropriately when other dogs are fetching toys or getting riled up. If they growl at her she will growl back and could get herself into a fight. Truly, she does not have the dog experience to know how to react properly as yet, and this has diminished over the last few weeks but will need continued work. Sadie is very smart and picks up tricks and new commands quickly. She learned all the basic obedience skills in one week!