Clara is a beautiful, 7-year-old, black brindle cairn girl. She came into CLSR recently from a puppy mill that was closing.

Since arriving at CLSR, she has been spayed, had a dental, and has had all of her shots brought up to date. Clara was a very light heartworm positive when she came to us, but her heartworm treatment has been successfully completed now and she's heartworm free. She receives monthly heartworm medication at her foster home.

Clara had a terribly matted coat when she first arrived, so she had to be completely shaved down. Her coat is now beginning to grow back out though. As you can see in her pictures, Clara is going to be absolutely stunning when she has her full coat of hair back. :)

Clara is doing extremely well on her potty training. She keeps her crate clean with no accidents and only uses her newspaper in her x-pen if her Foster Mom is gone for a long period of time. She also keeps her x-pen dry all night long. Her foster home has a doggy door and Clara caught on to using it very quickly, so she takes herself outside into the backyard to potty when duty calls.

This little one has a wonderful, very happy disposition. In fact, she seems to smile all the time. She is a very quiet girl and you rarely hear her. She likes to follow her Foster Mom everywhere and watches everything that Foster Mom does very intently, thereby learning all about living inside a house. Unlike many mill dogs, house noises have not scared her at all.

It's so funny to watch Clara when you give her a treat! She will drop it on the floor, pounce on it with her front legs, grab it up off the floor, toss it in the air, and then when it falls back to the floor she will then roll on it. After that, she will either eat it -- or bury it inside her crate in her bedding for a midnight snack. She gets so excited playing with her treat that her tail just wags and wags, and she has a wonderful time with it. Clara evidently has never had treats before.

Clara gets along with all the other dogs in her foster home, both males and females. She doesn’t really initiate play with the other dogs yet, but will go up to them, sniff them and then walk off. She is also learning to play with stuffie toys which is something else that is new to her. She will go and visit one of the other dogs' x-pens in her foster home, and pick up that dog's toys and play with them.

Clara is a very sweet girl who is learning all about her new world and also to trust humans again. Does she sound like the perfect one to be your new companion? If so, please fill out her online application at www.camplonestarrescue.org and we'll be in touch with you very soon to arrange an in-person meeting with her.

Thank you for supporting cairn rescue! :)