Adopt: Edgar
Every Head Turns When Ed Walks By 🐾
📍 Dayton, OH — Ohio | 🎂 3 years old | ⚖️ 121 lbs
Edgar — Ed to his people — is the kind of dog that stops strangers in their tracks. All 121 pounds of him is pure teddy bear: endlessly cuddly, deeply devoted, and completely convinced that lap dog is a state of mind rather than a size requirement. He will place himself on top of you with full commitment and zero apology, and honestly, most people let him.
Ed is a gentle, calm, wonderfully well-mannered boy who has great house manners, solid recall, and knows sit, lie down, shake, come, and up. He is house-trained without a single accident to his name, travels happily in the car, and gets along beautifully with dogs, cats, and even farm animals — he sniffs them, decides they are fine, and returns to his person. His greatest motivation in the entire world is not food, not treats, not toys — it is simply you. If you give him a long-lasting chew and leave the room, he will abandon the chew and follow you. Every time.
He loves water in all forms — creeks, ponds, kiddie pools, hoses — and will happily spend a hike lying down in a creek to cool off. At the beach he was less convinced about the incoming waves, but he chased them away from his foster just in case. He turns every head on every street he walks down, and people will stop to ask about him constantly. Owning Ed comes with a social life whether you planned for one or not.
Because of his size — 121 pounds of low center of gravity and strong legs — formal training is strongly recommended, not for any behavioral concern but simply because it is important to be able to handle him confidently in any situation. He has shown some wariness around strangers on secluded walks and around older men, and he has begun alert barking at people approaching the house — nothing aggressive, just Ed making sure everyone knows he is present and paying attention. He redirects easily with vocal commands.
Edgar would do best in a home that offers:
🏡 A fenced yard recommended — especially helpful for burning energy if daily walks aren't always possible
🐾 Dogs and cats welcome — calm and friendly with all animals
🎓 Formal training strongly recommended — his size makes confidence handling essential
💪 A physically capable handler — he is a big, powerful boy and smaller individuals may find him challenging on leash until fully trained
🧘 Someone comfortable with alert barking and willing to continue his training around strangers
💛 Someone home often — his greatest need in the world is to be near his person at all times
Ed's foster says it best: he has been an absolute pleasure, and if anything ever brought him back, they would foster him again in a heartbeat. That is the kind of dog Edgar is — the kind that leaves a mark on every person he loves. 💕
👉 Apply to adopt Edgar today and prepare to never walk anywhere unnoticed again.
