Dakota L.

🐾 Meet Dakota – Your Future Cuddle Buddy with a Heart of Gold! 🐾

Dakota is a 7-year-old sweetheart with soulful eyes (yes—just one eye now!) and a whole lot of love to give. This 48-pound lovebug is looking for a calm, caring foster home while her devoted owner is away for military service. Friendly, affectionate, and low-maintenance, Dakota is the kind of dog who just wants a soft bed, some gentle walks, and the occasional belly rub.

Location: Glenn Burnie, Maryland

Travel Distance: up to 6 hours

💛 Dakota’s Personality

Dakota is a low to medium energy girl—happy to lounge most of the day but still up for a good walk or a car ride. She gets the zoomies every now and then, especially when you come home, but she’s more likely to curl up at your feet than bounce off the walls.

She’s incredibly loving with people of all ages, including children, and will happily press against you for pets and attention. She’s lived with kids from infants to school-age and treats them all like her tiny humans—though she prefers they don’t try to sneak her food.

Dakota has a strong independent streak—she’s not clingy, but she’ll check in to say hi, lean on you for some love, and then go lounge on her own. She’s a snuggler on her terms and shows affection through nuzzles, licks, and sweet tail wags.

🐶 Behavior & Training

• House-trained: Yes

• Crate-trained: Yes (though she prefers not to use it)

• Leash-trained: Yes—walks calmly, may pull slightly if she picks up a good scent

• Commands: Knows her potty schedule, communicates when she needs to go

• Destructive tendencies: Only if there’s a napkin or tissue left out—those are her guilty pleasure!

• Noise sensitivity: Will run from the vacuum or hide during fireworks

• Food behavior: Not food-aggressive, but prefers to graze. Can be possessive of food around small children

🐕 Dakota’s Ideal Foster Home

• No other pets, please. She can be mistrustful of large dogs (especially since losing her eye), and her play style can be a bit much for small dogs and cats.

• No small children unattended around her food. Older kids? Great!

• Calm, structured home. She’s content to chill and will let you know what she needs.

• Someone who’ll respect her boundaries. Dakota isn’t looking to take over your bed or demand constant attention—she just wants to be near her human and feel safe.

Dakota has brought joy, laughter, and comfort to her family—and now she needs someone to do the same for her. If you’ve been waiting for a loyal companion with a gentle soul and the perfect couch companion energy, Dakota may just be your girl.

Interested in fostering Dakota?

Apply to foster today: https://pactforanimals.org/application/
Already approved? Email elizabeth@pactforanimals.org to help!