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A5360050

Located At: Charlotte-Mecklenburg Animal Services
Kennel Location: FOSTER
Description: My name is Stellaluna The Fruit Bat.
I am currently being fostered. While I am not at the shelter, I am available for adoption.
I can be identified by Animal Care & Control as A5360050.
I appear to be a spayed female, brown and black German Shepherd Dog.

Age: The shelter staff think I am about 7 years old.
Weight: 72 pounds
More Info: I was picked up in Charlotte.
I have been at the shelter since Dec 28, 2025.
I am available for adoption.

Contact my foster at meghanmlucas@gmail.com

Stellaluna the Fruit Bat arrived at the shelter in December and needed time to learn to trust the world. Thanks to love, patience, and experienced professional trainers, she has made great progress with overcoming her fears and is ready for her forever home. Please read her full biography and reach out to the foster if you’re interested!

Fruit Bat’s musts:

She needs at least one dog sibling, preferably a whole pack! She thrived at training camp living in a large respectful pack ranging from 5-20 dogs and having dogs at home is important for maintaining her confidence.
Confident, shepherd-experienced owner. Her owner must provide Fruit Bat with the structure and guidance she needs to navigate in the world. She is much happier when she can trust her person to keep her safe.

Fruit Bat’s preferences:

Land to run on. After spending the first 6 years of her life in a backyard she LOVES the freedom of running in safe/private open space and is very responsive to verbal recall.
Access to some body of water. Although foster mom doesn’t yet have a farm and private pond for Fruit Bat, they enjoy splashing around in creeks for training breaks.

Fruit Bat’s no-can-dos and ongoing challenges:

No young kids
No cats - she is good with small dogs though!
She will need continuous practice with Leash and barrier reactivity. She has made a LOT of progress and is nowhere as scary as she used to be, but the

Bottom line - Fruit Bat is a very smart dog. With the right environment and owner, she will thrive and bring so much happiness to her household. But in the wrong environment, she may regress back into her fear reactivity to people and dogs.

To learn more about Fruit Bat:

- Look at her MyAlbum linked below - scroll to the end to see what Fruit Bat looked like when she arrived at the shelter.

- Watch this short video produced by Geo Beats Animals, showing her amazing physical transformation since she arrived at the shelter: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8GqQ7G08dVg&t=20s

- Visit the foster's Instagram @greenwaygoobers for even more videos and photos showing you more of Fruit Bat's personality.

- Email the foster to learn more.



Data Updated: This information is less than 1 hour old.
Shelter information
Location: Charlotte-Mecklenburg Animal Services
Phone Number: (704) 336-7600
Address: 8315 Byrum Drive
Charlotte, NC 28202

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