Meet Susie Q!

Think you’re the smartest one in the room? Not if Susie Q is there! This 6-month-old border collie mix is not only brilliant—she’s also brimming with personality. Susie Q has spent the past two months in an intensive training program with Retrieving Independence (a Nashville-based nonprofit that trains service dogs in a prison-based program), where she has learned foundational skills: housebreaking, crate training, leash manners, socialization, basic cues and more. Susie Q is a trainer favorite!

What does all this mean? Her future family gets to skip the hardest parts of puppyhood and dive straight into the fun—playtime, adventures, and bonding. Upon adoption, her family will receive a list of the specific cues she’s already learned, making it easy to continue her training at home.

Susie Q is playful, spunky, and endlessly clever. She’s the kind of pup who will keep you laughing with her big personality and impress you daily with how quickly she picks things up.

Adopting a puppy this sharp is like winning the jackpot—you’ll gain not just a companion, but a true star in the making.

Susie Q is ready to strut her stuff into her forever home. Could that be with you?