Dogs available for adoption
Paddy
Sex: Male
Age : 4 years
Breed: Greyhound
Dog Friendly : Yes
Cat Friendly: No
Kids : Yes - older
Neutered : Yes
Vaccinations: Yes
Info:
Meet Paddy. 4 year old greyhound. Retired from racing due to a leg injury which has been operated on and is fine now but it wouldn’t have been fair on him to keep racing. Good with other dogs. No cats or small furries. Timid gentle boy. No children under 10. Paddy is in a foster home and loves his creature comforts. He needs people around most of the day and would love to have a friendly dog to share a sofa and cuddles with. Vaccinated, chipped, flea and worm treated.
Home check and adoption fee apply.
Reggie
Sex: Male
Age : 3 years
Breed: Rottie
Dog Friendly : No
Cat Friendly: No
Kids : No
Neutered : Not Yet
Vaccinations: Yes
Info:
3 year old Reggie the Rottie. This boy has been with us for months being worked on for his fearfulness and distrust.
This is what our behaviourist has been helping us with and her write up of him.
Reggie is a very lovely lad bless him who needs an experienced home with time, patience, no expectations and just willing to go at his pace. His needs to start off with somewhere quiet, not lots of visitors or busy activities, no other dogs, no children. Only be handled with a slip lead initially due to fears of having a harness, although he is getting there with a lead onto his collar, everything to be done slowly and carefully, giving him time and space to adjust, realise he is safe. He needs a couple of options of dog beds in different places, not to have anything asked of him at all - VERY important, so he has choices to come to you if he wants to as an example, no walks for quite a few weeks, so sniffy things, some downtime etc. in the garden. He needs to know he can come to you when he is ready, be touched all over when he is able to cope, and then walks in very quiet areas, perhaps rent a field to start with because everything is going to feel overwhelming and panicking to start with. To feel safe, able to rest, eat 3 meals a day and have chews, bones etc. is all he needs and could cope with at the beginning.
It is important to remember that any behaviour is communication, so listening to him yawning, or lip licking etc. is important. If he ever grumbled then you change what you are doing in response and never tell him off because ultimately he is telling you he is scared and fear always needs to be understood and listened to. Once he has had time to settle, adjust and trust he really shows his lovely side. He may need to meet a few times to start with so that it's not all to sudden. He has been totally misunderstood and mishandled previously so needs calm, positive, kind interactions from now on. He can get stressed in or around the car so lots of patience and short spells of training with this. This is also another reason he must live somewhere quiet. If there was lots of traffic he would get very stressed.
We’ve been unable to get him to the vets so isn’t neutered yet (with advice from the behaviourist until he’s fully recovered), vaccinations need to be restarted. He’s flea and worm treated and microchipped. YOU MUST HAVE ROTTWEILER EXPERIENCE AND EXPERIENCE WORKING WITH ROTTWEILERS WITH ISSUES. WE'VE DONE AS MUCH AS WE CAN WITH HIM IN KENNELS AND FEEL NOW HE'S READY FOR A HOME TO CARRY ON PROGRESSING. EMAIL US FOR AN APPLICATION FORM.
HOME CHECK AND ADOPTION FEE APPLY AND SUPPORT FROM OUR BEHAVIOURIST IF NEEDED. ANYONE VERY INTERESTED WILL NEED TO VISIT SEVERAL TIMES WITH REGGIE SO MUST BE COMMITTED
Scooby
Sex: Male
Age : 3 years
Breed: Greyhound
Dog Friendly : Yes - no small furries
Cat Friendly: No
Kids : Yes - older
Neutered : Yes
Vaccinations: Yes
Info:
Scooby had found a home but unfortunately was returned as a member of the household was allergic to him. Lovely friendly 3 year old Greyhound. He is good with dogs. Loves a fuss and kisses. Very high prey drive so no cats, small furries or birds. Dog savvy children as he is a big boy who is full of fun.
Home check and adoption fee apply.