Cali is unfortunately looking for a new home through no fault of her own but as we are full at the kennels we're hoping we can find her a lovely new home whilst we wait for a kennel to become available and even better.. before she has to come into kennels - paws crossed!
We had Cali up for an assessment and we just found her to be the sweetest friendly girl you could wish for! She walked well on the lead, great with all people she met, wasn't phased or really interested in other dogs, came back to us in the playpen, LOVED the fuss she got and was just a pleasure!
Her owner has told us that she is ok to be left for a few hours (any longer and she can tend to have a chew on things that shouldn't be chewed so may need some work on leaving her), loves her toys (particularly balls, teddy's, tuggy's and balloons!), she does travel well but can be a bit car sick on longer journeys, she loves her walks, has a very good level of obedience, good with other dogs, good with children, loves cuddles and closeness... but is not a fan of the bath! 🙂
Cali would love a family home where she has her own garden, lots of company, plenty of walks and playtime.. also she's told us that she would also like lots of treats too!
Overall Cali would make a fabulous family dog for someone.. hopefully that family is out there looking for her now!! 😀
Izzy originally came into us from the stray pound where her days were sadly numbered but all that changed when we offered her a place with us, now she has passed all of her assessments and been given the green light to find herself a forever home!!
So we will start with Izzy's one and only negative... she can be very strong on the lead, she is a big girl at nearly 40kg and she has no idea of her own strength or size without even trying, even when she leans for a sniff it's sometimes difficult to not be taken along with her! We have started working really hard with her to tackle this and she has shown improvements but she will need further work and someone physically able enough to hold on to her.
Now for all her many positives... she has a gorgeous personality and is allllll about people, she loves everyone, loves fuss, loves cuddles and also loves to sit in front of you looking lovingly into your eyes whilst you stroke her and scratch her neck.
In the playpen she does love a good zoomy and it seems her favourite toys are balls which she loves running round with.. retrieving and bringing them back not so much 🙂
Izzy loves her food so this has helped with her training... gravy bone or even better hot dog are definitely the way to her heart and concentration!
We have walked her round with other dogs and she hasn't put a paw out of place, vastly being completely disinterested often just walking away! We don't think she wants to really live with another dog, we think she would much prefer to be the main pampered princess of the house and receiver of all of the fuss (and food)!
With some training to tackle that lead work and get her up to scratch with all of her basic commands she will make someone and amazing, loyal family dog!