Meet our beautiful Staffy Poppy who has come into us from the stray pound so we don't have any history on her but we have found out enough about her to know the type of home she will need!!

First of all Poppy will need an active home because she has lots of energy and is always on the go, she would even suit something like agility or flyball if you can harness that enthusiasm of hers - she certainly has the speed and athleticism!

Whilst Poppy does have a good level of obedience knowing sit and paw, she lacks in other areas such as lead work, waiting and the kind of patience to sit nicely to have her lead on (though the excitement of seeing people and prospect of getting out of kennels is likely to be a factor in this!). She is strong on the lead but we have found she walks a bit better on a harness and we have started to do some work with her but further work will likely be needed in her new home as such we would strongly recommend dog training classes for this little lady to help across the board.

In the playpen she loves to have a charge about, she will play tuggy and fetch balls but not always keen to give them up but there is no malice in there, you can take them from her or out of her possession. To begin with she didn't want to go anywhere near the paddling pool but now we can't keep her out of it!

Out and about Poppy isn't interested in fuss as there are far better things to be doing like sniffing or running but with all of the distractions out of the way and back in her kennel she is super loving and wants your attention - though you may face the peril of her sharp claws when she is jumping up for hugs (we are trying to curb this!).

We have found that Poppy is as over excited seeing other dogs as she is at the sight of her lead... she does need work meeting other dogs, she has been off lead with a male dog and was fine, had a play sorted their differences but we do think she would be best as an only dog so she can work on her excitement levels and canine etiquette.

It's clear someone has started the ground work with her but she needs a home to teach her the rest so she can be a good girl all of the time 😀