Springer Rescue Scotland

Springer Rescue Scotland

Freddie 12001690BREED: Sprocker Spaniel, Black & WhiteAGE: 18 monthsLOCATION: FifeNEUTERED: No, will be adopted with a contract to be neutered once settled.CHILDREN: 12 years +OTHER DOGS: Can be reactive, but improving.CATS: Untested, likely to chase.LIVESTOCK: UntestedA little bit about Freddie:Hello! my name is Freddie, and I am a very bouncy, energetic Sprocker. I am mainly black with a tiny spot of white on my chest. It took me a long time to settle when coming in to foster, I was anxious and would pace and found it difficult to relax. However, after a few weeks I began to settle well and now love my snoozes on the couch cuddling up to my foster mum. My foster mum thinks I’ve not had a lot of experience of different environments or meeting new people and dogs. I’m loving my woodland walks but can still be spooked by some of the sights and sounds around me and will need experience of different places to build my confidence. I do walk really well in my harness and extendable lead and my recall is excellent. When I do meet other people and dogs, I will bark but we have been practising walking in places where I can see other people and dogs at a distance. This is helping to build my confidence, and I am coping much better now when I am out and about. I am fed twice a day on dry kibble and love my fruit and veg. My foster mum says I would steal and eat anything in reach, but I am slowly learning good manners. I have heaps of energy and love a good run around the garden. I’m not too fussed about balls at the moment but love cuddly toys and finding things around the house which my foster mum usually finds in my bed. I follow my foster mum everywhere and really don’t like being in a different room. However, she does go out sometimes for an hour or two and I’m fine with that. I know she’s listened, and I don’t bark or cry at all. At night I settle really quickly and sleep all night in my own bed in the bedroom. My foster mum thinks a calm, quiet, more rural home with established routines would suit me best as this helps me feel safe and secure. Adults only would be better as I’m very fast and bouncy and would probably accidentally knock over small children. I need a patient home as I will need time to settle into a new home and learn to cope with new people and dogs. I would love to find an experienced home where I could learn, at my own pace to cope better with new experiences. Our SRS behaviourist can also lend a helping hand.More about Freddie: he eats well and loves fruit and veg for snacks. He will carry his bowl around the house to remind me when he’s peckish!Freddie appears to have had little exposure to different environments. He can still be easily spooked by sights and sounds on woodland walks but is slowly gaining confidence and happier now on familiar walks. He loves a good run around and often stops and just takes in his surroundings. He constantly rushes back for check ins and recall is excellent. He is currently walked for about 45 mins in both mornings and evenings and 20mins in the afternoon (training sessions to expose Freddie to people/voices at a distance).He is quite happy to hop in the car when he knows he’s going somewhere nice.When first in foster Freddie was reactive to dogs/people/children when out and about. He would bark and lunge and take a some time to settle and carry on the walk. We have used a gentle muzzle which has helped. His reactions have improved lately with regular exposure and when triggers are at a distance.He will give chase to birds, cats, rabbits and deer when out and about. He has met horses and although spent a few minutes barking at them settled and then ignored them.By his fourth week in foster Freddie had a very positive report. His personality is really coming through now and he’s turning into a wee comic, full of love and affection. He is coping much better on walks and really enjoys getting out now. He is much more settled in the house and likes a wee snooze.Visiting the vet: Freddie has had his routine healthcheck and is fit and well. His vaccinations are up to date. He was very nervous at the vet, such that the vet recommended neutering only when he is settled.Behavioural issues: Some reactivity to people and other dogs when out. He is still learning to cope with new experiences and has been coming on really well in foster.Home needs: Freddie would be best suited to a calm, quiet home with an established routine- possibly more rural based/working from home/ adult only. He can be boisterous and could easily knock over small children. He loves a garden to play in and potter. He will require either an experienced adopter or someone who is willing to work with a trainer/ behaviourist to address Freddie’s nervousness when encountering people/dogs, and continue working on his confidence. He has made excellent progress while he has been in foster, but it still a work in progress. A prospective adopter will need to be patient to

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Personality & Temperament: Lexi is very affectionate, a timid girl but not with her brother. She loves the couch, loves her walks and loves chasing a ball and stealing it from her brother. Rio is super sweet big boy. He is always on the go. Wants to see what’s going on outside. Does like to bark at neighbours or dogs if out in garden. Doesn’t bark much in the house. He loves the ball and is usually first to get it, although always gives it up for Lexi.Home Life: Both are toilet trained and can be left alone for short periods. They are not destructive with shoes or soft furnishings. They love to sleep on the couch, they hardly use their own bed. On walks they get very excited; both pull and need training here. Lexi is more biddable and wants to stay close, she will be easier to be off lead. Rio will take a bit of work before being off lead, he loves birds and running and his recall is sporadic. Lexi and Rio absolutely love each other and sleep together. Lexi is more reliant on Rio and looks for him and follows him on walks. They are beautiful dogs together.Getting Along with Others: Rio loves to bark at the neighbour’s dog when in the garden, but out on walks he doesn’t bark at anyone. He will happily say hello to other dogs if he feels like it. Lexi is timid with other dogs and does not want to say hello to any. Rio is the only dog she happy with. Rio would definitely chase Cats. Rio is fine with children however Lexi does not like little children and very timid and scared. Children over 12 would be best.Exercise: They both need training with heel work and being off lead. At home they have been getting trained to wait until told to go for food and they are doing well. Lexi always finished her food first, so she also has been trained to wait till Rio is finished and then she can have a lick of his bowl. No food guarding at all with either of them or humans. Also being trained to wait before coming indoors. They would suit a very active home who has access to long country walks and invest time to train them. They could be left alone for a short period, a home with retired, semi-retired, working from home, or part time would be best. They could not be left alone in home all day for full time workers.Health Issues: Both dogs have had their routine heathchecks and are fit and well.Travel: Lexi is fine in the car, a bit timid and just sits still, but she does relax and close her eyes eventually. Her confidence has grown since she has been in foster. Rio is also fine in the car, he likes to be in the middle watching out the front window. He is strapped in on the back seat, head on the centre console, watching everything.Home Needs: Lexi and Rio will be rehomed together. They are lovely young dogs who have settled very well in foster. They will need an active home with someone around most of the time. No cats, as Rio would probably chase them. Older children, Lexi is anxious around young children. They would be best as the only dogs in the home.

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Liza was previously used for breeding in a puppy farm and has learned very quickly how much fun it is to live in a house, she spent some time in a kennel rescue with the other dogs removed from the same situation and then came to SRS to start learning how to live in a family home, safe to say she has adapted wonderfully and is ready now to find her forever home.A little bit about Liza: She is a lovely dog, extremely affectionate and willing to please. She likes to be as close to you as possible and be involved in everything you do. Her playful side is emerging, she has enjoyed playing with the resident 4-year-old springer and she is discovering toys. She is gentle and she has integrated herself into my group of dogs beautifully and is already familiar with our food and exercise routines. She has become toilet trained very quickly although of course a few accidents may happen when she goes to her new home. She's a quick learner. She adores her humans!Home Life:She loves the company of other dogs and settles down with them beautifully. Having said that, because she has come from a situation where she had nothing, she occasionally demonstrated some resource guarding of me, of a dog bed and of toys but this has improved significantly after only a few weeks in foster.She will benefit from a calm canine companion.She walks beautifully on a harness. She is in foster in a very rural area and she has been very interested in the sheep we have passed, it seems likely at this stage she would potentially chase them. She has little recall as yet especially when she is busy with her nose. Walks were mainly in remote quiet areas in the first few weeks of foster so she did not encounter other dogs on our walks. She has now been walked in much busier areas and was very well behaved with all the dogs she met, and greeted them politely. She loves to run and play with my young springer but tires and rests so her exercise should be increased gradually as she becomes fitter.She has not met children or cats, but is happy to welcome visitors to the home but prefers to sit at her foster persons feet while.Visiting the vet: Liza has had her routine healthcheck and is fit and well. She has previously had surgery for “cherry eye”, and now has a wee droopy eye and needs eye gel applied twice a day, which she accepts easily. Springer Rescue Scotland will support this eye condition for Liza’s lifetime.Behavioural issues: Lisa will need an experienced owner who has the ability to continue to help her adapt to life in a family home.Home needs: SRS Liza would like a calm, quiet home where she can decompress after what has clearly been a difficult time for her. She has come on in leaps and bounds in foster and will make a wonderful companion. She is fine with other dogs and would benefit from being with another dog for confidence. A secure garden for her to potter in, and regular interesting walks would be ideal.

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Nana was previously used for breeding in a puppy farm and has learned very quickly how much fun it is to live in a house, she spent some time in a kennel rescue with the other dogs removed from the same situation and then came to SRS to start learning how to live in a family home, safe to say she has adapted wonderfully and is ready now to find her forever home.A little bit about Nana: Nana is very sweet; she is inquisitive and curious when out. She is a laid-back girl who loves a cuddle.She has a little dance when wanting something and rolls over for tummy tickles.She loves to be with you.Home Life: Nana has separation anxiety which we are working on. She will relax when left after initial 20 mins. She sleeps on the bed with her fosterer.She is good on walks, doesn’t pull, is good with dogs, children and adults when out walking on street. When she is out for a longer walk on a long line and harness it’s nose down for all the smells! Recall is a work in progress. She is very chilled when out, will sits in cafes, bars, or restaurants no bother. So far she has taken all her adventures in her stride.She will not jump into the car, she has to be picked up and put in. Once in, she travels well.She had a couple of accidents at first in foster but in general is very clean in the house. She is a very calm dog, she doesn’t back much even when visitors knock on the door.She is great with other dogs when out. She was protective in the house of her fosterer and was not happy when another dog came in. She would best as the only dog in the house, or with another calm dog after careful introduction.Nana has not been with cats so unknown, however, she saw a deer for the first time and would have liked to chase!Nana is happy to speak to children when out but has not been tested with children in the house.Nana is a lovely gentle natured girl. Although she has had lots of new experiences while in foster and new places she has been taken her to, she is a calm, curious girl. She likes nothing more than a snuggle on the sofa, loves the woods, beach, being out and about with you.Visiting the vet: Nana has had her routine healthcheck and is fit and well. Her vaccinations are up to date. She behaved extremely well in the vet surgery.Behavioural issues: Some separation anxiety.Home needs: Nana would like a calm but reasonably active home, with plenty of interesting walking opportunities. She would like a secure garden to potter in. She would be fine with older children. She would be great as the only dog in the home but may be fine with another calm dog. She may chase cats.