Yappy Ever After

Yappy Ever After

Bailey and Hooch are currently undergoing vet care in a foster home.

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Chester is under assessment in a foster home.

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Not a breed you normally associate with us, but after taking on the most fabulous foster-parents who have a special love for collies, we agreed to take Herman recently as he had begun to show some guarding issues (guarding a new baby from his male owner). The family had tried behaviourists, but were advised to rehome Herman due to potential future worries around the baby when he became more mobile.Here is his foster-mum’s write-up….Herman is a 7yr neutered male, who is a lovely friendly boy even with strangers.He has a few quirks, will react to being touched if sleeping and isn’t great with dogs. However he’s not a generally reactive dog. He is fine walking near dogs and just isn’t good with actual interactions. He shows some positive signs sometimes but he’s not one that you’d want to be mixing with dogs in general unless muzzled and in a training scenario.He loves to play but is equally really chilled around the home.He’s looking for a home where he’ll be the only dog and with no children. Ideally with someone knowledgeable who wants to work on his dog-dog interactions or with someone who’s happy just managing him and choosing walking locations appropriately. Specifically, collie experience would be preferable.Herman is now fully vaccinated and castrated.He can therefore go to any area of the UK for the right collie home as his vet care is complete.

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Jess is now ready for her forever home. Here is her foster-mum’s write-up…“Jess is the sweetest little girl. At nearly 5, she is very much still a puppy at heart. She absolutely loves to play with anything and everything she can find, so don’t leave your shoes around; to Jess, they’re fair game!As a typical cocker spaniel though, she also loves her humans, in particular cuddles on the sofa, and starring longly into your eyes.Coming from kennels, she needs continued house training. Although within her foster period, we’ve got her almost exclusively toileting outside (except the occasional mishap in the kitchen). Continued consistency with this is needed in her new home.Jess is good with other dogs and has shown no evidence of resource guarding or other aggressive behaviour. While Jess is happy to be around dogs, she does not seem particularly interested in playing with them, preferring to have the attention of her humans and exclusive use of her toys.Jess is not cat tested.Jess sleeps downstairs alone in the foster home having not yet mastered how to use the stairs. She is not at all nervous or upset being left and settles very quickly onto her bed. She is content through the whole night (we have been letting her out once in the middle of the night).Given her confidence in being left alone we feel Jess would be suited as an only dog in the home or with another well-matched playful dog. It’s also very important her humans are willing to put aside time to play with her and make up for lost time from before she arrived into the care of Yappy Ever After and therefore would be suited to a home with older children. Jess is untested on younger children and given her excitable nature this may not be advised.Jess is also very overweight. She is incredibly food motivated, but any potential adopters would need to be prepared to ignore those puppy dog eyes while she continues to lose weight.Jess has no experience out on walks and appears to have a fear of being around cars. At foster, she has walked on the lead in the back garden but will not venture out onto the street. The vet has advised she shouldn’t walk in public until after her second vaccination but after this time, walks will need continued work. Jess would be especially suited to a quiet neighbourhood with limited passing traffic. Once you can get her in the car, she travels well. She doesn’t like the initial process of being put into the car”.Jess will need to stay local to the rescue (Derby, Nottingham, Burton or Chesterfield) for her second vaccination and to be spayed at a safe time in her season cycle.

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We are looking for a foster with a view to adopt home for Marshall, who arrived with us recently. Marshall is a 5-year-old Labrador who came to us due to his owner’s allergies around him and we believed he would go into foster and be rehomed quite quickly.On arrival, however, Marshall was found to have sore, itchy skin and ears so he is now on a range of medication, including antibiotics, shampoos, ear cleaners and sprays. We’ve also changed his food to a sensitive skin product in the hope that this helps too.As we think it will take a little time to get his ears/skin under control, we would like to try and move Marshall to a longer-term foster home to continue his vet care. This would ideally be with a view to adopting him so he can have more stability and not get too settled in his current short-term foster home.Marshall is a lovely, cuddly and very friendly boy. He is in foster with another dog, but we feel he would be just as happy on his own. Any dogs he does go with will need to be similar-sized as he’s quite a chunk.Marshall is strong on the lead, so will need a strong handler. He will pull on the lead when he sees other dogs, but only to say hello as he is an incredibly friendly boy.His foster-mum says he greets everyone with gusto and absolutely loves the fuss and attention from visitors and strangers alike.He has a lovely temperament despite being tormented by his itching and is such a good boy when having his ears cleaned.Marshall will obviously need to stay local to our vets in Derby, Nottingham, Chesterfield or Burton so we can continue to pay for his vet treatment.

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Roxy will be ready for adoption at the end of the month following her second vaccination.Roxy has been in foster to the past 3 weeks after a stint in kennels when she first arrived. She originally came from the pound so we have no history on her past life.Roxy’s microchip puts her at being 8 years old, but she acts and looks younger than her age.We are looking for a child-free forever home for Roxy. Applicants should have large breed experience, ideally with rotties specifically.She has shown no interest in other dogs, but we believe a pet-free home would be best for her as we have no history of her living alongside other pets.Roxy was said to be delightful guest in kennels (both pound kennels and now private kennels). She was noted to have been friendly, sociable and polite around her food.In her foster home, there have been no problems at all. Her fosters describe her as a lovely girl, who loves her walks, food and meeting people.Her reaction to dogs on walks is mixed, but this is quite normal and is easily managed. She is also strong on the lead when she does pull, though she walks very nicely when there are no distractions.She has been left for short periods and has been absolutely fine.Roxy can feel overwhelmed if she feels her space is being compromised and will grumble, so it’s really important to listen to her when she lets you know that she would prefer to be left alone. This condition isn’t reciprocal, however, and she is more than happy to invade yours!Roxy will need to be spayed as part of her adoption so forever homes must be close together Derby, Nottingham, Stoke, Burton, Chesterfield or Newark as this is undertaken by our vets and paid for by the rescue.

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We are looking for a foster home, ideally with a view to adopt, for beautiful Tess, a five-year-old chocolate lab who has come to us due to a change in circumstances.Tess has been in a foster home and as she has already vaccinated and spayed, we had hoped to find her forever home quite quickly. Unfortunately, Tess came to us with a limp in one of her hind legs and despite vet-prescribed pain relief, restricting her exercise and plenty of rest, it has not improved to any great degree.We would therefore like to move Tess over to a longer-term foster home so we can investigate this further, find out what is causing the issue and ensure she is as comfortable as.Tess is a placid, affectionate girl, who loves to be around people. She is fine with visitors/strangers and will welcome everyone into her home with a waggy tail and a cuddly toy if she can find one in time.Tess did live with another dog with no issues at all before coming to us, but after getting attacked by another dog a few years before she is now reactive to dogs she doesn’t know when she is out walking. This IS improving as she can usually be distracted by food, but we are concerned that her leg issues are being made worse by the pulling and rearing up she can sometimes do when she encounters other dogs.Tess isn’t cat tested so will need a cat-free home.This lovely girl really deserves some stability in her life. She has so much love to give and she will make the most wonderful companion to someone out there.

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Toby is now ready for adoption. Here is his foster-mum’s write-up…“Toby is a gorgeous, affectionate six-year-old cockapoo who wants nothing more from life than to be your loyal best friend. He is happiest when he is by your side, giving you cuddles or enjoying lazy lie-ins together.Toby has come from a loving home whose owners reluctantly made the decision to rehome him after he bit their toddler, with their enthusiastic attention presumably becoming too much for him.He is fully trained, has been castrated, knows his basic commands, travels really well in the car and walks beautifully on the lead.Toby does have separation anxiety and some guarding behaviour, so would need to go to a child-free home where he is the only dog and someone is at home most of the day.He has not been tested with cats.When he has human company he is generally very relaxed. He hasn’t been overly fussed about walks in his foster home, although it has been hot while he’s been living here so this may simply be down to the weather. He seems to be fine walking near other dogs.He isn’t crate trained but this hasn’t been a problem at all in his foster home – he has shown no interest in stealing or chewing anything except his own toys.He can have a sensitive tummy but this can be easily managed by ensuring he sticks to soaked kibble and keeping a close eye on him on walks to ensure he doesn’t sneak any cat poos!Toby would be the perfect companion in a quiet home where he can get all the love and attention he deserves”.Toby can go a little further afield as his vet care is complete.Experience with resource guarding would be advisable, though he has been in a foster home with foster-parents who were dealing with this kind of behaviour for the first time and they have managed it perfectly (either ignoring or distracting depending on the situation).