Dexter 3

BACKGROUND AND PERSONALITYDexter came to us as his owner was struggling to give him the care he needed.When Dexter arrived he appeared to be a friendly and sociable little dog, however after spending a trial period at a home issues started to come to light.Generally Dexter is a lovable, playful and affectionate boy but he does not like being over-handled.BEHAVIOUR AND MEDICAL ISSUESDexter has quite severe resource guarding issues mainly around food. Dexter spent several months with a family who worked very hard with our behaviourist and they did see an improvement with his behaviour, however they did have two other dogs in the home and although Dexter generally mixed well with these dogs our behaviourist felt that his need to resource guard was escalated by their presence.Dexter is in good health and does not have any ongoing medical issues.TYPE OF HOME NEEDEDDexter will require a very experienced adult only home with a calm and confident owner who is familiar with dog body language. H...

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