adopt a spaniel, change a life
Below are some of the beautiful spaniels currently in our care, each with their own story and heart full of hope. Some are ready to find their forever home, others are looking for a foster family, or a foster home with a view to adopt. A few are still under assessment as we take the time to understand their needs and give them the care they deserve.
Every dog is unique, and their profile will tell you more about their personality and what kind of home would suit them best. Whether you’re ready to adopt or thinking about fostering, you’re offering a spaniel the chance to feel safe, loved, and truly at home.
Ralph
Status: Ready for rehoming
Breed: Cocker Spaniel
Age: 3
Location: Gloucester
Foster or adopt: Foster or foster with a view to adopt
Vaccinated: Yes
Neutered: Yes
Tail: Full
OK with dogs: No
OK with cats: No
OK with children: No
Has separation anxiety: No
Must be an only dog: Yes
Housetrained: Yes
Crate trained: Yes
Health issues: No
Needs an experienced owner: Yes
Adoption fee: £350
Ralph’s owners sadly decided to rehome him due to a change in their personal circumstances. This is a decision that is causing them extreme heartache but they know they have to do the best for Ralph.
Ralph has no health issues and is happy to be left for a short time. He has shown some resource guarding and because of this we are looking for an experience, calm home with no other pets and no children. We know this is a big ask and in the interest of transparency, this is what his owners have said.
Positives – Crate trained and fully house trained
Travels well in the car
Loves affection and human company
Responds well to routine and calmer environments
Currently lives with another dog, although he can be anxious around other dogs so mey be better suited as the only dog
He has had a recent vet check and is up to date with vaccinations.
We strongly feel he would be better suited to:
an experienced, adult only home
owners familiar with resource guarding or willing to work with it
a quieter environment
Our priority is to ensure he is placed in a home where he can succeed, and where everyone is safe
His assessor sayd, “He is a darling. Just a sensitive little soul better in a home without very young children. His default response to uncertainty is avoidance.”
Myrtle
UPDATE
Our behaviourist, Caroline, has been to see Myrtle again today and has re-iterated that whilst Myrtle cannot go to a home in a town or city, in the right home she will make a perfect companion and is absolutely bomb proof
Status: Ready for rehoming
Breed: Working Cocker Spaniel
Age: 5
Location: Shropshire SY3
Foster or adopt: Foster or foster with a view to adopt
Vaccinated: Yes
Neutered: Yes
Tail: Full
OK with dogs: No
OK with cats: No
OK with children: 12+
Has separation anxiety: No
Must be an only dog: Yes
Housetrained: Yes
Crate trained: Yes
Health issues: No
Needs an experienced owner: Yes
Adoption fee: £350
Myrtle’s owners have made the very sad decision to rehome her due to a change in their personal circumstances.
She is up to date with her flea and worm treatments and her vaccinations and has no health issues.
Myrtle has had her assessment today and she is looking for a home in a rural or semi rural area where there is very little traffic as she is not keen and does not like the bustle and noise of towns. Whilst not reactive she can get stressed which in turn leads her to pull and struggles to settle.
She is looking for an active home and can be rehomed to a family with older children.
Myrtle is not great on a lead as she will pull but is used to be walked/run with a running belt. Whilst she is good with other dogs whilst out and is, on the whole, quite indifferent, she does not like bigger dogs coming too close and loves the beach and water, fields, woodland etc.
Any meeting up with other family dogs should be done outside the home initially. She does occasionally guard her food and treats around other dogs but has no issues with people removing treats and food.
Myrtle is a very quick learner and she has been seen by trainers and done extremely well with them but at the moment her owners are unable to keep up with her training and feel this is not fair on her as she reverts to pulling on her lead. She does have extremely good recall and is whistle trained and her basic training is wait, sit, down, recall, leave.
She is fine in the garden and entertains herself – without destruction, although can dig the odd hole sometimes if a cat has poo’ed in the garden.
They do not use a crate though and though she is crate-trained, our behaviourist Caroline, who did the assessment, does not endorse using one for her. There is a pantry that the door is open to all the time and if she gets tired/wants some time away from others then she takes herself off in there. This ‘other room’ option is good to continue for Myrtle.
Her family says she can be very lively in the home, and sometimes just not want to stop being on the go. (Caroline feels that if she was taught treat searches/scentwork in the home environment this would reduce drastically – brainwork).
She has had full access to the entire house, but is now living downstairs. She can go on the sofa etc, but sometimes almost tries sitting on shoulders. (This is not dominance, it is just a little boundary that needs putting in place, also a positive alternative with perhaps a fleece blanket on the sofa for her to lie on/or she lies on their lap instead).
Noises, she isn’t bothered by and her family recognises her walking on a lead is the main problem, and also how much she struggles in built up areas, she does not enjoy it at all. But she is directly from a working line of Cocker Spaniels so it is not even genetically something that she would recognise as ok.
Myrtle will come with her toys etc. and 5 weeks free insurance.
“Life is a series of dogs.” – George Carlin