HARLEY

HARLEY

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Another lovely young girl who arrived from a council pound kennels.

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None of these dogs have a 'history' ... they are dumped / abandoned / thrown away - whatever way you want to look at it! So our fosterers are INVALUABLE when we have no kennel spaces and dogs are at risk.

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Harley was very nervous when she first arrived at the pound we are told and she has come on in leaps and bounds. She needed time to 'decompress' from kennels and here is an update from Maria who is fostering.

 

Harley is a friendly, happy and well balanced young dog, I’d anticipate from her actions and behaviour at somewhere between 9 and 12 months old.

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She is very well mannered, someone has invested in her, shows no resource guarding in and out of the home and has recently started to settle to play with her toys and be a bit more assured that she does not need to follow me everywhere!

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She is energetic loves her walks, mainly grassy wooded areas, but happy to walk anywhere. I don’t think she was used to the lead much, but I walk her daily in different places to mix up her training and learning and she’s not pulling as much and learning to walk in a straight line. She’s in that phase of stopping to greet every dog and can be a little exuberant. Shes been told off a few times and takes it in her stride. I have introduced her to other dogs in the right environment and she interacts and plays well. She has been introduced to the seafront where there are a number of runners, cyclists, walkers, families etc. to which there is no reaction. She is a little startled by sudden noise and movement and whilst she has been absolutely great with most children, I would say she would be better off around calmer, older children.

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She knows a fair few commands and has proven her ability to learn and understand quite quickly, again not something I can take all the credit for, she knows a fair bit already!

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She has seen cats, squirrels, larger birds and shows interest but not (yet) shown an inclination to chase.

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She doesn’t really rest much during the day, but relaxes beautifully in the evenings, sleeps very well and is house trained.

If my life and circumstances enabled me to have a dog full time, I would not hesitate, she’s lucky to have fallen into the hands of Arundawn, but someone is in for an awesome young pup who needs a little work and will give a lot of reward

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If you are interested in helping Harley please fill in one of our forms.

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