Cookie
Cookie is a beautiful, gentle Dogue de Bordeux cross Rottweiler, aged 4. She is looking for a new home through no fault of her own. She has had upset in her life and this has made her nervous of new people and of men in particular. However, one of our team has met her on a number of occassions and she has accepted her readily after a gentle introduction. Cookie has also accepted a male behaviourist and walked well on a loose lead with him and separately with our Team Poundie volunteer.
Cookie will need a quiet home, without too much coming and going, but she is fine with children as long as the initial introduction is the same as with adults – gentle and at her pace. She has never shown any signs of aggression, even in stressful situations. Cookie has been assessed by Team Poundie’s dog therapist and a full report is available to any prospective adopter, but in brief, Cookie poses no threat, her instinct is flight, rather than fight.
She will need time to get used to her immediate environment before venturing on longer walks. She will be nervous outdoors until she has trust. She currently lives with a cat with no issues at all, they even share food bowls! She has lived with children and another large dog previously also. She is laid back but curious, enjoying a good sniff of visitors and her environment.
Time is of the essence to find a new home before she actually has no home at all – if you can help, please contact us using the application form page.
Ballu
Ballu is ready for a foster to adopt placement. Our gorgeous boy is ready to start taking applications!
Ballu has extensive guarding issues so it is very important that his potential home has experience of these issues, and also bull breeds/mastiff types as his behaviour is quite typical of a mastiff in some respects. Ballu can be quite immature in some ways and thinks he can bully his way out of a situation where he doesn’t want to listen. This includes mouthing and getting over stimulated so Ballu is looking for a home with adults only, no resident children or visiting children, no other pets and a large secure garden for plenty of training and exercise. On a positive note, Ballu is a lovely boy. He warms to people relatively quickly and he susses people out quickly too. He’s energetic, loves to play and bombs about the paddock in his element. Hes intelligent, and enjoys training and food rewards! We will be exceptionally thorough in our search for a home for Ballu. Applicants will need to prove their experience of guarding issues and be able to follow strict instructions and guidance, for a long period of time post-adoption. Our team will be on hand for the duration of Ballu’s foster period and as life time back up for him too. Ballu has been neutered; albeit quite young, which we believe could have exacerbated his issues, but we are hoping with boundaries and set expectations he will be a role model in months to come. Applications should be completed on our webpage and one of the team will be in touch to discuss should your application meet Ballu’s needs in principle. Ballu is currently in our kennels in Ilkeston, Derbyshire. Successful applicants will be expected to make several visits to Ballu and meet with our kennel staff and team member to assess suitability.
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Look into my beautiful soulful eyes….I am Ballu … and the Team Poundie ladies tell me I have had NO applications!? How can this be? I am intelligent, I will do anything for treats and I am an affectionate boy. I need help to learn that not everything that drops on the floor is mine, but I will learn quickly especially if there is something yummier on offer! Please, just give me a chance. Come and meet me at the kennels and you will fall in love with me! I’ll even do my favourite Kanga-Ballu trick for you!
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