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🐾 Meet Lola ☀️
Lola is proof that sometimes the biggest personalities come in the smallest packages.
This wonderful seven-year-old French Bulldog has a smile that melts hearts, a love of people that is almost unmatched, and enough character to brighten every day. Whether she's stretched out in the warmest patch of sunshine, proudly carrying a shoe around the house (without ever chewing it!), or following you from room to room, Lola is happiest simply being with her people.
Sadly, Lola came into our care after her owner suffered a severe stroke and could no longer care for her. Through no fault of her own, her world changed overnight, but she's now ready to find the loving forever home she truly deserves.
💛 Her Personality
If there's one thing everyone says about Lola, it's this: she absolutely adores people.
Children adore her, adults adore her and, perhaps most remarkably, she has helped both children and adults who were frightened of dogs learn to trust them again. Her foster family have even had complete strangers thank them because meeting Lola made their day.
She forms strong bonds very quickly and simply loves being involved in family life. Like many Frenchies, she's a complete Velcro dog and will happily follow you from room to room before curling up beside you while you work, watch television or simply relax together.
Lola is affectionate, playful, funny and wonderfully expressive. She loves basking in the sunshine, has an adorable habit of carrying shoes around without damaging them, and somehow manages to make ordinary days feel a little brighter.
🧠 Growth & Confidence
Lola has coped with a great deal of change recently, so she's still finding her feet.
At home, she likes to keep watch over her surroundings and can be quite vocal if she spots birds, neighbours or anything interesting happening outside. It's simply part of her inquisitive little personality.
She's also a very clever girl who wants to learn. With kindness, patience and consistency, she continues to grow in confidence and has shown us just how capable she is of adapting when given the right support.
🐕 With Other Dogs & Pets
While Lola absolutely loves people, she currently finds other animals much more challenging.
She can react quite strongly towards other dogs, cats and small animals, and this is something we've been working on extensively using kind, positive reinforcement training. The progress she has made has been genuinely impressive.
Recently, Lola spent time back at our kennels and even enjoyed a walk alongside three of our rescue dogs — something that would have been much more difficult for her not so long ago. Moments like these show just how far she has already come.
That said, her future family must understand that this journey will continue. Lola won't be the sort of dog who can immediately head to a busy park and happily greet every dog she meets. She will need adopters who are committed to continuing the training we've started and who understand that building confidence takes time.
We're looking for a family who will see this as part of the adventure rather than a problem to fix. With patience, consistency and our ongoing support, we believe Lola has every opportunity to continue making the wonderful progress she's already shown.
For this reason, Lola is looking for an only-pet home.
🌿 Her Ideal Home
Lola is looking for a family who'll absolutely adore having her at the heart of their home.
Her ideal home would be:
• An only-pet home
• Adults taking responsibility for her walks and ongoing training
• Someone home for a good part of the day, as she loves company
• Happy to continue her positive training around other animals
• A home where she's included in everyday life and showered with affection
• Visiting children of all ages are very welcome, and sensible older children in the home could also work
👤 The Right Owner
Lola will thrive with people who enjoy having a dog involved in everything they do and who are happy to continue the brilliant progress she's already making.
We're looking for someone who is:
• Patient and consistent
• Kind and committed to positive reinforcement
• Looking for a funny, affectionate companion
• Happy to make Lola a true member of the family
• Ready to continue the rewarding journey she's already started
🐾 A Few Details
• Seven-year-old French Bulldog
• BOAS surgery successfully completed
• Wonderful with people and children
• Has helped nervous people learn to trust dogs
• Loves basking in the sunshine
• Shoe collector (without chewing them!)
• Happy being left for a couple of hours
• Complete Velcro dog
• Looking for an only-pet home
💫 Why Lola?
Lola has an extraordinary ****************** for making people smile.
She wins hearts wherever she goes, whether it's through her wonderfully goofy grin, her endless affection or her uncanny ability to make people who thought they didn't like dogs completely fall in love with her.
She isn't looking for perfection—just someone willing to love her, continue believing in her, and enjoy life with one very special little Frenchie by their side.
After everything she's been through, we'd love nothing more than to see Lola spending her days snoozing in the sunshine, following her favourite people around the house and finally knowing she's exactly where she belongs.
✨ If you think you could offer Lola the loving forever home she's been waiting for, we'd absolutely love to hear from you.
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💛 Our Promise to You
Finding the right match is at the heart of everything we do. Since 2011, we've helped over 1000 dogs find loving homes, and we believe adoption should never feel rushed or pressured.
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