Rehoming a Labrador bulldog mix

Mixed Breed

53 minutes

Mixed Breed1 year1

£75

Catrin O.

Description

It's with immense sadness that we look to re-home Rena, who is genuinely a loving and affectionate dog but as you read on you'll see that unfortunately our circumstances and her needs simply aren't aligned in the way that I wish they were. She's a 14 month old labrador/bulldog mix, unspayed. The good She's extremely playful and very affectionate, loving nothing more than to alternate between playing with toys or rolling around with you on the floor, to curling up at your feet or on your lap to have a snooze. She's honestly the most affectionate animal I've known, constantly giving kisses though caution; she is a big licker and despite our best efforts to train it out of her she can, and will, forget herself and lick your face. Often. She's incredibly food motivated which has made training her relatively straight forward with commands such as "Rena, here" "sit" "lie down" "wait" "come" "paw" all normal for her. She's got great recall off the leash and responds extremely well to "Rena, here" and will do so at breakneck speed if she knows you're armed with treats! She's crate trained and whilst her cage is in a sorry state now she's quite accustomed to it being her safe space / sleep space The not so good For the first 5 minutes or so of any walk, she does forget herself and will try to pull your arm off, totally forgetting that she's not on the lead. She does settle into the walk after a few minutes and a few reminders but the first few minutes are a challenge. She's got a thing about cats; if she sees one, hold on tight as she will give chase and will utterly ignore your shouting for the first few attempts The bad, or, why we're looking to rehome her She suffers from extreme, and I mean extreme, separation anxiety. Behaviours we never see from her while we're home manifest within the first hour of her being left alone at home and after trying and trying to prevent the damage she's done to the home (and sometimes to herself) we've come to the realisation that our home perhaps simply isn't for her and she needs a home where people are there more often (we work in the office 3 days a week, leaving her alone from approx 7am until 5pm on these days) Being completely transparent, once her anxiety kicks in she goes into a food seeking / chew seeking state, but ignores the toys that are littered around her and instead has taken it out on the carpet, cupboard doors and doorframes. To stress; this never happens when we're home, where she's her normal calm and loving, playful self; she simply cannot handle time away from people / being alone. We attempted to combat this by leaving her in her cage during the day but she did such harm to herself getting out of it (which she managed, all but destroying one of the sides in the process) that we've not gone back to this approach again In closing, we love this dog and want nothing but the best for her as she's got so much love to give the world, but we can't be selfish any longer and have to be realistic that the stress we cause her when leaving her alone, and the stress she causes us in turn when she gets destructive whilst we're at work isn't sustainable for her or us. She might act different in a new home

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Litter details

LocationGateshead, Tyne and Wear

Pets in litter1 female

BreedMixed Breed

Age1 year, 2 months

Ready to LeaveAvailable now

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Microchipped by collection dateVaccinations up to dateWorm and flea treatedHealth Checked by a vetParents are health testedKC registered by collection

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Mixed Breed 1

Female£75