Some of our Lonely hearts

Bob is a collie cross of almost 2 years old who sadly hasn’t had the easiest of lives so far. He was caught by dog catchers in Romania at only around 6-7 weeks old using a catch pole and dragged into odai public shelter where Bob became very sick. That’s when his guardian angel from Eli for Animals stepped in and took him to a vet in Bucharest for the best chance of survival. Bob grew stronger and is now a healthy boy. He is fully vaccinated, microchipped and neutered. Bob arrived in the UK end of Jan 2019. Unfortunately life in the UK hasn’t been smooth sailing for him either. I don’t like to dwell on the horrors he faced at the critical socialisation period of his life but they have certainly impacted him as well as having a bad start the first couple of months in the UK being moved around. Bob is currently fostered in Norfolk with other dogs, a cat and small animals. He arrived reactive and over aroused but is slowly starting to get better each day and less suspicious. His brain was very wired and he couldn’t think clearly. He is now learning and growing in confidence with the guidance of his fosterer.

Bob is a smart dog who is eager to learn. He has some collie traits and does show some herding behaviour. Bob is still a young dog with heaps of potential. He loves to play with toys and the other dogs and playful cat he’s in foster with. He can be super affectionate and sweet with those he knows. 

Bob would do best in an adult home. Ideally in a more rural environment as he can be noise sensitive. Although he’ll really need someone with plenty of time for 121 training we do feel he would need at least one doggy companion that’s well balanced and easy going who’ll be a positive influence for Bob to follow the lead from. Bob travels well in the car and walks well on a lead.

He needs someone with experience of rescue dogs who understands positive reward based training and the need for downtime. Bob is very wary of people he doesn’t know and will bark at them. He will always be a sensitive dog and he has struggled in the past with strangers visiting the home and has had a history of nipping. So care and management will always need to be taken to set Bob up to succeed. 

His fosterer has been feeding him a natural diet with herbal supplements and regular healing which has been fundamental in helping Bob release his past trauma. We would love an open minded adopter who could take a similar approach and find it in their heart to see past any issues that may arise and enjoy this journey with darling Bob who has a whole life ahead of him. 

Bob does have his own page on Facebook and Instagram - Bob the Rommie rascal to follow updates and pictures/videos of him. 

Cara is around 3-4 years old. Many of you will already know her story. Cara was the dog Claudia found abandoned on the side of a road on her way home from Craiova. Just some minutes after she rescued Cara a car crashed into Claudias parked car on the side of the road and wrote the car off. Thankfully Cara was OK but once home in Bucharest Claudia noticed Cara had big teats under her fur and she had pups. Claudia felt awful and the next day borrowed a car and took Cara back to the area. Cara thought she was going to be abandoned again but then realised they were just going for a walk and thankfully found her pup Joy - and what joy the reunion was. Cara has been in our care for over a month now and is doing well. She adores people but we’ve not been able to mix her with other dogs as she growls at them. This could be because she still has her puppy (have tried separate introductions) however as Cara loves people so much it would be best for her to be adopted as an only dog ideally. We are looking for committed adopters to take Cara on to take time to settle Cara in and work on any issues that may arise. Cara definitely belonged to someone before and was a chained dog as she is missing fur from around her neck. 

Joy is 2 month old pup, daughter of Cara. You have most probably heard her story of how Cara was rescued and then discovered she had pups. After poor Joy spent the night alone in fields at just around 4 weeks old we were thankfully able to reunite her with her mother.

It is hard to assess a pup properly however we will only take applications if you meet the following requirements:

• Experience with rescue dogs 
• Have at least one dog at home 
• Adult home or with children over 10. 

Joy will be able to be adopted at 4 months old so August at the earliest.