Archive for GSP Rescue SW
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Milo – 2 year old male English Springer Spaniel
Milo is a 2 year old castrated male English Springer Spaniel. A vet has confirmed that he has restricted vision but it is hard to determine how much. He therefore uses his sense of smell a lot more than an already busy Springer spaniel. He can be vocal towards people, dogs and some objects until he is confident as to what they are.
We are looking for a quiet adult-only house for Milo with not too many visitors. He has brilliant recall within our secure paddock, but care would have to be taken when letting him off-lead on a walk. This would only be possible in small enclosed areas as Milo could easily get distracted by a smell and then be out of his (and your) comfort zone.
Milo is a lot happier and confident when with another dog, so he will not be available to go to a home that does not already have a nice steady friend for him. Unless we think that you will be able to fill his needs in another way. Please contact us for more information about this happy little chap.
Milo is currently living near Stevenage in Hertfordshire. Please contact Alison on 01462 790844 / 07798810546 to find out more.
19Mar2010 | GSP Rescue SW | READ MORESpring – 1 year old female Collie cross Whippet
Spring is a lovely little brindle 1 year old female Collie cross Whippet. She is very agile and has really taken to the agility equipment. She is a complete blank canvas and knows nothing but is an amazingly quick learner. She is fine to live with other dogs.
Needs work with all basic training but if you want a dog who is quick, she’s your girl. Starting to get ball focused too. Just starting on lead, she will fly over A frame, dog walk, jumps and loves the table and tunnel. She is currently based in Hertfordshire.
Please contact Alison who is looking after the lovely Spring:- 01462 790844 or 07798810546
8Feb2010 | GSP Rescue SW | READ MORESpike – 1 year old male German Wirehaired Pointer cross Collie
Spike is a 1 year old German Wirehaired Pointer cross Collie boy who is looking for a home where he will be a big part of your lives. Great with other dogs and loves children but not good with live stock. Knows some basic commands but is a blank canvas for someone interested in dog training, agility comes to mind. We have started him on the equipment and wow can he jump! So you must have a secure garden, high fences and large enough for him to run around in. Ideally to go with another dog as he could get separation issues if left on his own. House trained, crate trained and learning recall to a whistle.
Spike was recently rehomed but unfortunately one of the children was allergic to him so he is coming back into our care. Please contact Alison on 01462 790844 / 07798810546 for further details.
20Jan2010 | GSP Rescue SW | READ MOREFinn – 2 year old male English Springer Spaniel
Fin is a young English Springer Spaniel lad that will be looking for a new home in the very near future, he is around 2 years old – younger if anything – and hasn’t seen much of life. He is only just learning to walk on a lead and starting all basic training.
He is happy in a crate and that will help with his training around the house. He is the friendliest chap and will make anyone smile with his waggly tail amd also gets on well with other dogs. He will be castrated in the following weeks and hopefully continue to put weight on.
Fin is currently living near Stevenage in Hertfordshire. Please contact Alison on 01462 790844 / 07798810546 for details.
20Jan2010 | GSP Rescue SW | READ MOREGordon – 2 year old male German Short-Haired Pointer
Gordon is a lovely small to medium sized, 2 year old German Short-Haired Pointer boy found as a stray in Ireland. He arrived in the UK on 6/11/09 and is now in foster care in Lincolnshire. We aren’t sure what his breeding is, but suspect there is some setter in him. He is predominantly black, but with lovely chestnut high-lights on the side of his face, chest, legs and tail and a bit of white on his chest.
He isn’t very big – about 20″, and is quite slightly built with a little feathering on his ears and tail. He is a friendly chap in a calm way – doesn’t jump up or anything. Walks well on the lead; is house-trained; mixes well with the fosterers’ bitches. (When mixed with a bigger number of male dogs, he did get a bit stressed, but that was on his first day).
He has nice manners and understands ‘No’ and ‘Lie down’ but doesn’t seem to know ’sit’ – but we are working on that! He is not food possessive, and waits calmly with the other dogs to be fed.
He travels well in the car, and has been OK to be left in the home (with other dogs for company), and he was also fine left alone in the car for about 20 minutes after visiting the vet for a check-up. He was lovely at the vets, and was much admired, and enjoyed the attention of being checked over.
He is fully vaccinated, wormed and de-flead. He is not yet neutered, as the vet recommended leaving him for a few weeks until he put on some more weight (he is about 3kgs under-weight at the moment).
From first impressions, we think that Gordon would be happier in a quieter home. He is a bright chap, and learnt to use the dog flap within the first few hours, but he would benefit from some more training. He has today been taken for a walk on the beach where he met a variety of dogs without any problems, as well as plenty of people – he was particularly taken by one man, so I wonder if his previous owner was a man?
So if you feel that you could offer a new home to this friendly lad, please get in touch. Gordon is being rehomed under the normal rehoming procedures operated by the rescue.
13Nov2009 | GSP Rescue SW | READ MOREEddie – 18 month old male German Short-Haired Pointer cross Springer Spaniel
Eddie is a charming happy energetic German Short-Haired Pointer cross Springer Spaniel 18 month boy. He is being rehomed through no fault of his own, it is just that his love of people allied with his energy and enthusiasm for life are just a bit too much for his current family. He is very healthy.
Eddie loves the company of people and dogs and gets on well with everyone – he particularly likes children although has never lived with younger than teens. He is house trained, walks reasonably well on the lead; travels fine in the car; has excellent recall; and loves playing with toys. He knows basic commands, although his current owners do say they think he isn’t the most intelligent dog, but his friendliness and efforts to please do make up for any lack of training!
Eddie is looking for an active home probably with another companion dog (as he has always lived in a multi-dog household). As mentioned, he adores all the older children he has met, and should be OK with younger children too. Eddie is OK with cats (he is a bit scared of the ones he lives with).
Eddie can still be a bit of a food thief if the opportunity presents itself, and doesn’t like being shut away from the family – he will then cry and scratch, but if allowed in quickly settles and goes to sleep.
Eddie would benefit from onging formal training, and would also enjoy some sort of job – maybe agility? Eddie is now fitter than when the pictures were taken, so is now much less chunky.
Eddie will be shortly going to a foster home near Stevenage, Hertfordshire So if you feel that you can offer Eddie an active home with plenty of company, please contact us.
3Sep2009 | GSP Rescue SW | READ MOREPanda – 8 month old female Collie cross German Short-Haired Pointer
This is Panda, a very pretty Collie cross German Short-Haired Pointer female whom GSP Rescue offered to help rehome after hearing a sad story of a family not able to keep her due to a change of circumstances. She is only 8 months old and is vaccinated.
Her foster Mum has written:- She has been looked after and is in great health/condition, and is only a young dog ready to explore. She may not have seen much of the world so far, but is so keen to please and enjoying the freedom of running in the paddock. She is under-socialised, and so needs to meet more people and dogs, and we have lots of both here!
She is clean in the house, and knows sit, down, paw, here and no, and is very attentive and keen to learn more. Although she has obviously never walked much on a lead – but that is being addressed! She is just discovering the joys of chasing a ball in the paddock.
After a few days we will have a better idea of the type of home Panda needs, but she will be a superstar at agility when she’s a bit older. Whilst we have only had Panda with us a couple of days, already she is mixing calmly with a couple of dogs after careful introductions, and greeting her foster humans with a really enthusiastic wiggle and a waggle.
So if you feel you have the time and knowledge to help Panda come out of her shell, and develop her full potential, please contact me. At this time we think Panda would probably benefit from a home with an existing confident and well socialised dog to use as a role-model. Panda is being fostered in Stevenage, Hertfordshire.
14Aug2009 | GSP Rescue SW | READ MORERonnie – 21 month German Short-Haired Pointer cross English Springer Spaniel
Ronnie is a lovely friendly German Short-Haired Pointer cross English Springer Spaniel aged just 21 months old. He is a friendly happy chap, being rehomed through no fault of his own. A new baby meant Ronnie was being increasingly excluded from the house, and not getting the family interaction he’d been previously used to.
He is vaccinated and micro-chipped. He is house trained and crate trained. He knows basic commands, although would benefit from some extra work in that respect. He walks reasonably well on a normal lead – fine on a headcollar. Ronnie travels well in the car. We do not know how Ronnie would be with cats.
He is very friendly with people – although can be slightly reserved initially. He gets on fine with other dogs – again with initial slight caution. (We believe his slight wariness being caused by lack of socialisation in his previous home, although his confidence is growing in leaps and bounds).
Ronnie’s temperament is more like a Springer than a German Short-Haired Pointer – when on a walk he stays relatively close, and keeps checking back to see what you wnat him to do next! Ronnie loves playing games with any human volunteer, and would suit a family with slightly older children (maybe 8 and older) due to his natural exuberence. Ronnie could well suit agility, as he is naturally athletic, allied with him waiting for the next command.
Ronnie is currently being fostered near Stevenage, Herts.
4Aug2009 | GSP Rescue SW | READ MOREWinston – 8-10 year old male German Short-Haired Pointer
Winston is a really lovely older German Short-Haired Pointer lad aged around 8 years old (although our vet has said he could be up to 10 years old). He was found as a stray in Birmingham in February this year, and spent a month in the Birmingham Dogs Home. They didn’t manage to find a home for him after a month, so contacted us to see if we could help.
We took him out of the kennels in early March as a very thin and stressed lad. Due to his colouring, it is hard to see just how thin he was (and this is after we had him for 3 weeks). Anyway, we fostered him and gradually discovered what a really nice lad he is.
He is vaccinated, micro-chipped and neutered. He is house trained and very friendly with people and dogs both in and out of the home. He is reasonably well trained, and walks quite well on a lead and has pretty good recall (helped if you show him you have a ball). Travels beautifully in the car.
As with all German Short-haired Pointers, he is very loving and likes nothing better than cuddling up to his humans. He is physically very fit, happily going for a 1 or 2 hour off lead walk and galloping around, and then coming home and trying to get you to play ball with him (which he adores).
As with many German Short-haired Pointers, he does not like being left, whilst he doesn’t bark or cry, he does search for food etc. and is the cleverest dog I’ve ever met – getting into cupboards, drawers, bread bins and even opening zipped bags to search for something to eat, as well as sometimes checking out the bins. That is improving, and I think will continue to do so with time and confidence on his part.
Also, he is sometimes a bit reactive if startled / scared. I suspect that whilst he is physically extremely fit, his eye-sight and hearing may be a bit under par, and he is also a bit head-shy, so may have been hit in the past. So Winston is looking for an experienced quiet home, maybe with just one or two resident adults who will not need to leave him much (and when they do are willing to ensure that all food is secure from this inventive lad!). He can live with other dogs, or would be happy as a single dog too.
He would chase cats, so cannot be homed with them. He does like his exercise, so needs a person who can take him for decent daily off-lead walks. As with all German Short-haired Pointers, he is very loving and likes nothing better than cuddling up to his humans. He is a lovely easy boy, who needs a new home where he can reward you 10 times over with his love. I hadn’t taken any pictures of this lovely chap for a while, but did so this morning, he may be older, but he’s certainly perfectly fit and active!
Winston can be re-homed anywhere in the country, although any potential adopter will be required to visit him at his foster home in North East Lincolnshire.
19May2009 | GSP Rescue SW | READ MOREField – 3 year old male Collie Cross German Short-Haired Pointer
Field is a lovely friendly German Short-Haired Pointer cross Collie currently being fostered in Warwickshire. We have today collected him up from kennels where he has been for the past 6 weeks after being picked up as a stray. He is believed to be about 3 years old and is not currently neutered. He is friendly, and gets on fine with other dogs. Little else known about him as yet as he was picked up as a stray.
His fosterer also owns a German Short-Haired Pointer cross Collie called Oscar (he is the black and white one), so that means she will have two German Short-Haired Pointer cross Collie boys – I hope she doesn’t find them too much of a handful. His fosterer reports:- Collected Field no problem. He slept curled up most of the way home. Field and Oscar are now getting acquainted. I think he could do with putting a bit of weight on as well.
He is a lovely little dog, slightly smaller than Oscar. Smaller ears. Bit nervous to start with, but very friendly. Doesn’t seem to understand any commands at the moment and does not seem to be house trained. Should not take long to house train him though.
But if you are looking for a very active and intelligent companion, then Field could be the dog for you. His fosterer has also added that she doesn’t think he knows many (any??!) commands, although is very bright and she is sure he’ll pick things up very soon.
Then less than 24 hours in his foster home and I’ve received this update:- Field is adorable and should find a home of his own very quickly.
He has been cuddled by the children, he turns over onto his back to have his tummy tickled, he slept all night very quiet in the basket, and no more “incidents” in the house after the first time he went to cock his leg on the furniture and I told him no. He is also picking up the word wait when we go through door and gates, so he should be very easy to train.
He is very agile and likes to jump on top of everything (must be a collie x GSP trait, as that sounds very familiar!!!). He has twice got into the lounge over the top of the 42” high dog gate, so he will need good high fences, and he chased the cat across the garden.
He settled down over night and looks a lot happier this morning with a lot more tail wagging and no more whining. He is a bit nervous when meeting new people, and comes straight back to me for reassurance, but I am sure given time he will get more confident.
He is a very friendly dog that seems so easy to do, so that he could well be suitable for a less experienced owner willing to put in some training.
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