Belle – 1-2 year old female Staffordshire Bull Terrier

Beautiful little Belle, red staffie spayed female. Belle was on death row at the pound having very recently just had pups. Her pups were not with her at the pound. Belle is now in foster care in the Swindon, Wilts area. She is the sweetest little darling girl, very affectionate, and loving, adores cuddling! Belle has had such a traumatic time in her little life, at aged around 2 years old, she would love to be someone’s special girl, and be given the love she so deserves.

Belle is very good with other dogs, and we think she could live with a cat, as she went to run after a cat recently but the cat stood his ground and Belle just said “oh ok then!” turned, and walked away. Belle could live with older children, preferably of teen age. We don’t rehome dogs to families with children under the age of 8 years old. This is because our dogs are all ex pound dogs and we have no history on them before they come to us.

Belle travels very well, she’s non destructive when left for short periods, and she her foster carer says she is such a good girl, by far the best dog she has fostered. This lovely girl has so much love to give and has a heart of gold.

If you think you could give Belle the loving forever home she is looking for,

Please contact Cathy at Once Loved Dog Rescue for an adoption application form.

Email cathy@oncelovedrescue.org.uk or telephone 07770 795334 before 7pm please.

Please note, if we are unavailable to take your call, we will call you back, but please leave a landline number where possible. Mobile phones are expensive for us to call back. Thank you.

Betsy – 1-2 year old female Staffordshire Bull Terrier

Hello, my name is Betsy. I am a speyed white Staffordshire Bull Terrier, and I’m aged between 1 & 2 years old. I absolutely love people, and I love nothing more than snuggling up and having a really close cuddle! I am a such a loving girl, everyone who has met me has fallen in love with me. Though I haven’t let this go to my head!

I love my best friend, Harvey, he’s a male Staffordshire Bull Terrier and he loves me too. I get on well with female dogs too, but I must say, I do like living with a boy dog!

I get on fine with cats. I probably wouldn’t want to snuggle up with a cat particularly but I’m not interested in harassing cats or chasing them, I just let them get on with their own thing. I don’t take much notice of them. I have lived with older children of teen age, and I am looking for a home where if there are children, they are older, (preferably teenaged) only because I do like to have fun and like any dog, I sometimes have a ‘mad’ five minutes, but I could knock over a small child by accident, and I wouldn’t want to do that! I am housetrained, and I like travelling in the car. I have such a lot of love to give and people say I’m incredibly sweet, that’s because I love people so much

I have had a very difficult life so far. I was abandoned at a pound and I was on death row. Then I went to a home and they didn’t want me anymore because I chewed stuff when I was there. I didn’t mean to, I was just stressed and unhappy. The rescue know now that I wouldn’t normally do that had I been happy! They know that because I haven’t chewed one single thing since I’ve been in the foster home I’m in now.

Love Betsy xxxx

BETSY IS IN FOSTER CARE IN HONITON, DEVON. WE WOULD PREFER A HOME IN THE SOUTHWEST AREA, BUT WE WILL CONSIDER REHOMING TO OTHER AREAS, IF YOU’RE PREPARED TO GO AND MEET BETSY.

If you think you could give Betsy the loving forever home she so deserves,

Please contact Cathy at Once Loved Dog Rescue for an adoption application form.

Email cathy@oncelovedrescue.org.uk or telephone 07770 795334 before 7pm please.

Please note, if we are unavailable to take your call, we will call you back, but please leave a landline number where possible. Mobile phones are expensive for us to call back. Thank you.

Honey – 2 year old female Cross-Breed

Honey is a beautiful 2 year old (approx) female crossbreed. Honey came to Once Loved Dog Rescue from a pound where she had run out of time and was due to be put to sleep. Honey went into boarding kennels initially and is now in foster care. Her foster carers speak so highly of little Honey. She is extremely sweet natured, affectionate and well behaved. She travels very well, just sits quietly on the back seat of the car, she is house-trained, very responsive and knows her commands. She just wants to please She loves to play with her ball and toys and is such a fun-loving but sensible girl.

Honey is excellent with other dogs and just ignores cats, so she could live with dogs and cats. She is also excellent with children, and follows her foster carer’s grand-daughter around when she comes to visit. Although we don’t normally rehome dogs into homes with children under the age of 8 years, Honey could live with younger children aged from 5 years and over. Honey is all round a truly gorgeous girl who is now looking for a home where she will be loved and cared for, for the rest of her life.

Honey is in foster care in the Wootton Bassett, SN4 area.

Please contact Cathy at Once Loved Dog Rescue for an adoption application form.

Email cathy@oncelovedrescue.org.uk or telephone 07770 795334 before 7pm please.

Please note, if we are unavailable to take your call, we will call you back, but please leave a landline number where possible. Mobile phones are expensive for us to call back. Thank you.

Henry – 3 year old male Dachshund cross Staffordshire Bull Terrier

Henry Little Legs is looking for his forever home. Is it yours? Henry Little Legs is a great big character in a teeny body. He is not quite sure what mixture of breeds he is, but his best guess is Staffordshire Bull Terrier cross Dachshund, hmmm, or possibly Bassett Hound. Whatever he is crossed with he suits very well. Not quite elevated to the level that he’d have probably liked, but oh how cute do his little legs make him?! Henry was another abandoned dog in the pound on the put to sleep list He spent a while in emergency boarding kennels where he was vaccinated and neutered. (Sorry about that Henry, but needs must!) And then it was off to his foster home in sunny Devon.

Sadly, the dogs that Henry is living with aren’t at all impressed with their new house guest and he would like a home where all the family members welcome him, not just the human ones! We are also looking for a foster home for him, so that the dogs in his foster home can have their lives back to normal, without their new house guest, but for Henry’s sake, we are ideally looking for a forever home, so he doesn’t become stressed through moving about too much.

Henry is about 3 or 4 (we think) He is an absolute sweetheart, but he does need someone who has knowledge and experience with staffies, as he needs clear boundaries, as all dogs do! So that he doesn’t elevate above his little legs! We are looking for a home where he won’t be ‘babied’ (though Henry would prefer one where he was babied, we wouldn’t!) Henry is very good with other dogs, as long as no treats,toys or food are around, but he doesn’t get all grumpy around food with humans, only with other dogs, and with dogs, it’s not the kind of grumpy that would lead to all engines firing, ‘in it for the long haul’ attack grumpy, it’s just snappy grumpy. Henry isn’t cat tested, so we are looking for a home without cats. He could live with teenaged, dog savvy children.

Henry is a whole lot of personality for such a little man. He likes to ‘chase’ birds when they’re miles up in the sky, he knows he can’t catch them but gives it 100% anyway. He is very loving, responsive and clever. He’s housetrained, fine in the car, knows how to sit and give paw, and he could no doubt learn all manner of other things with his own person. Henry has so much to give to someone and whoever is destined to be his adopter will have such a funny and loving little best friend.

Ellie – 6 year old female Staffordshire Bull Terrier

Ellie is a very pretty white Staffordshire Bull Terrier female who will be 6 this year, in October 2011. She is spayed, vaccinated and microchipped. Ellie’s story is sadly an all too familiar one. She was bought by a lady when she was a baby, at the age of 8 weeks old, and all was well, until the lady who bought her met a man who had an older dog of his own. They all moved in together and Ellie’s world became confusing and frightening . The man’s older dog didn’t like young Ellie and instead of positive, nurturing experiences with an older dog, she received exactly the opposite. It became clear that these two dogs could not exist in harmony, so the older dog went to live at a relative’s house. Now, this older dog belonged to the male partner, and he resented little Ellie, even though it was not Ellie’s fault.

Another puppy was brought into Ellie’s home and he was a big, strong, dominant pup who bullied Ellie, this bullying was not discouraged, in fact, it was encouraged and seen as amusing by the man, and Ellie, already confused and afraid, became withdrawn and her world grew even more frightening. The lady who bought her unexpectedly became pregnant and had a child, and then her fears about children and dogs made her nervous, even though Ellie never, ever did anything wrong to the child, the bullying from the growing male pup was continuing and the fights between the two dogs were making the lady’s nervousness worse. These nerves also affected Ellie as it made her nervous too.

Ellie is now in foster care with another relative, and since her move there, she has become happier and much more settled, but this very special girl is understandably nervous due to the chaos and confusion she has endured throughout her life. Ellie is very friendly and affectionate with people and has lived with children all her life. Ellie is scared of other animals, and is very scared of other dogs, unsurprisingly! So we are looking for a home with no other dogs or other animals. Ellie is housetrained, and is non-destructive when left. Ellie does suffer from an allergy to dust mites and storage mites, and she receives immune therapy currently. Ellie will chew her feet when she is stressed also, but we do not think this will continue once she is rehomed and she feels relaxed and content in her life. Ellie does get car sick, but we believe this will be overcome if addressed correctly.

The right home for Ellie would be with someone who understands the effects a traumatic and stressful environment can have on any animal, particularly if things are traumatic when an animal is young. Ellie’s nervousness is also down to the anxiety of her owner, and Ellie would have been picking up on those nerves. We would like to see her in a home where her traumatic past is understood, so that she can be nurtured emotionally in the correct way from now on.

Ellie is currently in foster care in the Hampshire area.

If you can offer a forever home to this very special young lady,

Please contact Cathy at Once Loved Dog Rescue for an adoption or fostering application form.

Email cathy@oncelovedrescue.org.uk or telephone 07770 795334

Our usual restrictions on not rehoming dogs to children under the age of 8 years old do not apply in Ellie’s case