Blue – 1 1/2 year old male Border Collie
Blue is a 12½ year old Border Collie boy who came into Oldies Club care after his owner sadly passed away and family members were not able to look after him longer term. Blue is now in an Oldies Club foster home in Wiltshire, waiting for someone to offer him a permanent home.
Introducing Blue: Blue is an easy-going dog who is eager to please. He loves his walks and retrieving his ball or just pottering around the garden.
Settled quickly; Enjoys having company: Blue settled into his foster home quickly. He loves being around people but is OK to be left for up to 3 or 4 hours. However, Blue’s foster carers would ideally like Blue to go to a home where he will have plenty of company as he does get really attached to people. He therefore wouldn’t be suitable for a home with full-time workers, but part-time workers might be OK
Good with dogs: Blue is fine with other dogs and is happily living with three Labradors. On walks, he would like to play with the other dogs, but he seems to realise that they are perhaps too fast for him, so he just potters along on his own.
Hasn’t lived with cats but ignores them outside: Blue hasn’t met any cats whilst in foster, but we were told that in his previous home he would just ignore the neighbour’s cats that came into his garden. He tends to ignore other animals.
Could live with teenage children: Blue’s foster carers feel that, due to his soft nature, Blue would be OK to live with sensible, considerate teenage children. He would enjoy children making a fuss of him, but wouldn’t want them to overdo it or pull him around. They would need to be calm around him.
Loves walks: Blue loves his regular walks. He is always first out the door and waiting at the gate for his lead. He is good on the lead, occasionally pulling out of eagerness, but provided you set a reasonable pace he is fine. He will try to eat the lead if it gets in his way or if you stop on the way to the fields, but this is easily stopped with a short ‘no’. Off lead, Blue will potter around on his own, or try to get you to play ball, a game which once started is hard to finish! He gets tired so you need to judge this carefully. His recall is quite good and he doesn’t wander far, but he does like to know where everyone is so will try to keep you all together.
Blue is having gentle walks of up to an hour, twice a day, but this includes some time playing ball — the actual length of walk is about a mile or so. Blue needs to lose some more weight so his foster carers have been gradually building up his walks. His enthusiasm far outweighs his current physical ability!
Good in the car and out and about: Blue travels well in the car. He is good in public places, the pub, and other people’s homes.
Blue likes…: Being around people; Pottering around the garden; Walks and playing retrieve with his ball; Sleeping under your chair; Treats and food in general.
Blue dislikes…: Not much really. He’s not too keen on visiting the vet, or small spaces.
Blue’s perfect home: Given his age and soft, calm nature, Blue’s foster carers believe that he would be best suited to a quieter but active home, with a reasonable size garden and adopters that will be around for a good part of the day. Regular garden breaks and at least twice daily exercise are a must for Blue.
Health notes: Blue is vaccinated, microchipped, wormed and flea-treated. He is not neutered, but the vet was reluctant to do this operation at this time given his age and stiffness. The stiffness is in his back end, and the muscles in his rear legs are a bit weak due to him being overweight and a lack of exercise in his past. However, now that Blue has lost some weight, his foster carers are gradually building up his walks and he is going for longer every day (trying to stop him going for a longer walk is the only problem!).
Foster carers’ summary of Blue: “Blue is a very sweet natured and soft Collie who just likes to please. He loves being in contact with humans and enjoys his walks and play time enormously. He has fitted into our home routine very quickly and is accepted by the other dogs. When awake he is very alert and always watching you, but he does sleep in his bed or on the floor in any room. At night he just sleeps in his bed or at the bottom of the stairs. He is very intelligent, curious and learns quickly and has a reasonable grasp of basic commands. Blue would fit into many homes without any fuss at all.”
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