Duchess – 9 year old female Labrador Cross
Duchess (ref 90d) is a very shy, gentle and sweet-natured 9 year old smooth-coated female black Labrador cross. She is a very special dog who needs a rather special owner. She is a quiet, harmless and unassuming girl who needs to be adopted by a very loving and patient new owner who will allow her plenty of time to get used to living as a pet, which isn’t quite what she is used to.
Duchess formerly lived in a barn with a number of other dogs, so she isn’t yet familiar with playing the role of family companion and can seem a bit wary of humans on first acquaintance, no matter how friendly they may be - and yet she is such a very, very pleasant and gentle creature that she should make an absolutely charming companion once she has got used to living with people and learned to relax and interact.
She is rather baffled by many things which other dogs would take for granted and doesn’t at present know what playing is, but she enjoys being stroked once she has got to know the person who is stroking her. She has now made sense of the outside world and learned all about going for walks, but needs to do it very slowly and quietly so that she doesn’t get alarmed, especially by strangers. She finds the presence of a companion dog very calming when she goes for walks.
Duchess would be suitable for a calm, gentle and loving household where she would be allowed plenty of time to adjust to life and where her new owners have experience and understanding of dogs. Living with another friendly dog would suit her perfectly.
She will require plenty of exercise and to lose a certain amount of weight, so an active but non-rowdy home would be the best place for Duchess. She would need to live in a quiet household where any children were aged 15+ and very kind and sympathetic. Being grabbed at, pulled about or shouted at would frighten her very much, since she is a very quiet dog by nature.
She is used to living with dogs and finds their presence reassuring. She seems to ignore cats, possibly because she has never met any before. Could you offer shy Duchess the patient, loving, caring, dog-friendly home she needs to turn her into the relaxed and happy tail-wagging animal she’s supposed to be? Seeing out the rest of her life in a warm and welcoming home like that would be the perfect end to her story.
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