EDDIE

Eddie is friendly, 2yr old labrador. He was surrendered to us by his owner because he was caught chasing sheep with another dog and the farmer was none too happy.
He is a slightly nervous boy but has come out of his shell during his 3 weeks in foster with Sandie in Ireland and she loves him to bits. He has fitted in well with all her dogs.
Despite living entirely out of doors beforehand, he is completely housetrained and he is now also neutered.

UPDATE 16.03.07 from Nicola (his fosterer)
EDDIE is not at all nervous, he is a really happy, contented boy,

who needs nothing more than a comfy chair to watch the world go by in.
He is brilliant on a slip lead and does not pull at all, you can jog along and he just runs lovely beside you. He is fine off lead, although he will chase squirrels and rabbits if he sees them, but he always comes back.
He is been fine with other dogs he has seen while out, and when Beauty (my labrador) told him off he just backed down and walked away. Eddie is not at all food aggressive with humans but can be if another dog is around.
He loves men , women and children of all ages, shapes and sizes. He does not jump up or barge around so would be fine with small children or older people, all in all, he is just about perfect and, if crated or confined to a soft furniture free area, when anyone has to leave him for more than an hour, then that would solve his one and only problem (nibbling the arms of easy chairs) making him 100% perfect.

 
As you can see, EDDIE is very laid back, bless him

We had a good journey home with Eddie - he had a major bark from the back of the car at a motorcyclist behind us!!

He seems to have settled well and slept all last night in his crate as happy as anything! He woke us at 7 am to go out in the garden. We have taken him on the local 'dog walkers' walk and he has been fine. He does tend to pull us but that's probably because he knows we are new to all this!

Hollie, below, goes riding at the local stables and we are going to take Eddie there this week to see what he thinks!

He already feels like part of the family and we love him to bits.

UPDATE FROM FOREVER HOME

Everyone loves him. We have made so many friends while out walking him and he loves all the attention. He is always friendly and accommodating to other dogs and their owners. He has started to put on weight despite all the running around he does. Having said that, in the house he is very calm. We have only had one incident of him being naughty and that was when he stole a frozen vegetable finger off the worktop. After speaking to other dog owners and hearing about the behaviour of their dogs, we realise how lucky we are. Thank you for your help in finding him for us - we would be lost without him.

Best wishes Emma Turner

PS. Here he is at full pelt, taking a breather and at the stables

UPDATE FROM MUM, EMMA

I thought you would like a quick update on Eddie. He is absolutely fine and seems to really enjoy life. He has come out of his shell now and is quite confident with other dogs. Initially, he would go down on his tummy and wait for them to pass, but now he bounds up to them to say "hello". He has most of his walks off the lead (away from the roads, of course) and he always sits at every kerb.

He does have his moments, though, he definitely has an objection to elderly men with hats(!) This can be embarrassing, though he is not at all aggressive, he just barks at them. We are planning on taking him to
more training classes to brush up on his socialisation skills.

He enjoyed his first taste of snow (to our knowledge) catching snowballs in his mouth and snowploughing along. In fact he loved it so much that, even after an hour's walk, he wanted to go out into the garden and play again.

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