Kate

Age – 18 months to 2 years old. She is a yellow Labrador possibly not 100% pure.

Sex – Female, spayed

History

Lizzy (was Lily) was rescued from a high kill pound in the Balkans on behalf of IRR.

Personality Lovely Lizzy (was Lily) has a wonderful nature and is very affectionate. She is quite small and a little underweight but she has the Labrador love of food so it won’t take long for her to fill out! She gets quite anxious when she is left alone and her fosterers are working on this and leaving her for short periods. She walks well on the lead and is housetrained. She understands commands, sit, leave, no etc. She has a docked tail which wags constantly and will make a wonderful, affectionate and obedient companion.

Lizzy’s dream home This girl needs to be with a family where someone would be with her most of the day. She wants to be with people all the time and won’t stray from your side. She would be best rehomed where there is another dog for companionship.

Behaviour with other animals She is very good with other dogs, has met a cat and shown no desire to chase her, is only interested in the cat’s food! She has also seen chickens and not shown any great interest.

Fostered in – Somerset.

August 2014

Lizzy has gone to live in her Forever Home

August 2014 – Update from Lizzy’s Forever Home

I cannot believe my good fortune. Normally when I have a new dog I am either spending a small fortune on their recovery health wise or coping with behavioural issues. HOWEVER, SHE IS WONDERFUL. She is so calm and affectionate, all the dogs and cats get on great. Fab in the car, great at work. Two days before I collected her I had new carpets fitted upstairs, so the bedroom one is lovely and soft. Although there is a duvet on the floor for her she chooses to lie by the bed and is quite happy there until we get up in the morning. She hasn’t had any accidents in the house. She has met so many people at work and of course loves them all and every one has literally fallen in love with her. She is becoming quite famous in Urmston.

She has coped really well with the change of food.

Poor Monkey tries so hard to get her to chase him but she just looks at me not quite understanding what he wants but, she is slowly joining in with his playful attitude. It will be better when I can let her off the lead. She did slip her collar one night when I was leaving work [I had forgotton to tighten it, which I do when we go out, I will be getting her a new soft one soon] and she trotted off – my stomach lurched and off I trotted after her. She stopped at a bin close to the shop so I just put my hand on the back of her neck and she sat down and let me slip the collar back on. I am still trying to ascertain what she really understands. What is learned reaction and what are her coping strategies. She has learned what stay back means and doesn’t pass on the stairs, also when I open the front door she doesn’t shoot out now and waits for the signal to go. Of course things are picked up so much quicker when the other dogs are showing how it is done.

I am sure you are still missing her, but please rest assured that she is settling in well and will be loved and looked after to the very best of my ability to do so.

Age: 6 months

Sex: Female, not yet spayed

History Kate (was Lola) was surrendered to IRR because a child in her family was allergic to dogs.

Personality Lovely Kate (was Lola) is a perfect golden retriever puppy.

Lola’s dream home Lola is ready to fit into any loving family environment where she will be treasured forever.

Fostered in: to be confirmed

Behaviour with other animals – unknown

January 2014

Kate has gone to her Forever Home

UPDATE ON KATE (FEBRUARY 2014)

Lynne tells us that Kate is doing really well. They had forgotten lots of things about puppies but there have been no problems at all. She is very intelligent and very keen to fit in so they feel they are already halfway there with her being so keen to please. They say she is the double of their other white Retriever, Crystal.

Little Kate gets on really with the other dogs which has been a big relief as they weren’t sure how that would go with the girls being so close to their big brother Buddy but now they are Kate’s big sisters instead.

When Kate is a bit older and has been spayed, they are hoping to be allowed to adopt another boy Retriever, aged around about 5yrs, to make their family complete again.

Lynne says” the caravan season is about to start on March 1st but we are dreading it in some ways as Buddy really loved the van and it won’t be the same without him. We are still in shock and disbelief that he is gone. I have shed buckets of tears over him. Everyone really did love him and he will stay in our hearts and memory forever”.

September 2014

Sam has come to live with Lola and her siblings.

October 2014 – Update from Lizzy’s Forever Home

Lizzy is doing really well. She is meeting lots of people at work and everybody of course loves her so her confidence is growing. She has started to push in front of the other dogs and is getting quite bolshie in her attention grabbing. She has become quite obsessed with the cats and really tries to get them to play with her, they just look quite bemused and Monkey sits looking at her as though she just hasn’t grasped the rules. She is good as gold in the house although when she does bark it is really loud and she sounds like a guard dog which is a good thing.