Name: Roo
Age: 2 years
Sex: Male
Breed: Jack Russell Terrier/Terrier
Ref number: 116
Personality:
Roo by name and Roo by nature this boy is a bouncy ball of fun. This whorl wind will change your life in amazing ways but he will also be a bit of a project. Roo is an energetic boy who wants to join you on all your adventures and would make a great hiking companion. He absolutely loves his friends and wants to jump onto your lap and roll around. He needs a few meetings with new people to be happy with them touching him but he is happy to walk alongside anyone. He enjoys playing with a well matched female dog but is selective and is not keen on entire males. He looooovvvvveeess to train for food and toy rewards and he is currently learning skills such as recall/ drop/ leave/ staying on his ‘place’. He will make the right person the bestest friend!
Behaviour:
Walks – Roo walks well on the lead, and enages well with any training. He is fully muzzle trained and wears a muzzle on all of his walks. He can bark at other dogs if they are close to him.
At home – In the home he likes to be up high and is still learning how to behave and will need patient consistent training. He has shown some resource guarding tendencies in his previous home and this will need continued management in his new home, to set him for success. He has been great with his behaviour assessments here and so his new adopters will need to be happy to follow our guidance and continue his training. All adopters are entitled to three free months of behaviour support from our behaviour team
Housing:
Roo will need a private and secure garden. We think he should be able to learn to be left for a couple of hours during the day but this will need to be built up slowly allowing him time to settle in first. We feel Roo will benefit from a quiet household, with a smaller family of 1-3 members. Roo copes well with adult visitors but it is important that everyone visiting the house understands his training and are happy to participate.
Children/pets:
Roo is looking for an adult only home. Please note, applications with visiting or resident children under the age of 16 will not be processed. Roo would also prefer a home without other animals but would enjoy dog friends to walk with.
Vet history:
Roo has recently been given a clean bill of health but is on on-going behaviour medication. This will need to be continued for some time whilst he settles in his new home until he can be weened off.
Additional information:
All rented and leasehold properties will require written consent from the property owner or agent. This needs to be in place before completing an application form. If your application is successful, staff will request a copy.
We reserve the right to remove a reserve at any stage of the adoption process if we believe it is in the best interest of the dog.
Adopters should consider that previous medical conditions will now not be covered by insurance. Adopters are responsible for the on-going medical costs once the animal has been adopted.
Due to the high number of applications we receive daily, regrettably we will only be able to contact the successful applicant.
Please note you have to be 18+ to apply for an animal.
