Winston is a 3 year old medium-large sized crossbreed who has come in to us due to a change of circumstances within the home which Winston is finding difficult to cope with. He needs a home with a physically capable owner and one where he will get plenty of exercise and training. We ask all applicants to note that Winston cannot live with young children. Winston generally behaves like a big goofy puppy and needs to be kept stimulated . He is very affectionate and loves cuddles, fusses and will lean in to his favourite humans.
He is also very intelligent and would be best suited to a calm adult only house or one with mature teenage children with plenty of time for him and but above all he needs people willing to invest in his training. Winston is very gregarious and likes to introduce himself to everyone he meets. He likes to visit the pub and will happily lie down and chill out whilst his owners relax. Whilst Winston is delightful with older humans, Winston has not adapted well to a new toddler in his home as he likes his own space to be respected and is uncomfortable with loud unexpected noises.
Winston is generally dog friendly with dogs of all sizes and has bags of energy. The only dogs he appears to dislike are German shepherds and huskies following an incident when he was attacked by one. He gets on very well with labradors and loves playing with a friend’s staffy. Winston loves his toys and suckles on his favourite teddy! Winston does not like to see arguments between his humans and can be quite protective of the person he feels the anger is directed at. As a result of that if there are any arguments in the house now he will be protective of the person that he feels anger is directed at. Winston needs a very calm home environment.
Whilst his basic training is in place this needs a lot more work. He will sometimes sit on command and will give either paw politely once sat. He’s very strong on the lead – pulls like a train due to excitement of going out but he is responsive if you talk to him, he wants to engage. Again this is more a training issue and with the right input he will learn quickly although he’ll always be excitable! He can walk on a loose lead but only when he’s heading home. At present,he has offlead time in a nearby field but applicants need to be aware that his recall is zero if he sees other dogs or people. He is extremely friendly but nosey and will run right over to other people/dogs and will try to jump up.
Since he’s a big lad this can come over as intimidating and therefore any new owner will need to be mindful of this. He’s very nervous with louder sounds when out and about – motorbikes, trains trucks, tractors etc but for some reason loves fireworks. He’s clean in the house and non destructive. He can be left for periods of up to 4 hours at a time without any issues.
Applicants need to be aware that Winston does not like either vets or groomers and will have to muzzled on all visits. Health wise he occasionally limps on one back leg but the vets have investigated this and determined that he is not in need of any treatment and they’re happy to leave him as he is. Maybe request vet record to get full picture? On one of his stays with a home boarder, Winston lived on a farm for a week where there were horses, chickens and free roaming cats plus a cat living in the house. Winston didn’t bat an eyelid at any of them so he may be suitable for homing with a cat.
To adopt Winston, please complete an Adoption Application form and we will be in touch.
Please note that Homeless Hounds welcomes applications from Lancashire but unfortunately we are unable to consider applications from further afield. Homeless Hounds cannot rehome dogs to families with children under 5 years old.
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