Posted: Fri Sep 18, 2009 8:30 pm Post subject: Ellie Red Crossbreed 3-4 years old Crawley
Her Story: Ellie was found tided to a tree - in what turned out to be early stages of pregnancy. She was spayed and one tiny foetus was found. We agreed to find her forever home. Ellie is now in foster in Bracknell
Salient points: Young adoring crossbreed female with good people and dogs skills. A little opportunist with food bins! Learning not to "leap and greet". Learning to gauge her enthusiasm with other dogs whilst off lead.
Advert:Ellie is our GOLDEN GIRL. She is young and arrived into our care full of cares. She worried in kennels until her fosterers came to her aid and offered her a platform to prepare for her true family. She hasn't let them or herself down and has proved herself great with all ages of people and dogs. She is fun and she is a dog who truly laughs alot!
Ellie loves life. She loves her food and her cuddles and relaxes with you; concentrates with you; runs with you and yet copes when left. She is truly remarkable and will make a fabulous family dog providing she learns to gear her energy and enthusiasm because she is young and full of life! She may need you to help her in this dept. to retain her feet on the floor when she tells you she loves you!
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Ellie's thread below:
Dear little worried Ellie..found tied to a tree in season. She has just been spayed and made a good recovery. She is coming into kennels next week so we can get going with her.
_________________ You can't train the terrier out of a terrier!
Ellie arrived. Long journey but at last she was out in the world and breathing fresh air! A lovely cross breed..
The report from her kennels was: She is now spayed and first vax'd. She is clean in her kennel. She is very people friendly and not too jumpy uppy. She isn't reactive to dogs within the kennel setting. _________________ You can't train the terrier out of a terrier!
Ellie surely can't be with us long. She is adoreable. I walked her through the wood and wandered if it was my imagination but it kept coming to me that Ellie was on edge..I remembered this dog had been found abandoned tied up to a tree..it was those sideward glances. Out in the sun and we had an energetic walk. She wanted to run. Her body is shrinking back into shape but still evidence of past pregnancy there. In our detective mode you have antanae up when a dog is found stray. Any hint of information can tell you about that dogs past. You only need to tie a dog up if they are loyal and connected. Its a purposeful act it also ensures an element of safety. (Amber a past Staffie was thrown out of a moving car..that is high risk of damage and possible accident of chasing the car). The fact she stayed by the tree says she wasn't used to being tied up..she didn't chew through her lead. So Ellie is a loyal dog; her owner hoped she would be found and cared for..tried to save her from walking the streets. She presents as a loved dog. I was almost tempted to let her off lead she was connected with me after a short time. Ellie is a dog who is concerned for you perhaps because her past owner showed her concern. A lovely cross breed young dog with a keen energy but not OTT. Ellie prepare yourself for your family they will come very soon. Vax process this week. _________________ You can't train the terrier out of a terrier!
Ellie is a lovely girl She waited patiently while I had a chat but showed politely she was keen to get on. She did pull a little but nothing serious. She met Frank with a play bow and showed no reaction to a couple of little dogs on the walk. She is a keen tracker, walking with her nose to the ground following those interesting smells. She really looks to you in a questioning way as if waiting for instructions. Someone is going to get lucky with this girl.
Alison _________________ www.furryfriendsrescue.co.uk
Walked Ellie today - she is starting to recall nicely on the lead, but can still be worried and submissive. She just needs some input, really nice little girl.
Posted: Mon Dec 07, 2009 11:42 pm Post subject: Ellie's Foster Home - Day 2
OK so here is our first report on how little Ellie has settled into her new foster home in Bracknell.
What can we say?... She is an absolute delight and such a good girl.
On arrival she had a good old sniff around and was naturally a little jumpy and excited but soon settled down after a few ball throws in the garden.
After some cuddles in the front room she settled into her den like cage in the kitchen for the night (door open and a blanket over the top to keep her cosey)
All our "dog proofing" of the kitchen was completely unecessary for the night as when we got up in the morning I found her snuggled up in her cage with not a single thing out of place!! such a good girl.
She enjoyed her morning walk exploring her new surrounding and settled well when it was time for us to go to work.
Again we returned to see a perfectly well behaved dog.
She loves cuddles and affection and can be a little jumpy at times but will calm down as soon as you let her know jumping up is not the way to behave for cuddles.
We will post some pic's up soon and will keep everyone posted on her progress. _________________ Dog Fostering in Bracknell for RR
Posted: Thu Dec 31, 2009 3:11 pm Post subject: Foster Update
Ellie - What a wonderful Dog !
Ok so Ellie has been with us almost a month now so we are far overdue an update.
She has enjoyed a lovely christmas down in Cornwall and was no problem at all in a house full of 14 adults, she met my 5 year old niece well and accompanied my sister's jack russell dog on a country side walk with little drama (off lead the two dogs were both a little over excited and playful so we stuck with on lead walks for ellie for the moment.)
Ellie is clearly a very loving and sociable dog, her favourite thing is to cuddle up with both of us on the sofa, no matter how spraweld out we are she can always find a nook to tuck into !
She is perfectly toilet trained and is fine to be left for a few hours on her own. Due to the extreme weather conditions in the run up to Christmas I was left stranded and could not get to her for 6 hours, but when i finally made it home there was not a thing out of place in the kitchen and no mess - she was just very pleased to see me.
The only minor hiccups we have to prevent Ellie from being pure perfection is that she has been given the nick name "Ellie Belly" as she loves her food and will, on occasion, sneak into the kitchen bin and select her chosen treat ( neither of us can work out how she manages it without tipping the bin or making a mess!!) so we are careful about what we leave around in the kitchen. Also Ellie is a very loving dog and we have seen no indication of her ever wanting to hurt anyone but she is still young and playful therefore does jump up a bit when you first walk in the room and she can be known to nip playfully when too excited.
We have been having a little go at some training and Ellie will Sit and Stay on command and if she ever is a bit naughty she knows "in your bed" and will only come out when invited - what a good girl.
We use a harness and extendable lead and she does not pull or misbehave at all on walks. On Occasion she does come off the lead and this is improving each time, she is just a little curious and playful when she see's other dogs which means she can "switch off" from commands and we have had to go to her in order to get her back.
We have put a few new pics up, overall she is a delight to be around and with a little effort could easily become the perfect dog. _________________ Dog Fostering in Bracknell for RR
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She waited patiently while I had a chat but showed politely she was keen to get on. She did pull a little but nothing serious. She met Frank with a play bow and showed no reaction to a couple of little dogs on the walk. She is a keen tracker, walking with her nose to the ground following those interesting smells. She really looks to you in a questioning way as if waiting for instructions. Someone is going to get lucky with this girl.
