Freddy : Now adopted

Please read very carefully before applying for Freddy

Location Lewis BN7 you will be expected to travel to carry out several meet and greets

We have asked the owner’s permission to put these details on Freddy’s advert.

The reasons for needing to rehome Freddy are mainly financial. Not just about what he costs but his owner is desperately trying to get back into work after not being able to because of family situations. As a family they are also coming out of a prolonged period of quite significant mental health challenges and after supporting the children through individual situations as a single parent they are just exhausted and care worn.

They all adore Freddy and after long soul searching they feel they need to find Freddy a new home, where he is loved and well cared for, for the rest of his days.

Freddy needs to be an only dog in the home

Older dog savvy children ,13 and above ,this is due to Freddy resource guarding at times(if around visiting young children ,they will need to be supervised as all children should be supervised around any dog)

No cats

You will need a safe and secure garden ,if you have a gate it will need a lock on it

No showboating Freddy at least for the first week,he needs time to settle in his new environment with his new owners

If you live in rented accommodation we will require documentation,that a dog can live within the property

If you have a hoilday planned please state on your application form

Meet Freddy

Type Miniature Goldendoodle an F1b

Born September 2019

Colour Blonde

Male who has been neutered

Height 17 inches

Weight 13 Kgs

Microchipped and checked

Booster due March 2025

Up to date with flea/tick and worming treatment

Freddy suffers with some ear issues,this is quite common with poodle crosses.

They need to be checked and cleaned regularly going forward.He has been on ear drops recently.

A few years ago Freedy had issues with his third eyelid,thus resulting in corrective surgery.

Freddy was a wonderful puppy and they had no issues beyond the usual “teething” issues. Freddy completed puppy classes with dogs trust. Quite soon after he was allowed to be out and about and then we all went into lockdown. This obviously impacted him, his owners were always around people and people weren’t coming over, and weren’t interacting with people outside.

They have since gone forward and Freddy is doing better,even visits the pub with them.

Freddy is very affectionate, he loves sitting next to you on the sofa and really enjoys being petted. He’s very playful, loving playing with his family but also good at playing by himself. He has 4 teddies that he plays with most often. Two of them are his sort of snuggly teddies and he will pile them on top of each other and lie on them whilst also sucking bits of them. He settles quickly when he’s given one of these teddies (almost like a comfort blanket and a baby). This is particularly useful when they have people over. He has two other teddies that are his play teddies; he sort of wrestles and shakes them. He is not at all destructive with his toys, the two snuggly teddies were gifted to him by the children ,on the day he arrived with his family and they don’t even have holes in them. Outside he LOVES playing ball but his family don’t tend to encourage it because he get’s very obsessive with balls.

He is intelligent, and trainable…particularly because he’s very food orientated so will really pay attention and work out how to get the treat. His owners would say that he’s better with tricks than obedience. For example what his owners mean is he is very quick to lie down when given the command but as soon as he knows that he executed the command well he get’s up. His owners found it very difficult to get him to go to a “place” (bed for example) and wait until released.They went to agility classes for a few months and he moved from beginner to improver within just a few weeks, again because he was so food orientated he would focus on what he had to do in order to get the treat. Unfortunately they were not able to keep up the classes.

This might be something his new owners might like to continue with in the future.

Freddy doesn’t love other dogs but he’s not reactive towards them. As a young dog he got set upon by another dog,over a ball ,poor Freddy ended up with three puncture wounds. This could be why he is disinterested in most dogs. He can sometimes growl if a dog is overly persistent at trying to interact with him. Never out of the blue, there are always signs first. If he’s off the lead and a dog keeps trying to interact with him he will come back to his owner and stay very close and it’s only if his owner unable to shoo the dog away or call the owner that he will growl. He’s never bitten a dog and he doesn’t growl unprovoked. His owners Sister has a large rescue (husky/Alsatian looking) and a small chihuahua and they come over relatively regularly. Again Freddy tends to just ignore them. He does resource guard though so his owners have to tidy away his toys and take his food and water away (never for long) whilst they are here. Strangely he seems to know if the dog is another doodle x and he will be a bit more interested in playing with a doodle x for a few minutes.

Resource guarding is a bit of an issue. It’s fine with his owners because they know him and will always exchange whatever he’s got with food for example if they need to get something off him. He does snarl if you go to take something off him, again he hasn’t bitten anyone but I couldn’t say for sure that he WOULDN’T if someone just tried to take something off him. His owners are particularly conscious of him around children. He is quite happy to be approached and petted by children big and small but they always make sure they are there to supervise.

He enjoys playing catch with a friend’s 4yr old, a wanger is used so the child is never reaching for the ball with her hand.

Resource guarding can be managed as long as you see the signs and read a dogs body language

We as a charity do not advise giving long lasting treats to any dog that shows resource guarding issues.

A great book to read on the topic of resource guarding https://www.wob.com/en-gb/books/jean-donaldson/mine/9780970562944?cq_src=google_ads&cq_cmp=18082217234&cq_con=&cq_med=pla&cq_plac=&cq_net=x&gad_source=1&gbraid=0AAAAADZzAIC8rhpjvn5XzGnXS4-St2HSM&gclid=EAIaIQobChMImKSLhrmIhQMVPoBQBh1qnAOjEAQYASABEgLajfD_BwE#GOR003093103

He really does bark when people come to the door.(this is normal behaviour of a dog)Once he understands the person isn’t a “danger” he will be very friendly…grab a toy to bring over, does a tappy tappy thing with his feet. Really wanting attention. He does jump up and can get quite over excited at these times. It can take a little while to get him to settle when new people come into the house. He never humps or does “excitement wees”.

He is great on a walk, virtually 100% recall with his owners (slightly less with other people unless he knows they have treats). His owner always calls him back and holds him if he see horses etc but he doesn’t react to them even if they gallop past. He always likes to keep you in eyeline so even if he’s off the lead he will run up ahead but then wait for you to catch up. He pulls on the lead, currently uses a halti with him. He doesn’t like it and spends the first minute or two trying to get it off but adjusts to it quickly. He’s good at walking into town, not reactive to passers by, traffic, dogs etc. He enjoys going to the pub and will be quite happy there for an hour or so without issue. Any more the owner takes one of his snuggly teddies for him so he settles.

We as a charity would recommend some loose lead training.

He absolutely loves carrots, he enjoys chomping on a whole carrot or having little bits given to him as treats. He’s also quite fond of broccoli stalks. He begs and it looks like he’s fed off peoples plates the way he will sit by you when he eats, he absolutely isn’t he’s just food obsessed. His owner does not bother buying dog treats because he’s so happy with carrots, broccoli, bits of fish skin and the odd bit of meat scraps he goes mad for.

He has high energy and he’s definitely enthusiastic but he does also love to sleep. For example if his owner is working on the computer at home ,he will just be sleeping on the sofa but the minute they get up he is immediately ready and assuming something really exciting is going to happen.

Freddy sees a professional groomer every 8 weeks and he is kept short. He doesn’t like his feet being brushed or cleaned.

He only sheds minimally all dogs shed some amount of hair.

He isn’t too bad at being left on his own, he will generally bark as they leave,the neighbours say that unless someone comes to the door he settles quite quickly.

We as a charity state a dog should not be left any longer than 3 to 4 hours per day

He has never destroyed anything whilst his owners been out and will eat his food etc (they have been told that’s a good sign because if he was distressed he wouldn’t eat)

Freddy is toilet trained,but we do say with any new dog entering a new home an accident may occur

He likes to sleep on the end of his owners bed at night or on their sofa

Freddy is not crated or crate trained

He is not a huge fan of car travel,he will get in and pant never been sick in the car

Dislikes :- He hates the ironing board being put up. Can be a bit jumpy if things move unexpectedly...a broom that was leaning against the wall falling down etc.

Will bark at the Post Person.

Swimming and water :-His owners took him to a dog swimming pool a few times ,and he was happy to stay in whilst they were trowing a ball to him but once they stopped throwing the ball he just wanted to get out.

Freddy is ball mad, so much so that his owners keep them hidden because he will obsessively drop it at your feet/in your lap. They also rarely take a ball on a walk because he will "resource guard" it around other dogs .

Doodle Aids advice would be to wean him off any balls and ball games.

Freddy would love a home with active people to spend his days and nights with.

With persons willing to continue with a bit of training and perhaps to take him to agility in the future

It will be a great bonding experience for all involved.

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