DescriptionBess (aka Bessyboo/Besticle) looking for her FOREVER HOME.
6 YO (25/12/17)
Gsd x dalmation.
❌ NO CATS
❌ NO SMALL DOGS OR OTHER LOOSE SMALL ANIMALS (sends prey drive WILD!)
❌ NO OTHER DOGS
Available again as her new home hasn't worked out 😭
After another fight with yara today, bess needs to go. Im struggling.
She is the most amazing, loving, sweetest dog ever! & the waggiest.
Never shown any aggression to humans, loves everyone.
Please give her a chance!
Bess is very lead reactive with other dogs! Fine with people and kids (just wants to go and say hello and love on everyone.) She's such a lovely girl.
✅ good with kids, 8+ (or smaller if dog savvy) (bess is and always has been great with my kids! & with others too. She is a bit nervous of my nephew though but he is very loud and rather "in your face"
✅good eater not fussy
✅healthy
✅spayed
✅microchipped
She would make a lovely family dog, or even suit a person who is home most of the time.
Bess is a very loving, loyal and sweet girl who doesn't really know her limits and thinks she's still a puppy!
Vary playful.
She can be very boisterous (we have done some work and she no longer jumps up at you). She loves nothing more than a fuss and is very kissy (we've also worked on not licking faces but still will sometimes!)
She is VERY exciteable
Hasn't had much training but knows a few commands sit paw off (lap, furniture etc) ,leave/drop it etc. Just very basics. But knows alot more words.
Can be quite clever,other times she can be a few sandwiches short of a picnic!
have been doing some lead practice as best as i can with my back& shes picking things up quickly& really well. She wants to please and awaits command. Will be a doddle to get her walking well, &other training in fact.
She is quite an active girl but has never had an outlet for this.She absolutely loves going out though!
Generally shes very good- does as she's told.
This girl could win competitions for having the waggiest tail in the world!Shes always so so happy.
Now the not so good bits.
She can be lead reactive to other dogs (especially small ones) and cats.
She has a VERY anxious personality, i really dont know why. Sometimes she can find it hard to settle, but this could be simply the situation we are in.
She barks..... My dad was mostly deaf and went without help for many years before getting his hearing aids.. So he couldn't really hear her barking, at least it wasn't loud enough to him to be a problem and of course this has engrained into Bess and she thinks its ok. She doesn't bark for no reason though. Just at things like noises that she doesn't know what they are, car doors outside, people at the door etc
She is dominant. With other bitches mainly. I have noticed some of this behaviour over me but its hard to tell if it is dominance, or just her seeking comfort.
She suffers from separation anxiety. Nothing major, and is ok for a couple of hours. But needs a home where someone will be in most of the day instead of leaving her alone for hours on end.
reason for rehoming. She's my late dads dog but doesnt fit in here.Theres always tension with one of my other dogs&they have fought on a few occasions (Bess is not aggressive though, she has never shown any aggression to any human ever. She's really placid. Just fear/anxiety based response here)
While she gets on super well with Bella growing up with her, and my border collie Bran as he's seen her regularly since a pup, it is Yara where the issues are and always very tense. They do get on most of the time but Yara cannot even play without fear of it kicking off. Yara is a rescue from Bulgaria who has had such an awful life so far, this isn't fair on her either. I do worry she may feel a little lonely without another dog for company but i truly think as an only dog is best
I also don't have the time to give her the training she needs.
With my own two dogs, plus Bella who was my dads (and end of life) i just haven't the time to give to her what she deserves in training and walks. Nor the love and affection my dad gave her that she so desperately needs. (And deserves!)
I also have 5 cats which since Bella and Bess have been living here,have been shut upstairs which isn't fair
2017 was ONE of the worst years of my life. Not just for me, but my family. Earlier in the year we lost Mum and dads prized rottie, Velvet. This really was the beginning of the end for my mum, she gave up after this) soon after this i lost one of my main cats, Star, very tragically and very unexpectedly after a short illness. My parents loved my cats too. Then mum followed, passing away in July without any dignity in hospital after fighting cancer (too late being diagnosed despite many doctors visits!) Not long after this i lost another of my cats very unexpectedly, mum and dads favourite, Splodge. It was a blessing in a way mum had already gone as she would've hurt so badly.
Then their second rottie, Ebony, passed away a little after Christmas that year. Also during this year, i lost 2 babies, their grand babies. 2 of 13. They were devastated after each one.
Of course my dad was left in a very dark place. Unbeknown to us at the time, some puppies were born that Christmas day! Dad needed another dog, and Bella his remaining rottie (who is with me now) needed another friend.
When i found out about them we went to meet them, chose one and put a deposit down. Soon after,she came home, and instantly became my dads light in the darkness. helped him SO MUCH. looking after her gave him new focus. She was always there for him, offering love and support and helping him through all his grief. Which she did so very much. not just my dad either, but me too! She is SUCH a special girl
I don't need £s for her,i need to get her the best home.
This is breaking my heart completely, feels like giving up on one of my kids! So please no time wasters, this is hard enough.