Isadora – 2-3 year old female Cross-Breed

Isadora is a two to three year old medium sized crossbreed.

Isadora is fostered in Norwich Norfolk.

Isadora was taken into the Botosani public shelter in Romania, along with an unremembered number of siblings, when she was just a baby. She is an example of why we work so hard to get all pups out while they are still pups.

She grew up there, spent her adolescence there, never seeing the outside of her concrete pen. She missed out on the silliness and care free attitude of youth because she was concentrating on staying alive.

When we met her at two years old she had learnt to be cautious of some people and she hadn’t experienced as much as the feeling of grass under her feet. She arrived here a few weeks ago and she had to learn it all from scratch.

As you can see from her pics, the girl has learnt well and she has learnt pretty fast! She is now a cheeky character who dares to push herself forward in the pack in her foster home.

She is the instigator of most of the games, she tries to take our cake when we have a coffee break (cardinal sin) and she is generally curious about everything.

Isadora loves to be around us, she will get so excited when anyone comes round and she will boop them with her nose, but she is still very tense when stroked and will try to change any attempts of love and affection into another game.

The loving bit will come with time and it’s something she can learn over the first weeks and months in her forever home. She will need a patient and understanding adopter with at least one other dog that will match her playfulness and energy.

She is gaining confidence on walks and we will, of course, continue her lead training while she’s with us. But she is ready to move on now and continue her development and growth in the environment she gets to spend the rest of her life in.

Isadora will need an experienced adopter who will understand all that she was deprived of in her early life. She will need patience and guidance but is already showing how great she will be once her last fears are overcome. She could live with respectful children aged twelve plus.

When you adopt a Safe Rescue dog, you MUST use a slip lead. This will keep your dog safe: your new dog will be nervous and will not trust you, and you will not know which situations might upset your dog. If your dog panics, then a slip lead is the only way to prevent your dog from escaping (many dogs can escape from a collar and/or harness).

It will take AT LEAST 3-6 months for your dog to settle-in and for you to know your dog fully (longer for nervous dogs). The slip lead must ALWAYS be used during this settling-in period.

Even after your dog is settled, it is safest to use the slip lead in situations where your dog may become scared (e.g. visiting new places, around unfamiliar people, at the vet), and it situations where unexpected triggers might happen (e.g. around bonfire night). Nervous dogs may always need to wear a slip-lead as a back-up safety measure.

The slip lead is a safety device and must NEVER be used as a training tool. Using the lead to apply pressure to the dog’s neck is damaging. If your dog pulls on the lead, then we can advise you on training methods that avoid harm.

Once your dog is settled, you may want to consider using a harness (together with the slip lead) if your dog is comfortable with being handled when it is fitted. Most harnesses are not escape-proof, but harnesses with a strap behind the ribcage (e.g. Ruffwear Webmaster or Perfect Fit Harnesses) are safer.

Retractable / extendable leads must never be used on our dogs.

Adopted dogs must be collected from the rescue and transported straight home in a crate.

Fences and gates must be 5foot minimum in height and secure.