Justice – 1 year old female Cross-Breed
Justice is a smallish crossbreed, aged around one and a half years old.
Justice is fostered in Norwich, Norfolk.
Justice created quite a stir with a single video which we shared while on our most recent visit to Botosani Public Shelter in Romania. She looked so scared but she is a plucky little lady after just a short time in a foster home.
She is still a puppy and will need ongoing training for being left on her own. Currently she goes to work with her foster mum who is a dog walker. She will make an amazing addition to an active home, dog walks, toys and her canine friends are her absolute favourite things. We will only consider homes with at least one resident dog.
Justice is very bright and responds well to confident handling and loves her food which makes training her easy. She will need ongoing desensitisation to new things in the next months but she only took days to settle in her foster home. She has met the cat and was fine with him and 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.
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