Meet BoNNIE
Sex: Female
Age: 10 years old
Size: Medium to large
Bonnie has been in the U.K. around 14 months after spending most of her life in the shelter. Her and her brother Clyde both arrived April 2021 and he was adopted fairly quickly. Bonnie went to Rachael’s for a few weeks in foster and was no issue at all, just worried and withdrawn. She found her home a few weeks later but sadly after a few months was back as she had nipped their neighbour. Whilst they were a lovely couple I don’t feel it was managed very well, which sadly meant her return and they were devastated as had really bonded with her and she was doing really well. She went back to kennels and with the help of her rescuer in Romania, we found her a fosterer, who also had a Romanian dog and well aware of the time and patience needed with a dog like Bonnie.
She has been there 10 months and improved so much and now enjoys off lead walks on a line with good recall. She is no bother at all and very good at night. She is clean and can be left. She is fine with all dogs she meets and lives with two but sadly the other Romanian she lives with, who is a bit funny with dogs in the house has got worse since she came back from a dog sitter, as her fosterer needed to go away. Bonnie was amazing with the dog sitter who she’d only met once and even sat on her lap! Since Bonnie came back (she was only away a few days) the fosterers dog has started to attack Bonnie out of nowhere and the fosterer has contacted us to say it’s not fair on her as she keeps having a go and needs a solution asap! We obviously offer back up on all our dogs but sadly for Bonnie, currently this means kennels, which I think would destroy her and her fosterer agrees.
We need to find Bonnie an urgent placement whether foster or foster with view to adopt. She is a lovely older girl, around 10 years old. She has bitten a couple of times in the past (strangers in the home) but this was in the early days. Her fosterer said she is brilliant now and whilst whoever takes her on must be mindful of this and not have loads of visitors and potentially use management tools when strangers come to the home (ie; pop her in another room in her bed with a kong) or do lots of meets outside first. Bonnie would be best suited to a quiet household, she can be left for 4-5 hours with no issues, could happily live with another dog or as an only dog.
She walks well on the lead and really is no bother as long as you give her some space and time. She has been around children with no issues, in fact seems to feel very comfortable around them and I think this is because she doesn’t see them as a threat, however, we feel it would be best if she is not rehomed with children or any visiting children due to her bite history. Bonnies fosterer was going to adopt her but sadly she cannot now and she said it’s heartbreaking as her own dog is really going for her and pinning her down for no reason and poor Bonnie is so submissive and doesn’t do anything back. As you can appreciate for Bonnies well-being, we need to find something asap but given her past we wanted to find a longer term solution as short stays here and there will only set her back.
We will support any fosterer and would prefer it to be within an hour of our kennels KT16, however she is currently in foster in Ipswich. If you want to help Bonnie then please please message us urgently. Thank you
Could you be Bonnie’s forever home? If you think you could be then please complete an application.
Age: 10 years old
Size: Medium to large
Bonnie has been in the U.K. around 14 months after spending most of her life in the shelter. Her and her brother Clyde both arrived April 2021 and he was adopted fairly quickly. Bonnie went to Rachael’s for a few weeks in foster and was no issue at all, just worried and withdrawn. She found her home a few weeks later but sadly after a few months was back as she had nipped their neighbour. Whilst they were a lovely couple I don’t feel it was managed very well, which sadly meant her return and they were devastated as had really bonded with her and she was doing really well. She went back to kennels and with the help of her rescuer in Romania, we found her a fosterer, who also had a Romanian dog and well aware of the time and patience needed with a dog like Bonnie.
She has been there 10 months and improved so much and now enjoys off lead walks on a line with good recall. She is no bother at all and very good at night. She is clean and can be left. She is fine with all dogs she meets and lives with two but sadly the other Romanian she lives with, who is a bit funny with dogs in the house has got worse since she came back from a dog sitter, as her fosterer needed to go away. Bonnie was amazing with the dog sitter who she’d only met once and even sat on her lap! Since Bonnie came back (she was only away a few days) the fosterers dog has started to attack Bonnie out of nowhere and the fosterer has contacted us to say it’s not fair on her as she keeps having a go and needs a solution asap! We obviously offer back up on all our dogs but sadly for Bonnie, currently this means kennels, which I think would destroy her and her fosterer agrees.
We need to find Bonnie an urgent placement whether foster or foster with view to adopt. She is a lovely older girl, around 10 years old. She has bitten a couple of times in the past (strangers in the home) but this was in the early days. Her fosterer said she is brilliant now and whilst whoever takes her on must be mindful of this and not have loads of visitors and potentially use management tools when strangers come to the home (ie; pop her in another room in her bed with a kong) or do lots of meets outside first. Bonnie would be best suited to a quiet household, she can be left for 4-5 hours with no issues, could happily live with another dog or as an only dog.
She walks well on the lead and really is no bother as long as you give her some space and time. She has been around children with no issues, in fact seems to feel very comfortable around them and I think this is because she doesn’t see them as a threat, however, we feel it would be best if she is not rehomed with children or any visiting children due to her bite history. Bonnies fosterer was going to adopt her but sadly she cannot now and she said it’s heartbreaking as her own dog is really going for her and pinning her down for no reason and poor Bonnie is so submissive and doesn’t do anything back. As you can appreciate for Bonnies well-being, we need to find something asap but given her past we wanted to find a longer term solution as short stays here and there will only set her back.
We will support any fosterer and would prefer it to be within an hour of our kennels KT16, however she is currently in foster in Ipswich. If you want to help Bonnie then please please message us urgently. Thank you
Could you be Bonnie’s forever home? If you think you could be then please complete an application.