The RSPCA is in search of a really particular home for a canine who has spent almost her total life in kennels.
Four-year-old Mia – a Dutch Shepherd, also referred to as a Dutch Herder – was rescued by RSPCA Inspectors and brought into the charity’s care in October 2019. She was simply 9 days old, and was discovered along with her mum being stored in extraordinarily poor circumstances.
Claire Hoffman takes care of Mia on the RSPCA’s Southridge Animal Centre, in Hertfordshire, and mentioned,“Sadly, as Mia was just a tiny puppy when she came to us, she’s spent almost her entire life in kennels.”
While Mia wasn’t made available for rehoming till November 2022, she’s now spent a complete of 4 years and 4 months in RSPCA care – that’s greater than 32 years in canine years! She was initially in a foster home as a tiny puppy and likewise spent many months in kennels working with employees on a coaching plan, earlier than starting her seek for a brand new home. Sadly, since she first arrived on the RSPCA, she’s seen 1,596 of her furry and feathered mates at Southridge go off to their new properties, together with 400 dogs.
“What she really needs now is an owner who can give her the one-to-one time and attention she deserves”
Claire added, “She had such a difficult begin to life and, regardless of her early expertise of terrible residing circumstances, we’ve proven her as a lot love as we will and he or she’s grown into a very beautiful canine. But residing in kennels for such a very long time is not any life for a canine like her and we consider she might, sadly, be the RSPCA’s longest staying resident.
“What she really needs now is an owner who can give her the one-to-one time and attention she deserves, and can help her adapt to life in a home.”
Mia is clever and lively however also can get a bit over-excited at instances. She’s very loving and affectionate and is in search of ‘her person’.
“She spent some time with a fosterer while her case was being investigated but then came back to us and has since spent almost three years in our kennels,” Claire added. “While we do everything we can to create a wonderful temporary home for her, we’re desperate to find her a home to call her own.”
Mia might be uncertain round new folks so any potential adopters might want to go to her at Southridge a number of instances to build up a bond along with her and get to know her. Ideally, somebody with an curiosity in canine behaviour and coaching would actually swimsuit Mia, as she is an attention-grabbing and really rewarding canine to work with.
Claire added, “Mia is stuffed with vitality and really brilliant and inventive; and he or she has a lot potential! She is eager to study and can make an exquisite companion for the correct proprietor.
“She wants somebody who’s skilled with dogs and might dedicate time to her coaching, and we consider she’s finest suited to an grownup home the place there gained’t be any youngsters visiting and the place she’ll even be the one pet. We’d actually like her to have a safe backyard the place she will play along with her soccer and revel in roaming.
“Mia loves to make use of her mind and might study plenty of tips and video games, so we’d love her to have the ability to do enjoyable coaching and check out new issues in her new home. She additionally wants time to modify off and loosen up so we consider she’d profit from having someplace calm and quiet in her new home.
“The RSPCA turns 200 this year – and it would be an amazing moment to celebrate if we can finally find Mia the loving new home she deserves.”
Find out extra about Mia on her online profile or contact the centre by emailing [email protected] or calling 0300 123 0704.
Staff taking care of Mia have spent plenty of time getting her used to regular on a regular basis experiences like walking in busier areas and taking her for brief automobile journeys – however the employees who know her finest suppose she’d be finest in a quiet, semi-rural home.
Mia is muzzle-trained and is used to carrying her muzzle when she’s walked on the lead however she enjoys time off-lead with out the muzzle on too. Staff consider she’d profit from persevering with to make use of her muzzle in her new home however really feel she might be with out it sooner or later.
Claire added, “She’s such a pretty, friendly dog with so much love to give; I can’t understand why no one is even asking about her. We’ve had no interest in her for well over a year.”
Find out extra about Mia on her online profile or contact the centre by emailing [email protected] or calling 0300 123 0704.
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