7 MONTH OLD MINIATURE POODLE PABLO

LOCATION: DUMBARTON

PLEASE READ PABLO’S BIO CAREFULLY AND ENSURE YOU MEET THE CRITERIA, WHICH ARE BASED ON PABLO’S NEEDS AND ARE NOT NEGOTIABLE, BEFORE APPLYING.

Meet Pablo

Pablo is an absolutely wonderful young pup. At only 7 months old, everything in life is still exciting to him and is just one big adventure. He is incredibly affectionate, loves being involved, loves learning, and loves nothing more than cuddling up with you on the sofa. For such a young pup, he is very laid back and calm.

Pablo at a glance

Age: 7 months
Breed: Miniature poodle (7.5kg/13” to shoulder)
Energy level: High (he’s a puppy!)
Training requirements: Pablo has had very little training. He responds brilliantly to reward based training, which will need to continue. He will need to be kept on lead/a long training lead until 100% confident of his recall
Dog friendly: Pablo is very keen to meet other dogs on walks and will pull on lead to try and get to them. He is still a puppy and he has not had much in the way of socialising, so his current social skill level extends to sniffing bottoms and trying to hump other dogs, which can elicit a telling off and which is to be avoided
Cats: Not tested
Prey Drive: No

Grooming Requirements: High. Daily maintenance to prevent matting and 6-8 weekly professional groom
Crate trained: Yes
Vaccinations/treatments: Up to date
Children: 10+ and calm and sensible around dogs (Pablo has not had any interactions with children)
Ideal home: Someone will need to be at home much of the time (work from home is fine, as long as there is ample time throughout the day for training, rewarding age appropriate walks, fun and companionship, and as long as Pablo can settle in the same room whilst you are working) An active loving family home, where Pablo will be placed firmly at the centre of activities and family life.
Current location: DUMBARTON

PABLO IS A PUPPY AND HE IS NOT YET NEUTERED. HE WILL BE PLACED FOR ADOPTION ON A NEUTERING CONTRACT.

Personality

Pablo is incredibly sweet, gentle, affectionate and playful and is a quick learner who loves to please. He loves nothing more than being close to you (preferably on your lap!) and will settle well after a walk or calming activity. He is a very laid back, calm little puppy!

He will want to join his family on walks, trips, coffee stops, days out, holidays - wherever you are, he’ll want to be too. He thrives on companionship and being at the centre of his family and all you do. He is a very easy dog to have around, so this should be no hardship!

As a puppy, he’s still learning about the world, and you must be patient and kind, and will understand that confidence grows with positive experiences. Pablo has had an unsettling experience with another resident dog in his previous home and it is possible that he will have some residual fear of other unneutered males, and you will need to advocate for him until he has reached full maturity and can be neutered (vet advisory). He will be placed for adoption on a neutering contract.

Ideal Home

Pablo needs a family who will place him at the heart of all they do. You must be fit, active and healthy.

He’d do best in a home:

• With ample time throughout the day for enrichment activities and training/walks, and FUN!

• Where he won’t be left alone (work from home is OK, provided Pablo can settle in the same room whilst you work)

• Where he will be placed firmly at the centre of all you do and is an integral part of your family

• Where he can sleep in the bedroom with you, in his crate

• Happy to continue his training, using only modern reward-based training methods which Pablo responds very well to

• With confident, calm handling

• Possibly another well matched spayed female dog, subject to introductions, although Pablo may be best as an only dog

• Cat free (or careful introductions as Pablo is not cat tested)

• Any children/frequently visiting children aged over 10yo and sensible and respectful of a dog’s needs

• You should have a quiet Christmas and New Year planned at home with not too many visitors

• All resident family members, and any dogs, will be required to meet Pablo in Dumbarton and you should have no holidays or breaks away planned in the next few months, unless you can take Pablo with you

Training

Pablo is food motivated, intelligent, and responds well to positive methods, which makes him a really rewarding dog to work with. Pablo must be kept on lead/a training lead until you are 100% confident of his recall.

Apply

If you’ve been looking for a loving, loyal, devoted family dog to share all your family’s adventures with, Pablo could be a great fit for you. We’re actively looking for his new family now, and applications are reviewed as they come in. Click on the “APPLICATION FORM” button at the bottom of the page to apply.

Adoption fee: £550


T&C
Those who know these dogs will know that doodles are highly sensitive dogs which can easily be sent into a tail spin if subtle signs of anxiety are missed and if resultant behaviours are mishandled. We expect our fosterers and adopters to employ positive, reward based training techniques which these dogs respond well to. We categorically do not support and will not tolerate the use of aversive, punitive training techniques on our dogs; we will take steps to remove any of our dogs should such methods be used. Always seek our advice if unsure about how to approach training – we are here to support you.

Doodle Rescue is run by a small team of volunteers. We regret that we are unable to respond to unsuccessful applicants individually. If your application has been shortlisted to the next stage of our vetting process, or if we require additional information to enable us to fully consider your application, one of our volunteer admin will contact you via Facebook Messenger, by email or by phone/SMS within 3 days of your adoption application form submission. If you do not hear from us within this time frame, regrettably your application has been unsuccessful on this occasion. ! We endeavour to provide sufficient information in each dog’s adoption bio to give an overview of our assessment of the dog and the required criteria (which are non negotiable and based upon the individual needs of the dog) to be considered to adopt the dog, to enable interested parties to assess suitability before submitting an adoption application. We regret that at this early stage of our vetting processes it is not possible for our volunteer admins to respond to requests for further information on a dog available for foster or adoption since – with limited resources and time - we must prioritise finding the right home for the dog and we are grateful for your understanding in this matter. We regret that we are unable to enter into any correspondence with unsuccessful applicants or with those who are considering submitting an application but who have not yet done so. Note: due to GDPR we do not retain unsuccessful applications on our system and a new application will need to be submitted for any other available dogs

Please be aware that our vetting processes are thorough to ensure the welfare of the dogs and by submitting an application you are agreeing to cooperate with our processes, which will include a home check and references, and a pre-foster/pre-adoption meet up and walk with the applied for dog.