Day 24 in the Big Brother house and... Sorry wrong channel! Although Doggo TV sounds like a great idea. We're almost a quarter of the way into the 100 Days with 100 Dogs series, and today we have a familial connection with Kerrie, who featured two days ago.
Lily is a 6 year old female, black and tan, short coated German Shepherd. She came in to Welfare as a cruelty case from the RSPCA with her mum (her mum is Kerrie, who we met two days ago in the series). When she arrived, she was absolutely terrified.
Since the she's received behaviour adjustment training, and has been allowed to progress at a pace that suits her. There are very rarely any quick fixes with behaviour adjustment - no matter what an advert on Facebook might claim. The oldert, more authoritarian techniques could mask some behaviours if you were brutal enough, although it would never remove them, the dog would respond by hiding the problem deeper.
Sadly such trainers still exist, and so it is important to discuss the methods with any trainer or behaviorist that you intend to use.
For Lily we used patience, and positive reinforcement, as she slowly explores her new surroundings. Everything proceeds at her pace and we are thrilled with her progress. Lily will need many visits from her prospective adopter to build a bond with them. She will be best suited as an only pet in a child free, quiet home where she can continue to blossom.
Lily is currently located in Holbeach, South Lincs.
If you think you can provide the calm and loving home Lily needs then please complete the Adoption Query form page - - http://www.gsdwelfarefund.co.uk/adopting-a-german-shepherd/
You'll find other dogs looking for homes on our website here - http://www.gsdwelfarefund.co.uk/dogslist/ and in our Facebook Adoption group - https://www.facebook.com/groups/gsdwfadoptions
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