Lovely, cuddly Storm arrived for rehoming on 19th August 2026. She is a rather plump 4 year old Staffordshire bull terrier, who has done exceptionally well recently losing 10 kilos! She is now 27 kilos, and may lose a couple more kilos.

 

Storm has a very easy-going, friendly nature, and naturally given her size she is very treat-motivated.

 

The sort of home for Storm

• No dogs currently in the home

• No cats in the home

• No children under the age of 8 years

• Access to her own private and secure garden (not shared or communal)

• Not left for more than 4 hours

• No cages/crates in the home

 

Handling

A very friendly, easy-going dog, happy to meet us on arrival, and no issues fitting her with a new collar and one of our temporary harnesses. Very treat driven, and easier to handle because of it. The minimum age for children is 8 years because of her size, but nothing to do with her personality as she has been beautifully behaved during her time with us.

 

Storm’s original owner unfortunately became ill, and the local authority involved provided boarding kennels care for Storm. Sadly Storm’s owner had to relinquish ownership, and this is how she came to us.

 

Walks

All of our volunteers have remarked how good she has been on walks. Marginal pulling to sniff things, no bad reactions to dogs, happy to toilet out and about, not bothered by traffic.

 

She is having two 30 minute walks each day, and this is probably her limit at the moment, but we imagine in time as she continues to get fitter, stronger, and loses weight that she may be able to go longer in the future.

 

Play

Storm loves to play, and will play with a variety of toys including balls, soft toys, tug toys. She will destroy softer toys, which she clearly enjoys. Not so keen on giving toys back, but does so when treats are offered.

 

Health

Storm came to us from a private boarding kennels where she had been cared for for over 5 months, and where they successfully brought her weight down from 37 kilos to 27 kilos. She appears in good health, and is vaccinated for L4 and DHP and already neutered and microchopped. She will see our vet on 21st August for a check-up and her Kennel Cough vaccine.

 

Viewings

During very hot weather, viewings (which have to involve a dog walk) may be suspended or arranged only for early mornings.

 

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Please be aware that the profiles of new dogs can change as we get to know about the dogs the longer, they stay with us.

 

The adoption contribution is £250.00.

 

If you adopt a dog from Happy Staffie Rescue you could be entitled to five weeks free pet insurance through Agria (terms and conditions apply)

 

Further information

During her time in private boarding kennels she spent most of her time living with on-site kennel staff and they were able to give us very useful information about what she is like in a home environment.

• House trained

• Used to being left 2 hours at a time

• When left tends to have run of the living room, usually sleeps on the sofa, never destructive

• At night may sleep on sofa or ‘owners’ bed

• Not caged

• Never bitten an animal or person

• Never shown aggression

• Never shown dominance

• Will chase birds, probably small animals and definitely cats

• Never lived with a dog

• Never lived with a cat

• Never lived with children, but at kennels has been around children as young as 14 years

• Great traveller, journey to Happy Staffie Rescue was 4 hours with stops, no sickness, a good, quiet passenger

• Will eat any food

• No food intolerances and no food she doesn’t like