Nellie is an almost one year old staffie female who came from a private home. She is a traditional female staffie and currently weighs 16.1 kilos.

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Please be aware that we fully expect a high volume of enquiries for this dog.

 

The sort of home we are looking for

• No cats

• Could possibly live with a dog, though she is very playful so would suit a similar temperament

• No children under the age of 5 years

• Access to her own private and secure garden

• Not left alone for more than 4 hours at a time

 

Handling

A very friendly and affectionate young dog. Very easy for us to fit with one of our temporary harnesses. Very happy meeting new people, no fear, aggression or dominance shown in any of our encounters or activities with her.

 

Walks

A happy and inquisitive dog to walk. Dogs she has seen on walks she has barely acknowledged so far. Happy to do her toilet business on walks. Tends to walk at the leads length rather than actually pulling.

 

Play

As you would expect for pup, she will play with pretty much anything and is more than happy to keep herself entertained. Will chase toys thrown, enjoys snuffling for treats and figured out the rolled up towel in seconds. She still has very sharp little teeth, so care needs to be taken during play. No issues presented when we tidied toys up.

 

Health

Appears in very good health, a little thinner but this may have lost some weight after her surgery a few months ago after she swallowed a rope toy. She just needs to add a kilo or two of muscle. She is vaccinated until July 2026 and microchipped. We feed Nellie a grain free diet. Nellie saw our vet on 18 March 2026, and there were no concerns from the vet.

 

 

The adoption contribution for Nellie is £325.00.

 

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

 

Further information provided by the previous owner

• House trained, but has had an occasional accident

• Lived with another dog (her mother, who had rejected her). The other dog did not tolerate Nellie, and they had to be kept separate.

• Good to meet other dogs but may be too playful for some dogs, so careful introductions recommended with the right dogs

• Will chase cats

• In good health. She did have to have an operation in January after she swallowed a rope toy.

• Lived with children from ages 5 to 12 years. Fine with children, she just jumps up at them. She does not nip, and there is no mouthing.

• May pull on the lead but not hard.

• Normally travels on the backseat of the car. Not travel sick, longest journey 1 hour and 10 minutes.

• Never shown aggression or dominance to people or animals.

• Currently fed a dry kibble of salmon flavour. The owner avoided chicken purely because Nellie’s mother was intolerant of it.

• Loves vegetables such as broccoli, carrots, potatoes.