Peaches arrived for rehoming on 10th November 2026. She came to us as a frightened little stray, very nervous of new surroundings, new people, and as we have found on walks the wider world in general.

 

We are estimating her age to be no older than 12 months, but possibly younger. We will also get the opinion of our vet. She is a crossbreed of medium height and currently weighs just 14.9 kilos, and may end up closer to 20kg. She will likely need training in her new home.

 

We are looking for the following type of home for Peaches

• No cats in the home

• May consider another calm, neutered dog

• No children under the age of 14 years, can consider as young as 12 if experienced and calm around dogs

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

• No cages/crates in the home

• Access to the sofa for cuddles

 

Things to consider

• As we have limited history for her, we do not know if she is house trained, and she has given some indication that she may have been excessively caged in the home as she has messed on her bed. However, she is proving to be clean most of the time in her kennel, but house training may be required.

• We do not know if she is used to being left alone, and you may have to train her to get her used to being left, up to a maximum of four hours.

 

Handling

A very nervous dog when she arrived, but she has shown no aggression towards anyone she has met. As everything appears to be new for her, we are looking for a calm home, with no young children, and if another dog is resident it should be a calm dog, and must be neutered.

 

She is very responsive to treats and has picked up “sit” reasonably well in just a few days. She will need a calm, patient and experienced owner who will need to help get comfortable with the wider world, socialised with more people and dogs and ideally take her to training classes.

 

Despite her nervousness she was very easy for us to fit her with a new collar, and one of our temporary harnesses.

 

Walks

We are limiting her to several short walks each day to get her used to both her handlers, and her new surroundings. Every sight and sound appears quite new to her, but being very treat motivated she is easy to get going and keep going. Occasionally loud noises may startle her.

 

Play

On arrival she was a bit of unsure of play but she has since really started to get involved with it. Snuffling is particularly popular, as she enjoys hunting out the treats. She has also started playing with balls and enjoys squeaky toys as well.

 

Health

Peaches arrived very underweight, with her ribs visible. Otherwise, she appears in good health. She will see our vet to be microchipped, and have her first restart vaccinations and get an estimate of her age.

 

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).