I need a quiet, child-free home where I won’t be overwhelmed.
I need a resident dog to help me feel safe. I've never met cats so I'm unsure!
I’m frightened and will need a secure home and a garden to learn about being outside.
I am too scared to go out for walks right now but my foster parents are helping me!
I am almost house trained however I'm very unsure about the lead training.
I have been treated for an ear infection.
Fancy Pants is a 3-year-old female small miniature poodle who came to us from a breeder and is now being fostered in a quiet home where she’s been learning what it means to feel safe and loved. She had never lived in a home before and was very shut down when she first arrived, terrified of hands, shaking in fear, and seeking only the company of other dogs. But after five months in a calm and patient foster home, this precious girl has made beautiful progress in her own quiet way.
While Fancy Pants is still hand-shy and will run away if you try to stroke her, she has developed a morning routine with her fosterer that shows just how far she has come. Each day, she climbs up onto the bed, gives an affectionate nose-to-nose "Eskimo kiss," and curls up to rest her head gently on her foster mum. It’s a quiet, tender moment that shows how much she wants to trust, even if human touch still scares her.
Fancy Pants loves spending time with other dogs and must be rehomed with at least one kind, confident resident dog. She draws huge comfort from canine companionship and will snuggle up to them indoors and follow them closely in the garden and secure fields. She’s started to enjoy outings to enclosed areas, and although she’s still frightened by the feel of a lead, she’s wearing her harness and learning at her own pace. The moment she's ready for that next step, her fosterer will be right there beside her, cheering her on.
She travels well in the car, sleeps soundly through the night, and is nearly there with her house training. She enjoys her food and will take treats from your hand when she’s feeling brave.
Fancy Pants will need a very experienced, adult-only home with people who understand just how much time, patience, and quiet encouragement she’ll need. She is a flight risk, so a completely secure garden and extra care during transitions will be essential. Her adopters will also need to continue her gentle desensitisation to handling, grooming, and eventually lead walking.
This sweet little girl may never be the kind of dog who seeks out cuddles or enjoys lots of handling, but in the right home, she will reward your patience with soft, honest moments of trust and joy, like her happy waggy tail when she's playing in the garden, or the quiet comfort of her head resting on your lap. Fancy Pants is doing her very best to be brave. She just needs someone to believe in her and walk beside her for every small, wonderful step.
Our lovely Fancy-Pants has reached a huge milestone, she’s had her first full groom and nail clip without any sedation! This is such a big step for her, and we couldn’t be prouder of how brave she was.
At first, she needed a little reassurance and cuddled in my arms, but before long, she was standing on the grooming table all by herself. Now she’s summer-ready, looking absolutely beautiful, and feeling even more confident.
Well done, Fancy-Pants, what a star you are!
Fancy Pants has been in foster 5 months now and has settled into our routine lovely. She is still unwilling to be stroked and will run away if you try, but it's much easier to pick her up now and she settles in your arms. She's more than happy to walk all over me when I'm in bed, as long as she doesn't see my hands, give me a kiss on the nose and curl up next to me with her head resting on me. She really enjoys running around in the garden/secure fields but sticks close to one of my dogs for security and comfort. She's been wearing a harness successfully but is still scared when you put tension on a lead, so we're taking it at her pace. She sleeps through the night without a peep, enjoys a car journey and is nearly there with house training. Fancy Pants is such a sweet girl, who is trying very hard to be brave. She just needs someone with the time and patience to work at her speed and gain her trust. In return you'll have the immense joy at seeing her goofing around with a happy waggy tail.
Fancy Pants is growing in confidence and enjoying her days out in the secure field. She comes back into her crate when it's time to leave. Her next big challenge will be learning to walk on the lead but she continues to surprise me so I'm sure with time and patience she'll conquer that too.
Fancy Pants has been in foster 4 months now and has settled into our routine lovely. She is still a scared and hand shy girl but is getting closer all the time. She's more than happy to walk all over me when I'm in bed, as long as she doesn't see my hands, give me a kiss on the nose and curl up next to me with her head resting on me. Downstairs she's not so confident but is making regular small steps forward. She's still scared about being picked up but it's much easier now and she settles in your arms. She really enjoys running around in the garden but sticks close to one of my dogs for security and comfort. Fancy Pants is such a sweet girl, who is trying very hard to be brave. She just needs someone with the time and patience to work at her speed and gain her trust.
Fancy Pants has been in foster with me for 3 months now. If you've followed her journey, you'll now how scared she is of human touch. She still is, but is trying so hard to be brave and we have a new morning routine. She literally walks up me as I'm lying in bed and gives me an "Eskimo kiss" and then when she's checked I'm still breathing curls up next to me, often lying on top of me. This is such a massive step for her to be so close to me. She still isn't ready for a stroke and will back away when she sees my hands but to have her choose to get so close is such a breakthrough for her. Could you help her continue her journey, she is so worth it.
Fancy Pants is looking for her forever home. She has been in foster for 6 weeks now and is slowly learning to trust me and show her fun, happy personality. She's still not keen on human touch but she's making small steps each day, which is such a delight to see. She sleeps through the night, travels well in the car, is nearly there with house training but still needs to learn to walk on a lead and harness. I feel she trusts me enough now to start practicing in the garden but we're taking things at her pace so as not to scare her. Do you have the time and patience to help this little girl continue her journey?
Fancy Pants has been on foster now just over a month and is certainly coming out of her shell. She has the most happy, waggy tail and seems so much more relaxed now. She's nearly cracked house training, with just a few accidents but nearly always on a puppy pad at the backdoor. She's been coming to our local park in her crate, so she can watch what's going on and also a dog cafe so she gets used to new sights and sounds, whilst still having the security of her crate. The next big step is harness and lead training. She's been wearing a snuggle coat to get used to the sensation of something on her so we're going to switch up to a soft fabric harness next and when she's comfortable in that, her escape proof harness. Taking things slow and steady is definitely the plan. She still doesn't like being picked up and runs away and tries to hide, and won't accept a stroke but she's getting more confident and is laying across my legs in bed and will happily check out your fingers for a treat. If you have the time, patience and love to help her on her journey, please take a chance on this lovely little girl.
Fancy Pants came into the rescue in March from a breeder. She was a very scared girl and her kennel mums have worked with her daily to show her human hands can be kind. She would shake in fear and do everything to avoid them.
Slowly, as she got used to the same faces, she allowed them to pick her up, give her a little trim and then a bath, which was a massive step for her.
Fancy Pants loves her food and once she trusts you will take food from your hand. She loves her doggy pals and doing zoomies in the play area but was struggling in the noisy kennel environment.
Fast forward to 15 November, and Fancy Pants came into foster with me. Despite the huge change for her, she has started to rest and relax. Don't get me wrong, she is still a scared, nervous little girl but she is already showing small signs she is learning to trust me.
We have a routine when I need to pick her up so it's not a surprise to her. She settles in my arms and accepts a small stroke and cuddle. She sleeps through the night and shares her food and toys with her doggy pals. She was brave enough yesterday to sit next to me on the sofa for a few seconds, which was a massive step for her.
Fancy Pants needs experienced adopters with the time and patience to guide her through her journey. She may never be 100% comfortable with human touch. She also needs a kind resident dog as she will learn from them. She's not at the stage of lead walking yet and the outside world will be too overwhelming for her, so for the moment we are concentrating on building our relationship indoors and in the garden. The priority is to make her feel safe and secure. Could you be the one to help Fancy-pants continue her journey?
Fancy Pants has had quite a busy few weeks since my last update and has tackled quite a few new challenges! First of all, she had a bath!!! Probably for the first time in her life. I wasn’t expecting great things, I’ll be honest. She’s still quite wriggly when I need to handle her so I really wasn’t sure how well she’d cope in the actual bath itself. To ease her into it, I held her in my arms for the first 5 minutes or so and showered her very gently. I got soaked too, but it’s fine (haha)! Once I could tell she had relaxed a bit, I popped her into the bath but kept hold of her so she still felt safe. I did this through the whole thing and she actually did a really good job. I was able to shampoo her all over and rinse it off. I then wrapped her in a towel and took her over to the grooming table so I could try her off. I used the towel to get most of the water off and only used the hair dryer for about 5 minutes because I didn’t want to overdo it with her. This is where she surprised me the most because not only did she allow the hair dryer on her, she also let me brush her at the same time! I know this is a very ‘normal’ thing for most dogs, but Fancy Pants is not most dogs. I was SO proud of her!!! Secondly, I’ve started putting a harness on her every morning and taking it off in the evenings, just so she can get used to wearing one. I think we’re a long way off attaching a lead yet, but that’s okay. Wearing a harness with no fuss throughout the day is the first step, and as long as we’re moving in the right direction that’s fine with me. I’ll keep you all updated on any more life events … Wish us luck with the harness training!
Fancy Pants has been with us at the rescue for almost 3 weeks now, and will still shake in fear at the sight of a human. We are working everyday to try and build her trust with us humans, but whatever has happened in her past is sadly taking over her at the moment. For a dog like Fancy Pants, the kennel environment is really not a good place. As comfortable and lovely we try and make her surroundings, the constant sound of barking, gates opening and closing, and all the hustle and bustle of daily rescue life continues to spook her - so the sooner we get her into a home, the sooner she can stop living in fear. This precious soul doesn’t deserve to have to sit in the back of a kennel all day long, hiding behind her basket. A calm, child-free home is a MUST for Fancy Pants, as well as a caring, patient, supportive and experienced family who will adopt this dog with the full understanding that this will be no quick fix. Building this beautiful little dogs trust will take a lot of time and patience, but the reward and fulfilment you will get at the end of it will be tenfold and truly truly worth it.
Fancy Pants is a very scared girl who has come to us from a breeder and is very worried about being touched and handled. She needs an adult only and very experienced home who have had scared dogs before and understand how to work with Fancy Pants to overcome her fears. She breaks your heart as there is nothing but worry in her eyes at the moment and she cuddles up to her kennel friends under the heat lumps for comfort. She will allow us to pick her up if we go slowly but she is very unsure and not used to hands being kind.
Fnacy Pants needs a home where she will be given the time she needs to feel safe. She is a flight risk so will need a very secure garden and home and there must be at least one other confident dog to help her and who will allow her to cuddle up with them for comfort and support if she wants to. She has never been in a home so this is going to be completely overwhelming at first and she will need owners with endless time and patience to help her learn about house training etc. At first the garden may be as scary and the inside of the home so getting in the garden and then back in the home could take time.
Fancy Pants has no idea about lead walking and this is something her new owners will need to work on once they have gained her trust. They will need to start practising in the garden and then progress outside in quiet areas and the importance of double leading her cannot be stressed enough. In time and with owners who really understand her needs Fancy Pants will slowly start to flourish and become the happy girl she should have always been.
She has had one tooth removed at the time of her spay and she is also currently being treated for an ear infection.
This dog can be homed with a resident dog.