Adopt Skye

Mixed Breed · Female · Young · 1 year

Skye has come to LL as her owner was moving and couldn't take her with them. She's a year old and has been spayed and vacinated. She seems perfectly fit and healthy apart from the fact she's deaf. This is quite common with mostly white collie x's. She's about 23-24 ins tts and weighed 22kg at the vets. She knows a few hand signals, such as a hand gesture for "sit" but would really benefit from being in a foster / home and learning more 1:1 as it's really difficult to do in a kennel situation. She's friendly with most dogs, has met (and temporarily stayed with 7) cats and seemed intrigued about them but we can't say she's cat FRIENDLY, and is fine with kids but she is very boisterous and will jump up at people. She does suffer from SA inasmuch as she doesn't know where you've gone and can't have a radio on to calm her as she can't hear it. This can be helped by using visual signals in a home environment, but realistically she'd be better with someone around most of the time. She will bark if you're out of her sight and obviously you can't tell her to quieten down as she can't hear you. If you back so she can see you, you're basically reinforcing the barking as it's made you come back- so this needs working on! She seems to travel OK, but was crated. Her on lead walking needs a bit of finessing as she wanders a bit, but she doesn't pull much. Off lead exercise would need to be in a very secure, but not too big, place so she can see recall signals and not panic if you're out of her sight. This is possibly a situation where a vibrating electric collar (NOT a shock collar) might be of use as a training aid as well as toys/ treats and positive rewards as she can't hear your praise or a clicker. If you'd like to offer Skye a home, please fill in our online pre-adoption questionnaire : She is currently in West Yorkshire.

Listed 2 weeks ago