Winston
9 years • Male • Cocker Spaniel
There are 9 calm dogs looking for a new home in Derbyshire right now, listed by Just For Dogs, Ashbourne Animal Welfare and Chesterfield Animal Rescue. Calm dogs here are dogs their rescue describes as low energy.
By listed age: 5 adults and 4 older dogs. By size, as the rescues list them: 1 small, 4 medium and 3 large.
Each profile links to the rescue, who will talk you through their adoption process and fee.
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9 years • Male • Cocker Spaniel
7 years • Female • Crossbreed
6 years • Female • American Bulldog
11 years • Male • Siberian Husky/Staffordshire Bull Terrier
9 calm dogs are listed in or around Derbyshire today, with 3 rescues. By age: 5 adult dogs and 4 older dogs. 6 are male and 3 female. The newest was added on 13 November 2026.
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Not everyone wants a dog that needs two hours of exercise a day. Calm, low-energy dogs are happy with a couple of walks and a long nap, which makes them a good fit for flats, quieter households, less active owners and busy routines. This page gathers the dogs listed with rescues in and around Derbyshire that their rescue describes as low energy.
Energy level is one of the biggest predictors of whether a dog fits your life, more than breed or size, and a mellow large dog can be calmer than a wound-up small one. The rescue or foster home can tell you a specific dog's real energy, since a dog in kennels rarely shows its everyday self.
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As of 14 November 2026, Just For Dogs (at Brailsford): 6, Ashbourne Animal Welfare (at Ashbourne): 2 and Chesterfield Animal Rescue (at Dronfield): 1. By age, that is 5 adult dogs and 4 older dogs. The newest was added on 13 November 2026. Each profile links to the rescue, which handles the adoption.
No. Rescues rehome calm dogs for an adoption fee rather than selling them, so be wary of any advert that asks for a deposit before you have met the dog. In Derbyshire today, calm dogs are listed by Just For Dogs (at Brailsford), Ashbourne Animal Welfare (at Ashbourne) and Chesterfield Animal Rescue (at Dronfield). Just For Dogs asks normally about £400, Ashbourne Animal Welfare £275 for an adult dog and Chesterfield Animal Rescue £450 for an adult dog.
Usually not from a rescue: each asks an adoption fee towards neutering, microchipping and vaccinations, and a "free to a good home" advert is a private one with no rescue checks behind it. Of the rescues listing calm dogs in Derbyshire today, the published fees run from £275 at Ashbourne Animal Welfare to £450 at Chesterfield Animal Rescue. Every one of those is under £500.
As of 14 November 2026, the calm dogs listed in Derbyshire are with 3 rescues, named in the answer on which rescues have them. The nearest to Derbyshire is Just For Dogs at Brailsford. You can also see calm dogs across England. To see what is closest to you, search by postcode with the pet finder on our home page. To hear when one is listed, set up an email alert on this page.
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