Bella

I'd like a quiet, adult-only home to help me relax and feel safe. I need a doggy friend in my new home. I haven’t met cats so I’m unsure. I will need a secure garden with minimum 6ft fencing. I walk well on harness but I can be spooked. Let's take it slow! Please be patient with me, I need to learn house training and lead walking. I've started my vaccinations and will be spayed before adoption. Bella is a frightened little girl who has come into our care from a breeder in search of a new start. She has now been with us for over a month and, although she is still very shut down, we have started to see some lovely little breakthroughs. She will not yet approach us for fuss and still does her best to keep her distance, but she is slowly beginning to show us what she is capable of. We are incredibly proud of the progress Bella has made with her harness training. To our surprise, she is doing much better than we initially expected! She now walks well to and from the yard and has even started venturing down to our big play yard, which involves walking along the road. She can still become spooked at times, so her adopters will need to be patient and understand that she is not yet ready for busy places or lots of new experiences. She will need to continue building her confidence at her own pace. Once in the big yard, Bella is starting to run around more freely and enjoy spending time with the other dogs. When it is time to leave, she will follow us towards the gate before finding her safe corner and allowing us to put her lead on. These may seem like small things, but they are wonderful steps forward for such a frightened girl. At the moment, Bella is finding comfort in the company of her kennel friends, and we feel it would be best for her to be rehomed with another kind and confident dog for support and companionship. We will continue to assess her confidence while she is with us, but for now, we feel having a canine friend to help her feel safe will be important. As Bella has never lived in a home before, she will need to learn all about house training and the other basics of home life. Although her harness training is progressing well, her new family will need to continue this gently and patiently. She will need an adult-only home with adopters who have experience with ex-breeding dogs and understand that building trust with her will take time. She is not yet ready to seek affection, so her family must be happy to let her settle at her own pace without expecting too much of her too soon. Due to her nervous nature, Bella will need a very secure garden with 6ft fencing to keep her safe. Bella is a worried little soul, and she still has a long way to go, but we are so proud of the progress she has made already. Seeing her begin to explore the big yard, enjoy time with other dogs and take those first steps on her harness gives us hope for her future. We desperately hope someone will take a chance on this special girl and offer her the quiet, patient home she needs to feel safe and discover the life she deserves. Bella has a travel document. Bella has been given the Gift of Life by Olivia Coles