Iris

Iris is a sweet girl who came to us in 2023 via another rescue. She is originally from Cyprus, and came over to the UK in September of 2022, and has been in kennels since. She is a big girl - her recent weight is 46kg. She is a very sweet girl who loves people and being with you, but is also quite happy to go off and do her own thing. Iris is a sensitive girl who can get spooked by sudden movements and they can cause her to flinch and cower away submissively. She will need a calm and gentle home where she can learn to trust and to be confident in new situations. It has been years since she has lived in a home environment - if she ever did in Cyprus, during her stay with us she did go to a home on a trial and was there for a month but this unfortunately didn't work out. When she first went to this home she was too scared to come inside from the garden but gradually gained confidence with this. Typical of her breed she can be vocal at times and will suit a home in a quiet area. Iris' ideal home would have a large secure garden for her to potter around in as she does enjoy chilling outside. Iris is not dog friendly and despite us trying to work with her during her stay with us she can be very reactive to dogs here on site and also has been in her previous placements, and due to her size she is very strong on the lead when she does react so would need owners that are physically capable of handling her strength and are used to strong big dogs. We have trained her to walk on a gen-con headcollar which helps to manage her strength. Iris will walk past some dogs with no reaction but can take you by surprise as there is no known pattern of which dogs she will or won't react to. Iris is a chilled and laidback girl who will not need walking every single day, she will require quiet areas for exercise and will benefit from going to secure off lead areas to have a good run every now and them. She could potentially live with older teenagers who are calm and understand to take things at her pace. She is a lovely girl with the best run in the paddock when she gets zoomies and loves to chase a tennis ball! Iris is a really lovely girl who will thrive in the right home.