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Name: Casper
Sex: Male - neutered Age: 12 months Type: Mixed Size: Medium 15kg fully grown Location: Foster home - Andover SP11 Live with children: Yes - 12 years+ Live with dogs: Yes Live with cats: Yes Special Requirements: Casper is still becoming brave and needs patient home who will continue exposure and consistency to help him become braver. Another dog in the home is preferred. OUR ADOPTION FEE IS £550
Casper is patiently waiting for someone to see him and want to adopt 🙏
Casper is our last lovely sibling to find his family. This little family have been a joy to rescue. From seeing them afraid, untouched, feral. Scared of humans and what we have caused them. Now allowing themselves to trust and find happiness. Casper is such a character, fun, cheeky, walks lovely on the lead, can be off lead. Sociable. Good with dogs and cats. Clean indoors. Can be left. So many wonderful traits. One area all the siblings fear is outside. From confinement in a small kennel to having such freedoms just takes time and consistent exposure. Casper can be scared of loud noises when out but with time and a family to guide him he will get there. Casper does like other dogs in the home and this would be his ideal. A play and snuggle buddy. We would consider an only dog but only if people have experience, time and will invest in socialisation and not allowing him to hide away. Casper has had to move foster homes last week as his current foster had holidays booked. Casper has settled straight away into his new foster, adapting to 2 new dogs and 2 cats and humans and taking it all in his stride. Just proves he will settle well into his forever home. Casper is not the total confident dog we know he will be but with continued exposure, time and patience he will get there. Casper is a joy to have in the home, very easy, likes his walks, eating and sleeping. Clean indoors and not destructive, he likes to chatter and talk to his foster family, very cute and such a character. Casper is fully vaccinated, microchipped and neutered. Our foster home has provided the feedback below: Dog's Name: Casper Where does Casper sleep at night? He sleeps downstairs with my other dogs and cat. Settles well and we hear nothing from him all night. How is Casper with current dogs/animals? He loves being around my dogs as I think they offer him comfort and reassurance. He likes to play with them and share/steal their toys. He plays in short bursts and is very polite. Casper avoids the grumpy old dog and reads the signs well. He is very respectful of my confident cat and pretends he’s not here. A little more interested in the chickens though! Is Casper clean indoors? Casper has been clean from Day1. He can hold it for a very long time and likes to go to a private spot to do his business. If the weather is bad he will go straight out do what he needs and comes straight back in. Can Casper be left alone? Yes, he has been left regularly after his walk for upto 3 hours with all my dogs and with just one. He seems to just settle and sleep. Is Casper out on walks? He enjoys his regular walk in a familiar place across fields. His tail is up and loves a sniff. Wants to go off with my dogs but also happy to sniff around on his own. If going to a different location he is more hesitant and likes to stay close. He is easily spooked by unfamiliar noises but then recovers well. There is some work to be done with passing and meeting people and some sudden noises. He would rather keep his distance. He is fine with traffic in the main but big lorries can be scary. He is scared of new people and would try and increase his distance from them to feel safer but if off lead he will not run from them just stand further away. He doesn’t like to stop and chat and would rather keep moving. How does Casper walk on the lead? He walks beautifully on a lead and you keep having to check he’s still there. No pulling, head up and tail up. He will walk alongside you and scuffs your leg occasionally to “check in” If using a harness he can pull a little more as we use this with a long line for more freedom. Has Casper met with other dogs? Yes he’s met a lot of dogs and he’s very polite and well adjusted and dogs seem to like him. He encourages play from some and then seems to ignore his fears of the people with them. He plays so well and gently and knows when to walk away. He steers clear of big bouncy boisterous rude dogs. How is Casper with humans? With people he knows he is cheeky, playful, chatty and hugely endearing. He makes us laugh daily. Casper has only known us for only 5 weeks and he is very different from when he arrived. With people he knows he is sweet and cuddly. He treats visitors with suspicion and likes to keep his distance and observe. He soon warms to regular people. Out of the house he is suspicious of new people and will try and get some distance. He switches on to voices and this seems to make him wary. We are building up his exposure to people but will take time. For him it’s just a lack of trust and the unknown but in time that will build. Have you noticed that Casper is afraid of any particular things? He’s has less fears with the more exposure he has. Some machine or mechanical noises outside but we are getting much better. He is fine with the hoover and kitchen items. Sudden noises will spook him. People are his main fear but with regular contact and fuss his fears are diminishing. He loves food and tickles so he is slowly learning this comes from the people. He is very affectionate when he knows you and will come up for cuddles and fuss. Any other useful information? Casper will need a calm environment to begin with and a build up of regular noises and visitors. He will blossom with slow steps as he is a very playful boy and a real character. With each day we see him get bolder. He plays with toys and chews and happy to interact with us his foster people. He is happy to go to the garden alone and explore and happily come to get ready for his walks. When he’s out he enjoys his walks and sniffing around. He is a hound and likes nothing more than to sniff the bushes and hedgerows. He can sometimes be startled by something outside but with a little reassurance he soon calms and is becoming braver by the week. He may initially try to keep his distance from visitors but with forced love and fuss he soon relaxes and I’m sure in the not too distant future this will become more normal for him. He doesn’t travel in the car very well at the moment so short distances and build up., with regular fun times he will get over this I have no doubt. It would be easier to protect him from his fears but with little introductions daily it will help him balanced with not overwhelming him. He loves a routine and will remind you when it’s food time. What kind of home do you think would be suitable? A family who will be patient with him and not let him give in to his fears. He has a cheeky side which we are beginning to see and he’s so funny and slightly clumsy. The more time he spends with people the more he starts to relax. A busy loud household may set him back so no young children but older respectful children who will let him grow would work well as we think he has a playful side. We think he will be a great fun and loyal companion and such an easy boy. He has few demands if he gets a walk, food and fuss he is very content to curl up and sleep. 10/03 |
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