Useful Info
Helpful articles and advice from our Behaviour Team
It is a very big decision to foster or adopt a rescue dog. It is definitely worth preparing yourself and your family for the new arrival. Here are some useful articles which you should read in advance:
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You may have heard the expression “decompression” in relation to rescue dogs. It is really important to understand this, particularly if your dog is coming to you from another country. The dog will have been through so much change, and had a long and tiring journey, so you must give them the time and the space to decompress at their own pace. Read more about it in this helpful article:
After all of the work and effort which has gone into rescuing a dog, and bringing the dog to the UK, the worst thing that can happen is for the dog to escape. People continually underestimate the abilities of rescue dogs, and far too many rescue dogs escape, often in the first hours or days at their new home, where everything is strange and frightening for them. Make sure that your dog is not one of these dogs who escape. There are some helpful suggestions in this article:
