Sizzle

 This is not a post I wanted to have to write, but unfortunately I need to. Sizzle came to me, in November '23 from a wonderful breeder in Denmark and her mother belongs to a very good friend. I had hoped she would be a good fit in our household but it hasn't worked out that way.

Whilst she is a lovely girl in very many respects, she is just too big and full on for my girls. In the last couple of months Tiffany has become withdrawn on her walks and both Cash and Florin are grumbly towards her, simply because if they run she takes it as a game invitation and gives it her all, which due to her size and enthusiasm results in them being constantly sideswiped. Eliza and Voodoo cope with her and will have a run with her but that is as far as it goes. Whoopi spends most of our walks next to me. It just isn't fair on them. By contrast a friends GSD is the prefect playmate for her and they have the best time together.

I am now looking to find her a new family, ideally this family will offer her a place where her enthusiasm and energy can be challenged with some form of dog sport (agility/gundog/hoopers/scentwork etc) or an active outdoorsy family who do good countryside walks and can combine them with a bit of low key training at the same time. She has a low arousal threshold and finds it hard to contain herself in a multi dog environment so I feel she needs to be an only dog.

When she came to me Sizzle couldn't cope with meeting people/dogs on a walk, she would race up to all of them, barking. I have worked really hard on this and she has now reached a point where she never runs up to or barks at people, including cyclists/joggers, and she now approaches most dogs in a fairly acceptable manner (she is still quite direct but approaches most at no more than a trot and doesn't bark). This is something that needs further work, but taking into account the progress she has made I see her social skills are there and she is learning to control herself and I would obviously talk this through in more detail with anyone who is interested in her.

She is being homed as a pet only and there will be a contract to this effect. She will be 1 year old in July.