Toast

Toast's ideal home

Meet our beautiful Toast, an 8-month old Crossbreed looking for his forever home. Toast is very under-socialised and under-confident, so would need an incredibly patient home to help him build his confidence up and become the best boy we know he can be. He would be able to live with a resident dog in the home, as long as they are calm and patient. He has only spent time around his brothers and sisters, so he is often unsure on how to approach new dogs.
Any children in the home would need to be 14+ due to his worried nature and able to give him the space that he requires. Any visitors that come to the house would need to go very slow, and allow him to approach in his own time.
Being a young lad, he has a lot of potential but this will take time to build up in a new environment. We don't think he has been left on his own without his siblings, so this would need building up as well.
Toast has missed out on some training in his first few months, so would need support with house-training and walking on a lead as he has never done this before.
Toast is one of the more anxious and fearful of his siblings, and doesn't really trust people yet, He will often run away if you try to touch him, so it is necessary that any potential adopters understand that he needs time and not to rush him.
Toast gets overwhelmed in new areas, but will explore. He has also struggled a lot with restraint and formal handling in a veterinary setting due to not wanting to be handled by strangers, so has been muzzled as a precaution.
Any potential adopters would need to be aware that this is a little dog that will need lots of confidence building and time to build that bond. He will soon become the amazing companion and will make his people incredibly proud.

Could you be Toast's perfect match?

Toast is a sweet thing, with bags of potential. He will need a quiet home where there isn't a lot of comings and goings initially, as he needs time to settle into a new home at his own pace. Toast is a mix of very intelligent breeds - collie, spaniel and GSD so will pick up any training very quickly once he is feeling a bit braver.
He will need continued support with his social skills out and about, lead walking and house-training. He needs committed, understanding owners that are willing to give him the time he needs.
Toast loves his food and has shown no signs of guarding - he shares very nicely with all of his siblings. He does not yet play with any toys, but we hope with confidence, he will show some interest.
We really want to see Toast in his forever home, building a bond with his owners and becoming the brave boy we know he can be.