3Benjamin's ideal home Ready to find his forever home is Benjamin! He’d love to be welcomed into an active family who are passionate about dog training. He’s a smart cookie so keeping his mind active is just as important as his physical needs. A home with a garden will be ideal for lots of fun activities. Benjamin is full of beans and struggle to express this in appropriate
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Rescue Centre / Charity • Sadberge, Co Durham (4mi)
5Levi's ideal home Levi would love for his family to be passionate about dog training and help him out with some of his training skills. He’ll need the basics such as time alone built up and house training. But he would also like to work on his distance work around traffic as he can react to this. Quieter walking routes where he can explore and sniff at ease on the lead will
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Rescue Centre / Charity • Sadberge, Co Durham (4mi)
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