Tishka (Was Tressy) - Female Golden Retriever

27-05-2024 Tishka is a wonderful very sweet girl who has been returned to us as she has not been getting along with the resident dog. Originally she came from a breeder to find her forever home and was adopted in 2021. Tishka is a very sweet girl who has greatly improved from the terrified dog she originally arrived at the rescue as but still needs a very calm, mindful home that can help Tishka continue to improve and progress especially with all of the recent change she has experienced. Tishka is a very sweet girl once settled and knows the routine of the home, she gets excited to go outside and loves going for walks in calm areas. She enjoys a fuss for a short while and is easy to handle and brush. Tishka is looking for a calm adult only home which is quite quiet without lots of visitors where she can settle into the routine and with an adopter who has experience of ex-breeding dogs. Although most scared ex-breeding dogs need another dog in their home, Tishka isn't keen on sharing her space with other dogs and so would be looking for a home as an only dog. She would like to meet other dogs regularly for socialisation though. Tishka is still quite reserved around people and can shy away especially with noises, adopters will have to earn her trust and love through gentleness and positive reinforcement, she has barked at visitors in the past when they go into the garden. Tishka can be more wary of men (especially with loud voices and large stature) so adopters will need to be mindful of this and set her up for success. Tishka enjoys lots of enrichment in a day and loves going to secure fields although can be easily spooked especially with traffic passing so Tishka would thrive more so in a rural home or with lots of rural areas to walk in. She can be strong on the lead so adopters will need to be prepared for this. She can be a flight risk and can bolt through an open door so will need a secure home. Tishka is for the most part housetrained but we've been told this is very reliant on the areas in which she can sleep in overnight - somewhere she is comfortable, is very quiet and secure. Tishka has had polyps removed from her colon during her original stay at the rescue and then again whilst adopted in the early years. She is now doing very well but does have a small drops of blood visible on occasion when she poo's, this is acceptable currently but will need to be monitored. Keeping her diet such that she does not pass hard faeces really helps her with this.