Donna’s Dog walking services

02/09/2026

THIS IS NOW EXTREMELY URGENT

I am concerned what will happen if I can't get this poor pup sorted today.

Ralph's owners of 4 days standing spent yesterday trying (so far unsuccessfully) to find a boarding kennels to take him. They cannot cope and need him gone. They are NOT bad people, just an older couple who did not realise what they were taking on. I need to make YOU realise what you will be taking on, albeit with our full support, but the day-to-day will fall on your shoulders and should not be underestimated:

At 9 months old, Ralph is totally untrained, so behaves very much like an 8 week old puppy both in and out of the house. He is extremely stressed (understandably given his history) and is constantly pacing, whining and barking, unable to rest. He is hu***ng his owner's (of 3 days standing) other dog and it is difficult for them to disengage him from this. He is jumping at shadows. He is unable to be walked at all at present, as he is terrified of other dogs (unsurprisingly). He presents with a significant escape risk (he's trying to scale a barbed wire fence). He is going to present a lot of challenges, similar I think to a puppy farmed dog who basically just wants to get away/escape. This is a highly traumatised large (30kg) pup, running on adrenalin and in many ways in survival mode, who now desperately needs a calm foster home where he will be given time and space to decompress before we can commence a gradual programme of training.

I spoke at length the his current, transient, owner yesterday. She is desperate for help, but also deeply compassionate and desperate to do the right thing for Ralph. She stressed repeatedly that he is NOT a "bad dog", that they have caught glimpses of the lovely, sweet boy he in fact is beneath the fear and stress, that in between the hu***ng (likely stress related) he and their female doodle are having brief periods of play. This is going to be an absolutely cracking dog for a family who are prepared to put the work in to helping him to get over his traumas, to become the dog he was always meant to be.

We expect Ralph will need to remain in foster (with our full support - and we cover all expenses) for a few months before we can consider him ready for adoption. His foster family can then apply to adopt him, if they wish (and we very much hope, for the sake of this poor pup who has already experienced far more trauma than most dogs thankfully do in their lifetimes, that this will be the outcome)

Please complete an application form if you feel you can provide this beautiful boy with the home environment he needs to begin his recovery and transformation. There are a few more details on my previous post, so please do read that.
This is the link to the application form (you do not need to request edit access, this is for admin) https://docs.google.com/forms/d/1JdYYz0Qr3aEs6JR4kfNjAISNwfx86Mxrh6qtR4b2KkQ/viewform?edit_requested=true

PLEASE READ MY PREVIOUS POST BEFORE COMMENTING. AS YOU CAN IMAGINE, I AM VERY BUSY TRYING TO GET THIS PUP SORTED AND I HAVE PROVIDED ALL THE INFORMATION I HAVE ON THIS DOG CURRENTLY. UNLESS YOU HAVE PREVIOUSLY FOSTERED FOR US AND CAN HELP THIS DOG, PLEASE DON'T MESSAGE ME IF YOU HAVEN'T FIRST COMPLETED AN APPLICATION FORM. THANK YOU.

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Merry Christmas to all the lovely furry friends I walk and look after and of course their owners, will see you all in the New Year
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07/09/2025

Has anyone lost this lovely boy, local to the Rodings?

15/04/2025

This is not my post, sharing for someone. We are looking for a home for a dog that was bred by us and returned to us under pretty awful circumstances.
He is a 1 year old Poodle cross and weights 30kg but will fill out to 40kg.
He is neutered and vaccinated.
He was sold as a potential assistance / therapy puppy but ended up being bullied by the child he was meant to be helping. He was put in headlocks and teased and by the sounds of it had a pretty rough time.
We’ve had him back for a month and he hasn’t put a foot wrong with us. He’s house trained, crate trained, good on the lead, sits really well, is good with out other dogs although can be overly playful and displays no signs of any issues.
The issue is he has been on a trial with a potential new home and was perfect for 24 hours and then has been bad with resource guarding and been playfully snappy but also showing dominant behaviour and he did “gently” bite the man’s hand when he tried to take a toy off him. This wasn’t an aggressive bite as he didn’t break the skin but still unacceptable.
We have tried our hardest here to get him to show the behaviour and he just won’t - I don’t know if it’s because here he is part of a pack or because we are skilled dog people and so he just knows he wouldn’t get away with it but he genuinely hasn’t even tried.
We are putting out feelers to see if there is anyone that would give him a forever home.
He needs someone firstly that won’t be scared of him but most importantly a strong leader and assertive. I know it’s considered terribly old fashioned to say but it’s true.
Please only enquire if you are serious and are a capable and experienced owner.
I genuinely believe in the right home he will thrive and he deserves to be someone’s pride and joy.
For reference and sign of what he could be his full siblings are all doing brilliantly. His brother is my assistance dog, two of his other siblings are training to be assistance dogs and two are family pets with young children.
We’re based near bury st Edmund’s
07803773397