12-02-24 Hannah has come to us from a breeder to find her forever home and initially arrived with us in July. She was absolutely terrified of everything and everyone. She did everything she could to try and get us humans to leave her alone.
Over the time that she's been here she has made huge progress, and although it may not seem much as she is still a very scared girl, the strides she has made are huge. Hannah now walks on lead, and likes to sniff her surroundings, providing everything is quiet and there's no distractions. She also will allow us to approach and handle her with little to no fuss.
In the past month or so, Hannah has started to play with toys, and even play with me in the yard! This is absolutely massive as it shows how she is relaxing. Her personality is just starting to peek through, and I think she has progressed all she can in such a busy environment and so I have taken her home to foster with me.
Hannah has also gained 2.2kg since arriving. In kennels, such a stressful environment for these dogs, this is amazing weight gain!
Although Hannah has made huge progress, she is still a very scared and very flighty girl.
Considering this, any potential adopters must be prepared for Hannah to regress in the first few weeks of taking her home. She will be best to be left alone initially, to work things out with the help of the resident dog. She will need lots of love in the form of patience, to reassure her that she is safe.
Hannah is a really special girl, and when I see her playful relaxed side come out I really see the potential she has. I think she'll make an amazing addition to the right home, and whoever gets to witness her blossom will be so lucky.
Hannah's adopters would need to seriously consider all safety aspects, like double leading, ensuring Hannah is safely behind a barrier/second door before opening the front door in the house.
Hannah needs a calm and quiet, adult only, cat free home, with a secure garden, with a confident and playful resident male dog, her size or larger. Experience with scared ex-breeding dogs would also be ideal.

04-07-24 UPDATE

Hannah has shocked me with just how resilient she is. How much she just adapts. She stresses for a little but then just accepts whatever new thing she's scared of and is fine. I brought Hannah home to foster on Sunday (5 days ago) and she was stressed, panting and pacing for a few hours, but once she settled, she settled really well!
Hannah was terrified of the TV when I first turned it on, so I turned the volume right down and let her adjust. Within an hour or 2 she was napping with it on with the volume up!
My dog is a lone ranger and prefers to be alone, Hannah is constantly seeking reassurance and even a snuggle from him. She copies everything he does and mirrors him. At the moment my dog is tolerating this but Hannah needs a resident dog that will snuggle with her, allow her to be joined at their hip, and show her the ropes.
On Monday Hannah worked out how to get up on the sofa. She snored the whole day away once she discovered the sofa and she practically hasn't left it since! She lives for cosy!
I haven't taken Hannah for any walks with my dog yet as she is finding coming back and forth to kennels on days that I work quite stressful, I don't want to add any more stress to her at the moment while she's still learning the routine. She is a very scared girl and needs a lot of patience. I have however been leaving Hannah at home when I take my dog for a walk and she is absolutely fine with this- she snoozes the time away and doesn't seem to mind being left at home. The longest I've left her is an hour and a half.
When I first brought Hannah home I kept her on lead in the garden for the first 3/4 times we went out so that she would learn the routine of going out and coming back in; so she wouldn't get in a panic and knew where to go to feel safe. I also just walked her around a few laps each time so she could get accustomed to it all safely. Now she runs out, does her business, has a sniff around, and then follows my dog inside. I would not leave the door open for her to choose as I don't think she would come in optionally. We have had no toileting accidents since she arrived, she has been a super star with this!
My house is open plan so my only way of seperating the dogs is a XL crate. Hannah is a super star with the crate and will just sleep whenever she's in there. I haven't needed to use it much, but when I have she doesn't mind it at all.
Hannah follows me around the house and garden at my heels but if I turn around and look at her she will cower and scurry away from me. She does however know her name as "nana!" And comes when I call her out to the garden or around the house.
Hannah is far away from wanting any affection or physical attention as it stands right now. She sort of just wants to be background noise; just left to settle and to her own devices. In time I think she may want a fuss as I do see her edging closer when I fuss my dog, but she may take a while with this.
It's nice for Hannah to learn the basics of home life with me as she does trust me, but I want her forever home to appear now, so she can get well and truly settled into her forever. If you have been keeping an eye on Hannah's profile but wasn't sure whether to apply, this is me asking you to take the leap! Once she is accustomed to the environment she is easy as anything!

08-07-24 UPDATE

15-07-24 UPDATE

Hannah's been with me for 2 weeks in foster! And she is loving home life. Duvets, cosy, warm, quiet. She's such a sweetheart and I can't believe she's still not had much interest. We went for 1 walk in the week and even though she did sniff around and enjoy all the smells, I think she'd prefer to just be a sofa girl to be honest, for now at least. She still has a little bit more weight to put on too!
Yesterday I had to go out with my dog and Hannah was left home alone for 4 hours, I checked in on my doggycam and she just slept the entire time!
Hannah was completely clean in the house for the first 10 days she was here but as she's gotten more comfortable she has had a few accidents here and there, though now she goes straight to the puppy pads which is super clever of her!
I'd love to wave Hannah off to her forever home asap, as it's nice that she's settling at home with me, but coming into kennels every day that I'm at the centre and then knowing she's going to have to do this all again and readjust when the time comes is a hard thought!
Like I've said in previous updates, she just wants to be background noise, she doesn't want much attention paid to her and doesn't want a fuss, she would just like her own spot on the sofa and a cosy duvet! Sometimes it's easy to forget she's here, apart from the snoring!
Poor baby deserves her happy ever after now!  

28-07-24 UPDATE

One month Hannah has been in foster with me now. She really is such a special special lady and I can't wait for her forever people to see what I see in her. She's desperate for a resident dog to take her under his wing and be a duo with her! (My resident dog doesn't want to)
Here at home she seems to seek comfort from me as my dog doesn't want to be close with her. Not in a typical dog seeking comfort way, but when she's unsure of a noise she will seek me out and sit next to me, then relaxes. She doesn't come close, but I think being in my presence comforts her. This is actually really cute for a dog as scared as Hannah.
Hannah has let me fuss her a few times and really enjoyed it, but she isn't asking or opting in for a fuss regularly.
Hannah still spends all day snoring on her duvet on the sofa. This is all she deserves from now on, I just wish I didn't have to bring her back into kennels when I go to work.
I have a step by step list written about what to expect and what would be best to help Hannah settle when she is adopted - if you are considering her please feel free to send an email with any queries you have to info@manytearsrescue.org I'd be happy to answer any and all questions. And hopefully the step by step can be of some help so you can picture exactly how it'd be to bring her home.
I just can't believe my sweet girl has spent approx 6 years being a breeder, to then sit in kennels for a year watching all her friends get adopted, and even now in my home with me, still hasn't had much interest. She really is such a special girl, one in a million! And when her special people come along it'll truly be the best day of her life.

05-08-24 UPDATE

Hannah still continues to progress here in foster. She has her little routines that she knows and we've gotten into a good rhythm, so we haven't had many scared moments this past week. She lay down in the car Friday after a busy day in kennels too! This week she met my mum and my friend on seperate occasions when they came to visit. Initially she shakes and pants and is very scared when a new person is around, but after about 15-20 minutes she did seem to relax and was able to nod back off to sleep with them around and talking. A friend has come over multiple times and she settles much quicker when she recognises the visitor. I cannot emphasise enough that even though she is a scared girly initially, once Hannah knows a routine she is easy as anything. She really doesn't ask for much at all! Just routine and a male resident dog her size or larger to help her out when she's unsure. And maybe to play when she's feeling up to it! Lastnight Hannah started chewing on the TV remote, so I gave her a nyla bone instead and she had a good chew on that. It was so special to see her doing such a "normal" pet dog activity (I did well up!) She really settles into herself on my 2 days off from working at the centre, every weekend I see new little glimpses of progress, and it breaks my heart that I then have to take her back into kennels and she goes that little bit backwards again. If I could leave her at home I absolutely would, but I can't; she has done her time in kennels and she SO needs her new, relaxed forever to start now.

21-08-24 UPDATE

This week I had some holiday days booked, so Hannah got a well deserved break and her longest time away from the kennel environment since she first arrived. She had a total of 5 days away. My mum and sister came to stay for 3 nights and Hannah was nervous of them at first but settled very quickly. We moved my living room around with Hannah safely away in her crate as to not spook her more than necessary. When we let her out Hannah found her usual spot on the sofa and resumed her position of snoozing. I really thought that she was such a sleepy lady because she was always recovering from the stress of kennels on my work weekends at home, but after 5 days of just being at home, I can now say that she just is a sleepy, lazy lady. She did show more interest in toys (she particularly enjoys ripping paper up!) but generally she's just a snoozey girl. Some things to note: with the more activity happening, the more on edge Hannah is; if my mum and sister were walking around doing things she was keeping a very sharp eye on them. After the living room move around she did growl at me when I was trying to get her off the sofa for a wee. This is pure fear and I only had to show her the lead and point to the door and she pottered outside as if to say "ok, if I have to." However she did cope with a busy house much much better than I suspected. My house is small and open plan so she doesn't have another room she can retreat to when she feels scared, any cooking or activity is done within her vacinity- which I know isn't ideal for her but she has coped much better than I expected, and I know that in a "usual" home setting she would be away from the noise and chaos, like remain in the living room on the sofa while humans cook in the kitchen. Hannah hasn't had an accident in the house for 11 days now! It will be a hard goodbye for me, but she needs her forever home now. 

05-09-24 UPDATE

Why is Hannah still waiting?
A whole life of breeding, to then waiting a year and 2 months in rescue kennels. This breaks my heart for a senior girly. Hannah is a Boxer cross Bulldog. She is more bulldog size than boxer, she's barely the height of my knees. She's a short, stocky girl, weighing in at only 20kg (ideal weight around 23/24kg.) Hannah has such a soft, gentle, loving side once she trusts you. Around the house with me she just wants to be near me. This last week or so she's been sneakily resting a paw on me when she gets comfy to go to sleep, she's even been enjoying and leaning into fusses around her ears. She shows her love in a very special, non conventional way. Just little slips of affection here and there. In the garden and on walks she follows me around at my heels. If I sit on the sofa or bed, she has to be sitting near me. She comes to me when I call "Nana!", even if she's in the deepest of sleeps. I really wish her special someone will see her soon, it's breaking my heart that with every inch of progress we make, knowing I'll have to wave her off to her forever people in the end. It will be hard for me but my home is not suited to her "happy ever after." She needs a super friendly resident male dog who will let her be glued at the hip. She needs someone who doesn't work full time(or if they do, it's from home!) Ideally she needs someone experienced with ex breeders, but this isn't a must, as long as you're totally willing to learn and work with her and her needs, to give her the life she should've always had in her final years.

Please read our information on ADOPTING EX-BREEDING DOGS before you apply.

12-02-24 Hannah has come to us from a breeder to find her forever home and initially arrived with us in July. She was absolutely terrified of everything and everyone. She did everything she could to try and get us humans to leave her alone.
Over the time that she's been here she has made huge progress, and although it may not seem much as she is still a very scared girl, the strides she has made are huge. Hannah now walks on lead, and likes to sniff her surroundings, providing everything is quiet and there's no distractions. She also will allow us to approach and handle her with little to no fuss.
In the past month or so, Hannah has started to play with toys, and even play with me in the yard! This is absolutely massive as it shows how she is relaxing. Her personality is just starting to peek through, and I think she has progressed all she can in such a busy environment and so I have taken her home to foster with me.
Hannah has also gained 2.2kg since arriving. In kennels, such a stressful environment for these dogs, this is amazing weight gain!
Although Hannah has made huge progress, she is still a very scared and very flighty girl.
Considering this, any potential adopters must be prepared for Hannah to regress in the first few weeks of taking her home. She will be best to be left alone initially, to work things out with the help of the resident dog. She will need lots of love in the form of patience, to reassure her that she is safe.
Hannah is a really special girl, and when I see her playful relaxed side come out I really see the potential she has. I think she'll make an amazing addition to the right home, and whoever gets to witness her blossom will be so lucky.
Hannah's adopters would need to seriously consider all safety aspects, like double leading, ensuring Hannah is safely behind a barrier/second door before opening the front door in the house.
Hannah needs a calm and quiet, adult only, cat free home, with a secure garden, with a confident and playful resident male dog, her size or larger. Experience with scared ex-breeding dogs would also be ideal.

04-07-24 UPDATE

Hannah has shocked me with just how resilient she is. How much she just adapts. She stresses for a little but then just accepts whatever new thing she's scared of and is fine. I brought Hannah home to foster on Sunday (5 days ago) and she was stressed, panting and pacing for a few hours, but once she settled, she settled really well!
Hannah was terrified of the TV when I first turned it on, so I turned the volume right down and let her adjust. Within an hour or 2 she was napping with it on with the volume up!
My dog is a lone ranger and prefers to be alone, Hannah is constantly seeking reassurance and even a snuggle from him. She copies everything he does and mirrors him. At the moment my dog is tolerating this but Hannah needs a resident dog that will snuggle with her, allow her to be joined at their hip, and show her the ropes.
On Monday Hannah worked out how to get up on the sofa. She snored the whole day away once she discovered the sofa and she practically hasn't left it since! She lives for cosy!
I haven't taken Hannah for any walks with my dog yet as she is finding coming back and forth to kennels on days that I work quite stressful, I don't want to add any more stress to her at the moment while she's still learning the routine. She is a very scared girl and needs a lot of patience. I have however been leaving Hannah at home when I take my dog for a walk and she is absolutely fine with this- she snoozes the time away and doesn't seem to mind being left at home. The longest I've left her is an hour and a half.
When I first brought Hannah home I kept her on lead in the garden for the first 3/4 times we went out so that she would learn the routine of going out and coming back in; so she wouldn't get in a panic and knew where to go to feel safe. I also just walked her around a few laps each time so she could get accustomed to it all safely. Now she runs out, does her business, has a sniff around, and then follows my dog inside. I would not leave the door open for her to choose as I don't think she would come in optionally. We have had no toileting accidents since she arrived, she has been a super star with this!
My house is open plan so my only way of seperating the dogs is a XL crate. Hannah is a super star with the crate and will just sleep whenever she's in there. I haven't needed to use it much, but when I have she doesn't mind it at all.
Hannah follows me around the house and garden at my heels but if I turn around and look at her she will cower and scurry away from me. She does however know her name as "nana!" And comes when I call her out to the garden or around the house.
Hannah is far away from wanting any affection or physical attention as it stands right now. She sort of just wants to be background noise; just left to settle and to her own devices. In time I think she may want a fuss as I do see her edging closer when I fuss my dog, but she may take a while with this.
It's nice for Hannah to learn the basics of home life with me as she does trust me, but I want her forever home to appear now, so she can get well and truly settled into her forever. If you have been keeping an eye on Hannah's profile but wasn't sure whether to apply, this is me asking you to take the leap! Once she is accustomed to the environment she is easy as anything!

08-07-24 UPDATE

15-07-24 UPDATE

Hannah's been with me for 2 weeks in foster! And she is loving home life. Duvets, cosy, warm, quiet. She's such a sweetheart and I can't believe she's still not had much interest. We went for 1 walk in the week and even though she did sniff around and enjoy all the smells, I think she'd prefer to just be a sofa girl to be honest, for now at least. She still has a little bit more weight to put on too!
Yesterday I had to go out with my dog and Hannah was left home alone for 4 hours, I checked in on my doggycam and she just slept the entire time!
Hannah was completely clean in the house for the first 10 days she was here but as she's gotten more comfortable she has had a few accidents here and there, though now she goes straight to the puppy pads which is super clever of her!
I'd love to wave Hannah off to her forever home asap, as it's nice that she's settling at home with me, but coming into kennels every day that I'm at the centre and then knowing she's going to have to do this all again and readjust when the time comes is a hard thought!
Like I've said in previous updates, she just wants to be background noise, she doesn't want much attention paid to her and doesn't want a fuss, she would just like her own spot on the sofa and a cosy duvet! Sometimes it's easy to forget she's here, apart from the snoring!
Poor baby deserves her happy ever after now!  

28-07-24 UPDATE

One month Hannah has been in foster with me now. She really is such a special special lady and I can't wait for her forever people to see what I see in her. She's desperate for a resident dog to take her under his wing and be a duo with her! (My resident dog doesn't want to)
Here at home she seems to seek comfort from me as my dog doesn't want to be close with her. Not in a typical dog seeking comfort way, but when she's unsure of a noise she will seek me out and sit next to me, then relaxes. She doesn't come close, but I think being in my presence comforts her. This is actually really cute for a dog as scared as Hannah.
Hannah has let me fuss her a few times and really enjoyed it, but she isn't asking or opting in for a fuss regularly.
Hannah still spends all day snoring on her duvet on the sofa. This is all she deserves from now on, I just wish I didn't have to bring her back into kennels when I go to work.
I have a step by step list written about what to expect and what would be best to help Hannah settle when she is adopted - if you are considering her please feel free to send an email with any queries you have to info@manytearsrescue.org I'd be happy to answer any and all questions. And hopefully the step by step can be of some help so you can picture exactly how it'd be to bring her home.
I just can't believe my sweet girl has spent approx 6 years being a breeder, to then sit in kennels for a year watching all her friends get adopted, and even now in my home with me, still hasn't had much interest. She really is such a special girl, one in a million! And when her special people come along it'll truly be the best day of her life.

05-08-24 UPDATE

Hannah still continues to progress here in foster. She has her little routines that she knows and we've gotten into a good rhythm, so we haven't had many scared moments this past week. She lay down in the car Friday after a busy day in kennels too! This week she met my mum and my friend on seperate occasions when they came to visit. Initially she shakes and pants and is very scared when a new person is around, but after about 15-20 minutes she did seem to relax and was able to nod back off to sleep with them around and talking. A friend has come over multiple times and she settles much quicker when she recognises the visitor. I cannot emphasise enough that even though she is a scared girly initially, once Hannah knows a routine she is easy as anything. She really doesn't ask for much at all! Just routine and a male resident dog her size or larger to help her out when she's unsure. And maybe to play when she's feeling up to it! Lastnight Hannah started chewing on the TV remote, so I gave her a nyla bone instead and she had a good chew on that. It was so special to see her doing such a "normal" pet dog activity (I did well up!) She really settles into herself on my 2 days off from working at the centre, every weekend I see new little glimpses of progress, and it breaks my heart that I then have to take her back into kennels and she goes that little bit backwards again. If I could leave her at home I absolutely would, but I can't; she has done her time in kennels and she SO needs her new, relaxed forever to start now.

21-08-24 UPDATE

This week I had some holiday days booked, so Hannah got a well deserved break and her longest time away from the kennel environment since she first arrived. She had a total of 5 days away. My mum and sister came to stay for 3 nights and Hannah was nervous of them at first but settled very quickly. We moved my living room around with Hannah safely away in her crate as to not spook her more than necessary. When we let her out Hannah found her usual spot on the sofa and resumed her position of snoozing. I really thought that she was such a sleepy lady because she was always recovering from the stress of kennels on my work weekends at home, but after 5 days of just being at home, I can now say that she just is a sleepy, lazy lady. She did show more interest in toys (she particularly enjoys ripping paper up!) but generally she's just a snoozey girl. Some things to note: with the more activity happening, the more on edge Hannah is; if my mum and sister were walking around doing things she was keeping a very sharp eye on them. After the living room move around she did growl at me when I was trying to get her off the sofa for a wee. This is pure fear and I only had to show her the lead and point to the door and she pottered outside as if to say "ok, if I have to." However she did cope with a busy house much much better than I suspected. My house is small and open plan so she doesn't have another room she can retreat to when she feels scared, any cooking or activity is done within her vacinity- which I know isn't ideal for her but she has coped much better than I expected, and I know that in a "usual" home setting she would be away from the noise and chaos, like remain in the living room on the sofa while humans cook in the kitchen. Hannah hasn't had an accident in the house for 11 days now! It will be a hard goodbye for me, but she needs her forever home now. 

05-09-24 UPDATE

Why is Hannah still waiting?
A whole life of breeding, to then waiting a year and 2 months in rescue kennels. This breaks my heart for a senior girly. Hannah is a Boxer cross Bulldog. She is more bulldog size than boxer, she's barely the height of my knees. She's a short, stocky girl, weighing in at only 20kg (ideal weight around 23/24kg.) Hannah has such a soft, gentle, loving side once she trusts you. Around the house with me she just wants to be near me. This last week or so she's been sneakily resting a paw on me when she gets comfy to go to sleep, she's even been enjoying and leaning into fusses around her ears. She shows her love in a very special, non conventional way. Just little slips of affection here and there. In the garden and on walks she follows me around at my heels. If I sit on the sofa or bed, she has to be sitting near me. She comes to me when I call "Nana!", even if she's in the deepest of sleeps. I really wish her special someone will see her soon, it's breaking my heart that with every inch of progress we make, knowing I'll have to wave her off to her forever people in the end. It will be hard for me but my home is not suited to her "happy ever after." She needs a super friendly resident male dog who will let her be glued at the hip. She needs someone who doesn't work full time(or if they do, it's from home!) Ideally she needs someone experienced with ex breeders, but this isn't a must, as long as you're totally willing to learn and work with her and her needs, to give her the life she should've always had in her final years.

Please read our information on ADOPTING EX-BREEDING DOGS before you apply.