Location: At Many Tears in Llanelli, Carmarthenshire
If you are interested in adopting a dog that does not say it can be homed with a cat and wish us to cat test please let us know and we will be happy to do this.
14-02-24 Bess is sweet girl who has come from her breeder to find a loving home. She has been bred from but was also allowed to be a part of the family. Bess is able to walk on a lead already and loves a gentle fuss. She is a little shy at the moment but getting braver and, due only to her size and occasional clumsiness, Bess will be better suited to a home with children aged 12 and upwards, or an adult/teenager only home. Bess could be homed as an only dog or she could live with a male dog. She really is a super girl who will make someone very happy. She has a PETS passport travel doc.
14-03-24 UPDATE
Bess has seen our vets to be neutered and the vets have noted that she appears to have had previous surgery to excise her 4th and 5th mammary gland. Bess has a small skin abrasion/swelling on her 3rd left mammary gland and an old wound on the inside of her upper lip which requires no treatment. She is recovering well.
22-03-24 UPDATE
Bess has been in foster nearly a week and loves home life. She is living with big and small dogs, male and female without any problems, but if she was homed with another dog it would need to be a male dog. She could also be homed as an only dog.
House trained (except for very odd occasion) sleeping quietly overnight, enjoying walks and loving her food.
Bess is not looking for a retirement home - she loves cuddles on the sofa but loves going for walks and having new adventures. We think she would be easy to train and exceptionally loyal. She’s calm and would be fine with older dog savvy children. She really is a beautiful dog inside and out.
11-04-24 UPDATE
Bess is looking for a forever home where she can be someone’s best friend. She loves to be close, cuddling, getting attention and being told she’s a good girl. She also loves to retrieve a ball, run around and play with her dog friends. Housetrained, sleeps quietly overnight and really enjoys food. A pro at walking on a lead - but she is strong if something grabs her attention- a true Pointer! If you’re looking for a beautiful GSP then please don’t leave Bess waiting.
19-07-24 UPDATE
Since her move south for the summer, Bess is really feeling at home here, in foster, this week. As Bess's house-training and general manners at home are excellent, we've been concentrating on getting Bess more comfortable in our local park setting: as a foster dog she needs to be on her lead or a long line. Of course a typical urban flat park isn't exactly the ideal environment for an HPR breed, but as it's our morning daily walk, we are making it work and Bess loves getting out with our dogs.
It's clear Bess feels more comfortable on her lead/line when meeting medium sized or larger dogs. She's more relaxed in her greeting with them and is just keen to play. With smaller dogs, however, she can be a little gruff and needs to be carefully managed. Bess is also very alert on most walks, it's her breed: looking for things and keen to explore, Bess will try to give chase to anything of interest, from birds to squirrels. Obviously, whilst on the end of a line this isn't ideal and we are using a high-value, squeaking toy to distract and refocus Bess. this is working really well, she's a fast learner and loves to get it right.
We also take Bess to a secure dog walking field two or three times a week. Here she can be off-lead and we continue to see that her recall etc is very solid and of course we have her favourite thing - catching and retrieving balls. Great building blocks for when the time is right for her new people to let her off lead.
Finally, I can't finish Bess's update on anything but a good note. Bess is just so affectionate with all our family at home, she wants to be involved in all activities here, whether that's physical things in our garden or relaxing with our teenagers on the sofa. Bess was a part of a girls' sleepover last weekend, with our teenage daughter and her friends and was right in the middle of it all!! A very special dog who anyone would be lucky to share life with. Bess's new owners will likely need to consider placing her on a joint supplement, with help from their vet to protect against any issues later in life.
01-08-24 UPDATE
Bess has joined us all on a staycation this week enjoying the long- awaited sunshine. Bess is recovering from a sprain to her shoulder, and, as much as a GSP ever can (!) is on a week of rest, to help her, as quick as possible recovery. Resting doesn’t come easy to gorgeous Bess but she’s trying so hard. A squirrel moving in to our garden hasn’t helped! Increasingly, it’s clear Bess will be happiest in a forever home who are/is around lots of the time. Bess will become unsettled during the day if left and will benefit from some committed support to become happier being independent, for at least some of the time. Bess does settle incredibly well overnight downstairs :all night every night. Loving their people (hard) is stitched through the GSP breed and this trait combined with Bess's rescue background mean she’s very velcro. That all said, if Bess is right for you and your experience and commitment, you can expect the best cuddles and a loyal friend for life.
12-08-24 UPDATE
Bess is enjoying relaxed family life more and more. Over the last two weeks in foster she’s combined outings to a secure dog walk with water. She loves to swim and is very competent in the water. We have had family here for lunch and Bess was always immaculately behaved with all visiting dogs and people. Being her usual charismatic, cuddle-bug self! On the training side Bess is extremely ‘Velcro’ during the days and does show several signs of separation anxiety when, initially, left. We’ve just started ‘mat training’ (asking Bess to settle on a dog cushion and stepping out of the room for seconds) to try and help Bess learn to be comfortable with short periods without humans. Anyone interested in adopting Bess would need to be happy to continue this journey even if it’s only to ensure she can be left for short periods. Bess ideally needs rescue experience alongside experience of higher-drive, prey driven dogs. Bess is not suitable for first time owners. Bess is also pretty strong on her lead , so will need owners able to manage this (head collar/figure of 8 helps)
21-11-2024 UPDATE
Bess has been with us for three months. Bess is very typically GSP, super goofy and affectionate in home. Whilst out of home, due to her high prey drive, she can become distracted by the wildlife and exciting smells. We let Bess off in a secure field regularly and her recall, if not on a scent is good. Bess loves her toys especially tennis balls but to help her joint health we don’t play vigorous ball much with her but she adores dog puzzles and working her clever mind, she is a very smart girl. Bess is on a joint health supplement called Nutraquin Plus. Bess can be vocal if noise punctuates her environment and we work on this with brown noise and having music on etc. Bess is quite anxious when left and can find it hard to settle so owners who are around most of the time and prepared to continue working with her on this would be best. Bess even at 9 is extremely strong on her lead but a head collar helps. She is a very beautiful girl that deserves to be in her forever home before Christmas. Bess is in foster in Surrey.
20-01-25 UPDATE
Bess is a very sweet girl who desperately needs an attentive owner by her side. In my opinion, she is quite an easy dog to work with and a pleasure to look after. She will voluntarily approach me and ask for fuss, or for me to throw the ball in the yard, and seems confident to approach people she's only just met. So I dont think it would take her long to bond with a loving human companion. She currently shares a kennel with her friend, whom she gets along very well with and has no problem sharing her space and even her bed. Unfortunately, she has fairly recently returned from a foster home as hes foster was unwell, where she got to experience a taste of the home life. She seemed to have thoroughly enjoyed this experience and was very upset to leave. I think bess deserves this experience full time. For more details on her time away, please see older updates on her profile. It's also worth adding that she can be homed as an only dog or potentially with another male resident dog.
14-02-24 Bess is sweet girl who has come from her breeder to find a loving home. She has been bred from but was also allowed to be a part of the family. Bess is able to walk on a lead already and loves a gentle fuss. She is a little shy at the moment but getting braver and, due only to her size and occasional clumsiness, Bess will be better suited to a home with children aged 12 and upwards, or an adult/teenager only home. Bess could be homed as an only dog or she could live with a male dog. She really is a super girl who will make someone very happy. She has a PETS passport travel doc.
14-03-24 UPDATE
Bess has seen our vets to be neutered and the vets have noted that she appears to have had previous surgery to excise her 4th and 5th mammary gland. Bess has a small skin abrasion/swelling on her 3rd left mammary gland and an old wound on the inside of her upper lip which requires no treatment. She is recovering well.
22-03-24 UPDATE
Bess has been in foster nearly a week and loves home life. She is living with big and small dogs, male and female without any problems, but if she was homed with another dog it would need to be a male dog. She could also be homed as an only dog.
House trained (except for very odd occasion) sleeping quietly overnight, enjoying walks and loving her food.
Bess is not looking for a retirement home - she loves cuddles on the sofa but loves going for walks and having new adventures. We think she would be easy to train and exceptionally loyal. She’s calm and would be fine with older dog savvy children. She really is a beautiful dog inside and out.
11-04-24 UPDATE
Bess is looking for a forever home where she can be someone’s best friend. She loves to be close, cuddling, getting attention and being told she’s a good girl. She also loves to retrieve a ball, run around and play with her dog friends. Housetrained, sleeps quietly overnight and really enjoys food. A pro at walking on a lead - but she is strong if something grabs her attention- a true Pointer! If you’re looking for a beautiful GSP then please don’t leave Bess waiting.
19-07-24 UPDATE
Since her move south for the summer, Bess is really feeling at home here, in foster, this week. As Bess's house-training and general manners at home are excellent, we've been concentrating on getting Bess more comfortable in our local park setting: as a foster dog she needs to be on her lead or a long line. Of course a typical urban flat park isn't exactly the ideal environment for an HPR breed, but as it's our morning daily walk, we are making it work and Bess loves getting out with our dogs.
It's clear Bess feels more comfortable on her lead/line when meeting medium sized or larger dogs. She's more relaxed in her greeting with them and is just keen to play. With smaller dogs, however, she can be a little gruff and needs to be carefully managed. Bess is also very alert on most walks, it's her breed: looking for things and keen to explore, Bess will try to give chase to anything of interest, from birds to squirrels. Obviously, whilst on the end of a line this isn't ideal and we are using a high-value, squeaking toy to distract and refocus Bess. this is working really well, she's a fast learner and loves to get it right.
We also take Bess to a secure dog walking field two or three times a week. Here she can be off-lead and we continue to see that her recall etc is very solid and of course we have her favourite thing - catching and retrieving balls. Great building blocks for when the time is right for her new people to let her off lead.
Finally, I can't finish Bess's update on anything but a good note. Bess is just so affectionate with all our family at home, she wants to be involved in all activities here, whether that's physical things in our garden or relaxing with our teenagers on the sofa. Bess was a part of a girls' sleepover last weekend, with our teenage daughter and her friends and was right in the middle of it all!! A very special dog who anyone would be lucky to share life with. Bess's new owners will likely need to consider placing her on a joint supplement, with help from their vet to protect against any issues later in life.
01-08-24 UPDATE
Bess has joined us all on a staycation this week enjoying the long- awaited sunshine. Bess is recovering from a sprain to her shoulder, and, as much as a GSP ever can (!) is on a week of rest, to help her, as quick as possible recovery. Resting doesn’t come easy to gorgeous Bess but she’s trying so hard. A squirrel moving in to our garden hasn’t helped! Increasingly, it’s clear Bess will be happiest in a forever home who are/is around lots of the time. Bess will become unsettled during the day if left and will benefit from some committed support to become happier being independent, for at least some of the time. Bess does settle incredibly well overnight downstairs :all night every night. Loving their people (hard) is stitched through the GSP breed and this trait combined with Bess's rescue background mean she’s very velcro. That all said, if Bess is right for you and your experience and commitment, you can expect the best cuddles and a loyal friend for life.
12-08-24 UPDATE
Bess is enjoying relaxed family life more and more. Over the last two weeks in foster she’s combined outings to a secure dog walk with water. She loves to swim and is very competent in the water. We have had family here for lunch and Bess was always immaculately behaved with all visiting dogs and people. Being her usual charismatic, cuddle-bug self! On the training side Bess is extremely ‘Velcro’ during the days and does show several signs of separation anxiety when, initially, left. We’ve just started ‘mat training’ (asking Bess to settle on a dog cushion and stepping out of the room for seconds) to try and help Bess learn to be comfortable with short periods without humans. Anyone interested in adopting Bess would need to be happy to continue this journey even if it’s only to ensure she can be left for short periods. Bess ideally needs rescue experience alongside experience of higher-drive, prey driven dogs. Bess is not suitable for first time owners. Bess is also pretty strong on her lead , so will need owners able to manage this (head collar/figure of 8 helps)
21-11-2024 UPDATE
Bess has been with us for three months. Bess is very typically GSP, super goofy and affectionate in home. Whilst out of home, due to her high prey drive, she can become distracted by the wildlife and exciting smells. We let Bess off in a secure field regularly and her recall, if not on a scent is good. Bess loves her toys especially tennis balls but to help her joint health we don’t play vigorous ball much with her but she adores dog puzzles and working her clever mind, she is a very smart girl. Bess is on a joint health supplement called Nutraquin Plus. Bess can be vocal if noise punctuates her environment and we work on this with brown noise and having music on etc. Bess is quite anxious when left and can find it hard to settle so owners who are around most of the time and prepared to continue working with her on this would be best. Bess even at 9 is extremely strong on her lead but a head collar helps. She is a very beautiful girl that deserves to be in her forever home before Christmas. Bess is in foster in Surrey.
20-01-25 UPDATE
Bess is a very sweet girl who desperately needs an attentive owner by her side. In my opinion, she is quite an easy dog to work with and a pleasure to look after. She will voluntarily approach me and ask for fuss, or for me to throw the ball in the yard, and seems confident to approach people she's only just met. So I dont think it would take her long to bond with a loving human companion. She currently shares a kennel with her friend, whom she gets along very well with and has no problem sharing her space and even her bed. Unfortunately, she has fairly recently returned from a foster home as hes foster was unwell, where she got to experience a taste of the home life. She seemed to have thoroughly enjoyed this experience and was very upset to leave. I think bess deserves this experience full time. For more details on her time away, please see older updates on her profile. It's also worth adding that she can be homed as an only dog or potentially with another male resident dog.
PLEASE NOTE: We nearly always home dogs who have come from breeders where there is ALREADY A RESIDENT DOG living in the house. They have usually never lived in a house before and are only used to canine company. They usually get their confidence and learn faster with another dog to copy from. This also helps with house training and learning how to walk on a lead. They will make lovely pets but do need a lot of love, time and patience. If the ex breeding dog you are interested in can be an only dog it will say so in its write up. Please read our information on ADOPTING EX-BREEDING DOGS before you apply.
ADOPTION DETAILS
If your application is successful you will be home checked and you, all members of your family and any dog(s) who will be living with the dog MUST come to meet the dog you want to adopt. All our dogs are micro-chipped, have had at least their first inoculation and are spayed/neutered unless there is a medical reason for not doing so. You must have a safe means of transporting the dog home in a crate or if this is not possible please discuss with Many Tears or the Fosterer when your application is being processed.
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