Rosie

• Name: Rosie

• Age: 8 years

• Sex:  Female

• Location: Yorkshire

21st September 2024 

Well Rosie, Rosie, Rosie! 

The girl who was our first hound of 2024, adopted by her foster family then sadly surrendered as she was really not happy about sharing her humans. 

The girl who doesn't like strangers, doesn't like men, can be reactive to other dogs outside.......

The girl who came back into foster as an only hound; the girl who now pines and cries when her foster daddy goes out; the girl who now just loves visiting family and friends; the girl who now pretty much ignores other dogs she can't be bothered with; the girl who's just had a spa day and is treated like a princess.......the girl who now has her forever family! 

Yes!  We are so so pleased to say Rosie will not be leaving her foster family who have given her so much time, space, love and patience for her to work herself out and prove what a wonderful girl she is and how happy she is to be on her own in her home. 

Congratulations Rosie!  It was a long road to get you here, but a road full of love and care from your first foster family, through their adoption and their heartbreak in having to say goodbye to you, to finding your feet with your new family.  

We are so very pleased and look forwrd to seeing your adventures. 

Thank you so much to all of Rosie's supporters, her transporters, her fosters but most of all her forever family! 

21st June 2024 

Rosie originally joined the BRNGB family as the first Hound of 2024.  She spent some time in foster being assessed; she's a complex girl who was rescource guarding and was un-comfortable with strangers in the home. 

She loves her people and was as happy as anything with her foster family; but could react to strangers and other dogs outside the home. 

It was noted back in April that Rosie was being reactive to the resident hound, mainly around beds and food so training was put in place and this settled back down. 

Rosie suffered with her skin when she first arrived, with medication and a change in diet this, over time settled.  Rosie does need a strict diet so this does not flare up again. 

Although Rosie was blogged to be adopted, the applicants didn't quite meet what Rosie needed.  Her foster family then decided, as evrything had calmed down, Rosie even begining to accept strangers into the house, and wasn't showing any further signs of being uncomfortable around the resident hound, that they would like to adopt Rosie, which they did at the begining of June. 

Sadly issues with the resident hound started again shortly after Rosie was adopted, and despite best efforts with her family, it was decided that Rosie needed to be re-assessed as an only hound.  She wasn't relaxing in the home knowing that the resident hound was about, and the resident hound, being older and slower, was on edge all the time not knowing if Rosie was going to be OK with her or not. 

It's terribly sad when this happens.  We as a resuce, will support all owners in any way we can.  Our biggest fear was that Rosie, the resident hound or a member of the family could get hurt.  It's not right for anyone, hound or human to be living on constant alert, wondering if there would be another episode.  Yes training could be put in place, but they would need to be supervised 24/7, and training may not have resolved the issue.  Some dogs just cannot and will not share their family and home. 

Rosie's family made the devastating decision to remove their resident hound to a family members home, so Rosie could be alone whilst we found her a dog free foster home to accept her and assess her as an only dog.  Within days of being in the home on her own her behaviour changed massively.

We are pleased to say that Rosie moved to her foster home yesterday, the resident hound has come back home and peace has returned.  

It is incredibly sad, and we will never know why Rosie went from relaxing around the family and resident hound, to then starting to guard everyone and everything in the home from the resident hound.  We do know though that the right decision was made, as heart breaking as it is.  

A huge thank you to Rosie's previous foster family who we know miss her terribly, thank you to her transport team who helped her move yesterday, and to Rosie's new foster family who are willing and able to help her transition to an only dog and will help her on her journey.