The Basset Rescue Network of Great Britain

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Toby is currently 15 months old. We are looking for a forever home for him where he can settle, continue learning with positive reinforcement training, be loved and when the time is right be neutered.

Ideally, we will not be consenting to Toby being neutered until he has settled into his new home, so at least 3 months. The right family will need to adopt Toby under a neuter agreement. This means we will be contacting his family on a weekly basis to see how Toby is progressing, we will need to have direct access to their vet, and be consulted when arranging his neutering. BRNGB will of course be funding his surgery.

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Sadly, just on the cusp of Toby being ready to be blogged to find his forever home there was an incident in his foster home which involved a snap. Toby was moved to another foster home to continue with his foster assessment.

The snap, although left a mark, did not draw blood. We believe Toby was startled when he was sleeping. No previous snaps have been reported either by his initial family, his initial foster family or his current foster family.

Since being at his new foster, and his assessment period re-starting Toby has been very settled and is enjoying playing with the resident and visiting dogs.

Toby has had a vet check to ensure nothing is going on and they are happy that he's a healthy young hound. He needs to put on a little bit of weight which shouldn't be a problem as he is eating like a horse at the moment so clearly having a growth spurt.

Here's what his foster family have to say about Toby:-

Meet Toby he is a very happy hound.

Being still a puppy needs on going training and is an entire male so will need to be nurtured once he is old enough and settled, he has not shown any dominance over our dogs at all, just the occasional humping when he gets excited with them, but soon gets told off and he stops.

He lives with myself my husband and our two bassets I also run a daycare and boarding business so he is mixing with lots of different dogs each day he's taken it all in his stride and loves playing with them all.

He settled in really quickly.

Due to Toby's previous experience no children under 12 years in the home but he does really does need another dog to continue learning his manners with. We don't feel he would do well as an only dog.

He is a typical puppy and needs lots of stimulation, mental and physical and at least one good walk a day.

Due to Toby's previous experience in his original home, he hates crates and doesn't like being handled by his collar. This is something that his new family will need to be totally aware of and respect.

Toby has been fine being left with our hounds up to 3 hours but make sure there's nothing he can get to and chew that might harm him.

Toby has a guarding behaviour but since being with us he is learning to leave things he has stolen we give him a tasty treat and he's gone from holding onto his precious steal to letting us have it and taking a treat. BRNGB will of course continue with assistance with this. Only positive reinforcement training methods will be accepted.

We have been walking him on a harness with a chest ring and a training lead; his recall is really good always comes for a treat unless he's engrossed in a really interesting smell but I find calling him excitingly and giving his lead a gentle twitch, he comes to you .

My vet believes Toby is a little under weight and needs to gain some weight, we feed him on raw food which he loves but if his new owner wanted him put onto kibble I will make sure we transition him onto that before he leaves us.

We are working on him greeting visitors he jumps and mouths people when they visit, he has improved so much but his new owner will need to continue with this training.

loves being in the garden and playing with the other dogs, his favourite pastime when not playing is having a yak chew buffalo horns or similar, no soft toys as he does shred them.

As he's still a puppy he loves getting up to mischief and pinching tv remotes or anything that takes his fancy just a typical pup.

Toby doesn't like the Hoover what we have done is left the Hoover where he can sniff it and gradually bit by bit move it around which he doesn't seem to mind but once you switch it on, he starts to bark but saying that it is getting much less and I think having our Hounds with him who don't worry about the Hoover his helping him it's a work progress. He was the same with our lawnmower when we first had him but is fine with it now.

Toby is a gorgeous boy and will make someone a wonderful companion. 

Toby's needs:-

- Playful, mature resident hound to show him the way 

- Family who understand an entire male dog and be in contact with us weekly regarding his progress

- Family who will allow BRNGB direct contact with their vet regarding neuturing 

- No children under 12 years old 

- Understanding of rescource guarding

- Understanding of positive reinforcement training 

- Active fmaily who will walk Toby and explore with him

- No small furries, Toby has not been cat tested 

- Someone who is home a lot of the time

- Someone who will be home most of the time in the first few weeks to help Toby settle in 

Toby's Applications will close at 8pm on Sunday 20th October 2024

Taking on a rescue dog is not the easy option. You need to be prepared to help a confused and troubled hound find their place in your family. They have been through a massive upheaval and will need time to settle into a new way of life, so please consider this BEFORE you fill in an application.

PLEASE NOTE THE FOLLOWING:

Toby is subject to an adoption fees and a successful home check. If your home check is successful, your family including dogs will need to be able to travel to his foster home to meet him and his foster family.

You will also have a telephone call with a member of the team, plus Toby's foster family, so that all of his history can be shared with you in person, and that we can be assured that you can fill all of his needs, demands and requirements.

Toby comes with 5 weeks free insurance via our rehoming partner, Agria.

Toby as with all of our hounds will have full rescue back up for life.

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