Biscuit is a sweet, senior chap, aged nine. He loves nothing more than being around people, lapping up all the attention and having a fuss, especially a tickle under his chin! Biscuit enjoys his walks but would prefer to explore in relaxing areas, away from busy roads as he can be worried by heavy traffic noise. Biscuit has lived with children previously with no issues, and we feel he would best be suited to a home with sensible children of 8 years old and above, who will let him rest if he takes himself away for a nap. Biscuit has never lived with another dog, and he may struggle sharing affection, so he needs to be the only pet. He does enjoy meeting dogs out and about but can be selective about who he wants to meet and make friends with. Biscuit is house trained and prefers to keep his kennel clean at the centre. He’s also great at travelling in the car and travels well on the back seat with a seat belt attachment and he will lay down and sleep on longer journeys. Leaving him alone at home could be built up gradually to 4 hours but should only be done once he is fully settled into his new environment.

Is Biscuit right for you?

Biscuit truly is an adorable pooch who will make a fantastic companion to adopters who can shower him with the love and relaxing lifestyle that he deserves. He’s a keen snoozer and you’ll often find him taking himself off to his bed to snuggle up. Biscuit enjoys food and prefers soft treats to hard chews, which he’ll happily accept from any humans wishing to make friends with him.

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Some of the dogs in our care will need to meet potential owners several times to get to know one another. This lets us see you’re compatible and gives you the chance to build a bond before making a commitment to give them a new home. By taking some time at the beginning to make sure everyone’s comfortable, an adoption is more likely to be successful.

We may also arrange a home visit with you, to see how your house will be set up and check that the garden (if you have one) is secure. This may not be necessary, though, especially if you’ve adopted from us before. Where you already have dogs, we may accept a reference from your vet as an alternative.

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