Josh

Homing Criteria

• Home with a securely fenced garden
• Home with people who will enjoy doing fun activities with him
• Home with people who will not need to leave Josh alone for too long
• Potential to live with medium/large relaxed dog
• Adult home, or possibly older children 15+

Description

Meet playful Josh he loves keeping busy and learning new things. Josh is a very interactive dog who loves to learn new things with his handlers. He is having great fun going round our agility and hoopers courses. (see Josh in action in the Instagram links further down). He is now starting to do mantrailing which involves sniffing out a hidden person who has a tasty reward for him. He has an active and enquiring mind so needs to keep occupied, but he loves to learn. 

Josh loves exploring new places and also enjoys spending time in the Small Animal Team office, overseeing what we do! 

Josh would love an understanding home with people who will enjoy spending time training him. A secure garden to allow him to be safely off lead is also desirable. Josh is very loveable towards his carers and enjoys attention. He can be uncertain of new people initially but with time and patience (and most importantly biscuits!) he can be introduced to people who he would be seeing regularly. Josh can be a strong boy on his lead but generally walks well.

We have been introducing him slowly to other dogs which he has enjoyed walking out with, we therefore believe he has the potential to live with a medium/large size relaxed dog. He would love a home with lots of interaction as he is very sociable with his humans once he gets to know them. If you would like to have a chat about Josh, then do get in touch for more information.

Click to see Josh on our Instagram page https://www.instagram.com/reel/CzhiZSkNnI0/?igshid=ODhhZWM5NmIwOQ==  MORE INSTAGRAM LINKS IN UPDATES BELOW

Updates

21/01/2025 - Josh has recently spent the night away with one of the members of the small animal team! He has been in the kennels for a staggering 580 days which makes him our longest current resident. 

“While Josh was on his sleepover we discovered how calm he is in a home environment, he is a sofa boy who loves cuddles. After being in kennels for so long it was a surreal experience to see him walk around a home, you could see in his eyes he was exploring everything like it was for the first time. He settled very quickly and barely made any noise even when hearing cars and people walk past. He became a big shadow wanting to take an interest in me wherever I went! While out for a short walk we saw a couple people and a dog which he was more interested in sniffing which was amazing! When dinner time came, he watched me but was not pushy at wanting food then at bedtime he settled well and only got up for the odd stretch, this boy could be an amazing dog for someone with time, patience and a lot of love.”

26/05/2024 Watch Josh enjoying a whole load of activities here at Oak Tree. https://www.instagram.com/reel/C7Yd529MZvD/?utm_source=ig_web_copy_link&igsh=MzRlODBiNWFlZA== 

15/12/2023 Watch Josh and friends getting excited about Christmas! https://www.instagram.com/reel/C0zl6uKsUbB/?utm_source=ig_web_copy_link&igshid=MzRlODBiNWFlZA==  

12/11/2023 Watch Josh in action, enjoying going round our hoopers course on Instagram. https://www.instagram.com/reel/CzhiZSkNnI0/?igshid=ODhhZWM5NmIwOQ==