Beyonce's info:

Sex: Female
Age: 1 year old
Size: Medium size
Breed: Mixed breed
Beyonce is the almost all brown one in the pics

Introducing... the diva Beyonce!

Beyonce's Story:

Beyonce is just a baby at 1 year old and has spent her entire life living in shelters in Romania and at Oakwood Dog Rescue.

We had a plea from a volunteer rescuer that had just been at the shelter that she was living in stating that there were 2 pups there that were completely withdrawing into themselves and were starting to shut down. They were very worried that these 2 babies wouldn't survive the winter as they were already so frail, and temperatures had already dropped to -5 degrees. It usually gets to -20 during their winter months.

In the photos, Adele [her sibling] is attached to Beyonce's side. Over time though, these 2 girls have made many new friends and are no longer reliant on each other. They both now kennel share with different dogs and are settled and happy with their groups. We have given them playdates recently but unfortunately, it sees that they have grown apart and no longer enjoy each others company.

Beyonce has now started enjoying strokes from staff and some volunteers and we are so proud of her for this. With time and understanding, Beyonce is going to thrive in a home of her own.

Beyonce has never lived in a house before and so will require time, patience, understanding and lots of positive based training to help her learn the ropes of home life.

Bio:

With other dogs:

Beyonce loves playing out with the other pups and adult dogs however, she has shown signs of food and toy guarding so if she was to live with another dog, this would need to be very carefully managed. The dog would need to be of a similar or larger size than Beyonce.

When mixing Beyonce, she tends to be the weak one in the group and is always the dog that gets picked on so we have to be very careful about which dogs can mix with her as she quickly becomes very vulnerable.

With cats:

Beyonce has been successfully cat tested and showed no prey drive towards the cat.

Active energy

Beyonce is currently a very quiet pup as she doesn't yet have the confidence to be her true self. She loves playing out with her dog friends and currently shows moderate energy levels, this could increase though once she's settled into a home

0 -2 hrs to start

Adele has never before lived in a home. She will need to be left for minimal periods to begin with so she can settle in and realise that she is safe. This time alone (with another dog) can be built up so she'd be able to be left up to around 4 hours

Lead trained

Beyonce is not yet lead trained. She has only just started accepting strokes from staff and some volunteers and so lead training will come once she trusts her new family.