Adoption information
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About Lola
*ON TRIAL* This gorgeous looking creature is a Golden Retriever crossed with a Portuguese Water Dog (you may have heard of this breed when Obama introduced a couple of them to the Whitehouse). As the Portuguese Water Dog is physically dominant she has a beautiful, glossy, black coat that does not shed. While this is the case, she will need regular grooming to ensure her coat remains in optimum condition.
Lola is a happy-go-lucky bundle of goof who loves life, including people and other dogs. At the age of eight months she will need ongoing training to refine her indoor manners and keep her intelligent mind enriched. While she has the ability to settle inside with a fairly good off switch this will only be maintained with regular physical and mental stimulation.
Lola weighs 22kg currently and is a tall girl with further growing to do! With her fluffy feet and her scruffy fringe Lola gets lots of attention for being both unique and incredibly adorable at the dog park where she walks well off-lead and comes back when she’s called most of the time.
Being a water dog, Lola loves to have a splash in the creek and I’m sure she would find equal delight romping through waves at the beach.
Lola is very playful and outgoing and would suit a family with older kids. She would have the propensity to bowl small kids over with her over-exuberant greetings, however.
This girl can be sensitive and handler focussed making easy to train. In two short days she has learnt not to jump up on people and to walk on lead without pulling. If competition sports are your thing she would make a superb candidate.
Lola is very affectionate and loves snuggles and pats. She is currently being taught to sit politely for attention and is responding beautifully. Her smooth and shiny coat is a pleasure to touch, so enforcing this regularly will be a delight.
This big fluff ball loves other dogs and is very polite in her interactions with them. She currently lives with several small dogs, including some geriatric dogs whom she knows not to bother. When she finds a playmate her own size however, her lumbering, goofy plonking about and silly, puppy leg flailing is difficult to observe without laughing.
Lola’s is an absolute darling with a unique appearance who would benefit from a home where she plays a central role. Her new owners must be committed to ongoing training, daily exercise and enrichment activities.
If you think that you can give Lola her perfect forever home, and in return receive mountains of love, loyalty and laughter for years to come, please see the application instructions below.
Medical notes
Lola has passed her health examination with flying colours and is a fit and healthy puppy.
Adoption details
Please email me a little bit about yourself. I do not operate on a first-in-best-dressed basis. Instead, my aim is to find the most suitable forever home for the animals in my care.
Your email should include details about who lives at your home, both humans and animals and what their daily schedules and living arrangements are like. It should include details about your previous dogs and a thorough break down of the house rules you will have for this pet as well as what their typical day will look like.
It may take a couple of weeks to process the applications. Please try to be patient. All applicants will receive a response - but it won’t be an immediate one.
If your application seems promising you will be contacted for a telephone interview. Should this be successful you will be invited to a meet and greet and asked to send photos of your property.
Should the meet and greet end favourably, you may pay the adoption fee, sign some paperwork and take the pet on a two week trial during which time you will be asked to provide regular updates.
During this trial period the pet remains the property of Onyx Rescue and adoption will only be finalised following a successful trial.
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AN OPEN LETTER TO APPLICANTS:
I hate to disappoint people. It’s something that really upsets me, but unfortunately it comes with the territory of what I do. So I want to use this post to explain something.
When I take on a dog, I make a commitment both to that dog and the former owners of that dog to find this fur-kid their perfect forever home. My primary criterion in order to achieve this is whether that home is a good match for that dog. Each dog can have vastly different needs from the next and every home is different.
Sometimes well-intentioned people put their friends in touch with me, sometimes I am approached by friends or even family in relation to a particular dog. However, I have made a promise not to compromise on my commitment and I have to turn them down.
This isn’t a reflection of their dog ownership skills, nor how I feel about them personally. My decision will always come down to whether I believe that they are a match. Not just any match - the best match.
Sometimes I am lucky to have several interested parties who would be a good match and it can be difficult to choose between them. My ultimate decision will, however, not be influenced by my relationship with this potential adopter, be it secondary or primary, nor the number of times they have applied and missed out previously, nor whether they applied first, nor the number of times or methods used to contact me about a particular pet, but whether or not they are the BEST match available.
So if you know someone who is interested in any of the dogs at Onyx Rescue, or you are interested in one yourself, please go through the proper channels and send your application through Petrescue. Please do not take offence if you or your friends are not chosen - this only means that there was someone who was a better match. Not a better person, not a better dog owner, but a better match.
I believe there is a home for every dog and a dog for every home, so if you’ve not been chosen previously please do not give up applying - the next one may be your perfect dog.
Thank-you to everyone who supports what we do here - it means the world to us and the beautiful fur-kids seeking homes.
This pet has been adopted and found love with its new family.