Adoption information
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About Emma
Emma, a four year old Cavalier King Charles Spaniel, is a beautiful girl with a pure heart.
Her puppy-like personality, increasingly gregarious nature and expert snuggles endear her to the public wherever she goes.
Emma is a master of both ‘puppy dog eyes’ and the ‘quizzical head tilt’, but her skills don’t end there. Her ‘ear rub lean’ game is strong and her ‘perpetual rudder’ of a tail is an emblem of the breed that she exploits relentlessly for human connection.
Although, having little experience of the outside world, this little one leans on her special people for guidance. She will require a confident, dog-savvy and patient leader to aid in her discovery of the unknown.
While this gorgeous girl adjusts to the larger world, she is looking for a home without the additional hurdles of children, cats or pocket pets.
However, she gets along very well with other gentle canines and would suit a home with a confident doggy brother or sister to guide her, but she would do equally well in a single dog home as the centre of her family’s focus.
This love bug is unused to being alone and has requested a home in which her people are around most of the time.
While Emma is a great snuggler and has a great off-switch inside, being a young dog, her requirements of daily mental and physical stimulation must be met. She looks forward to many adventures in the process of discovering this crazy world and all of its nuances that we take for granted.
Do you have a warm lap, a huge heart and a wealth of time to spend with your furry family member? If so, Emma can’t wait to hear from you and promises many years of unconditional love.
If Emma sounds like your doggy soul mate, please see the application instructions below to apply.
Medical notes
Emma has a Left Grade 2 luxating patella and a Right Grade 1 luxating patella. These are asymptomatic and do not require treatment.
Luxating patellas are common in little dogs and often go undiagnosed.
Emma may experience some arthritis as she grows older.
Adoption details
Please tell us about yourself using the green ‘enquire about this pet’ button below. We do not operate on a first-in-best-dressed basis. Instead, our aim is to find the most suitable forever home for the animals in our care.
Your application should include details about who lives at your home, both humans and animals (names, sexes and ages) 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.
Please tell us what your dog’s sleeping arrangements will be as well as what you plan to do with your dog if you go away on holidays.
Please provide AS MUCH detail as possible to increase your chances of a successful application.
It may take up to four 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 the 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:
We hate to disappoint people. It’s something that really upsets us, but unfortunately it comes with the territory of what we do. So we want to take the time to explain something.
When we take on a dog, we make a commitment both to that dog and the former owners of that dog to find this fur-kid their perfect forever home. Our 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 us, sometimes we are approached by friends or even family in relation to a particular dog. However, we have made a promise not to compromise on our commitment and we have to turn them down.
This isn’t a reflection of their dog ownership skills, nor how we feel about them personally. Our decision will always come down to whether we believe that they are a match. Not just any match - the best match.
Sometimes we are lucky to have several interested parties who would be a good match and it can be difficult to choose between them. Our ultimate decision will, however, not be influenced by our 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 us 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.
We 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.