Olly

Olly’s foster says he has the gentlest soul she’s ever known in a dog and describes him as a complete sweetheart. Following his traumatic past, Olly is now learning that he’s allowed to be a dog and seems to be enjoying every minute. He can still be worried by new people or noises, but no longer completely freezes with fear. Instead, he will pause for a moment and continue with his day. The only fear response he still shows is around young children playing or being noisy.

In foster, Olly lives with five other dogs of various shapes and sizes and has thrived in their presence. He will require at least one dog in his new home to boost his confidence, but seems to show no preference on age, sex or breed - his favourites out of the five he lives with are a 45kg male and a 10kg female.

Olly enjoys short walks of around 20 minutes and is working on losing some excess weight. His fitness needs improving and his walk times may be slowly increased as he becomes healthier. He has been a dream to train and figured out toilet training in one night after copying the other dogs. Olly has never shown any destructive behaviours and is happy to have some peace and quiet if left home alone for a few hours.