Sheba came to us from being in foster with another rescue after an emergency operation to save her life. She had taken a dislike to the man of the house so couldn’t stay. In her first foster home with GSRE volunteers started guarding the lady of the house, and had a few incidents of snapping at and nipping the man.
This then escalated when the man of the house was bitten but this was more pain related than guarding.

To remove any bad associations Sheba was taken to another foster home where the man was first to care and pay any attention to her with his wife initially completely ignoring Sheba and then when she did interact it was done slowly with treats, praise and fuss so having more than one person around was a good thing. Sheba settled nicely whilst she recovered walking with the resident dogs (lead exercise only) but wanting to chase the cats away. She was soon rolling on her back asking for fuss and cuddles, jumping up next to them to sleep on the sofa and learned to trust her foster parents. She showed she was house trained being completely clean in the house and asking to go out when needed.

Once fully recovered Sheba was placed in Lincolnshire kennels where she again initially showed some anxiety resulting in barking and snapping at kennel staff until she got to know them. Once she realised they could be trusted this stopped quite quickly. Whilst out in the paddock she has slowly made friends again with her first set of GSRE volunteers but there is still a mutual cautiousness on both sides. She is happy to play with toys and also just have fuss and relax. Out on walks in the park Sheba was initially muzzled for her own protection but although constantly alert showed no signs of aggression.

She has seen other dogs running round playing and can be inconsistent on her reaction. She has walked nicely with one of the male rescues happy to ignore him in preferring to sniff out the squirrels despite him being keen to play and in an effort to encourage/engage her was jumping all over her. She has also had a play date with the same dog in the paddock off lead and read his body language and met his energy levels to have what was a pleasure to watch full on play session.Sheba has since spent some time in a temporary home with a younger dog and she did not enjoy this, she tried to dominate him and they did have a few words so we would like a pet free home for this lady.

This is a new write up from her recent stay with one of our volunteers:

Unfortunately, this girl has now been in the Nottingham kennels over 3 years now with no real interest and she so deserves to be in a home of her own.
Sheba is a firm favourite of not only the kennel staff but also all the Nottingham volunteers
Sheba is a Belgian Malinois who before she came into rescue has had some protection training, albeit not very good and which probably included physical punishment, as a result she was a little confused as to what was wanted of her so there were some initial issues with guarding but we have not seen this behaviour since.
This girl is now at least 7 Years old and is happy with her walks, toys and a few belly rubs.
One of the Notts volunteers recently took Sheba home for some respite and so we could also update her profile as she has changed so much since GSRE first listed her and this is what the volunteer had to say about her.
Sheba settled into the home as if she had always lived there, she is a confident girl who does not need to be constantly following you around the house and will happily take her self into the garden or another room. She also doesn’t mind be put into another room when you are eating as she has no manners but this could be easily worked on.
She slept downstairs on a dog bed in the kitchen and was also be left alone for short periods of time in the kitchen with no issues at all.
She wasn’t impressed with the car and had to be physically put in it to get her home but the volunteer thinks this is more lack of travelling experience as she has got more settled in the car during her stay.
Sheba is very good with her food and takes treats gently, Toy wise she is a bit of a shredder, toys lose ears and feet so tough toys rather than cuddly and she definitely got more playful during her stay.
She met quite a few people during her visit and was very well behaved and can be very affectionate, she loves a cuddle and a belly rub. Sheba is not your typical Malinois more like having a Golden retriever with the Mali intelligence as she is alert, very intelligent and learns very quickly.
Walks well on the lead likes to walk in front when in open spaces and doesn’t pull, if she starts to pull forward a gentle tug draws her back in.
Walks perfectly to heel when need her to all you need to do is you draw the lead in.
Sheba is not reactive with other dogs so is a pleasure to walk but she does not like other dogs in her face.
Her recall was quite good when she was tested in a paddock but does need a bit more work on this as again, she has been in kennels a long time so is used to being walked only on a lead.

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Location:

Notts- KENNELS

Sex:

Female

Age:

10.06.2017

Neutered:

Yes

Good with children:

Yes - Older Only

Good with other dogs:

Careful introduction

Good with cats:

No