Bella - Rotti - HOMED

Bella is a year old - D.O.B 14 / 12 / 10

Female rotti

She is spayed, microchipped & up to date with her vac's

We are told she was boisterous, playful & energetic.

She has not lived with children or cats

She likes balls, bones & chews

She does not like the hoover and she runs away from the ironing board

Cutie pie



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She is a lovely girl, wants to please and have a fuss, wants to play with the other dogs

My Daughter Alana walked her today and she was so good bit pulley on the lead to start but soon settled

Bella's assessment

Dogs Name: Bella Breed: Rottie Sex: F Age: 15 mths Date: 06/04/2012
SITUATION Dogs reactions
Person casually walks past dog while dog is eating (meal or special food) Bella appears to be very good around food she doesn’t show any aggression of appeasing behaviours
Person tries to pick up bowl while dog is eating (meal or special food) Bella easily allows you to pick the food up and as soon as it is out of her reach she stops eating and doesn’t tried to get it
Person tries to pick up food that has fallen to floor while dog is trying to reach it Bella rushes forward towards the food but once it is covered she shows a little problem solving to get the treat then leaves it alone
Person tries to touch or take away high value food that dog is eating or holding -
Bella see you coming for the high value treat as a games and runs around, once you catch her she easily allows you to take it from her mouth
Person tries to touch or take away a toy that dog is playing with Bella loves toys and becomes very excitable with a lot of jumping up. Once Bella has the toys she runs around and when you
catch her and try to take the toys she sees this as a game of tug of war and will not release. Bella doesn’t show any aggression
around the toys
Person reaches hand towards dog Bella appears to love attention and has no problem with hands coming towards her
Person reaches over dog’s head Same as above
Person tries to put on leash and/or collar Bella come become very excitable at the prospect of a walk
Person grabs at dog’s collar or neck Bella has no problem with her collar being touched
Person pulls on dog’s collar or neck Bella shows slight appeasing behaviours when i pulled on her neck. She then became very excitable and tried to mouth my arm
Person hugs dog around neck

Bella has no issues with being hugged around the neck, but if she is cuddled for to long she sees this as a game and becomes
quite excitable
Person pushes down on dog’s back Bella becomes very excitable and again tries to mouth your hand. She then flops onto her back and again tries to mouth your
Hand. When she gets up she becomes extremely excitable with a lot of racing around and jumping up
Person pushes down on dog’s rump Bella again becomes excitable but does go into a sit
Person tries to get dog to lie down by voice command Bella knows this command well
Person tries to get dog to lie down by physical pushing Bella has no trouble with this and will flop onto her game look for a game of wrestling
Person tries to get dog to roll over on its back by physical manipulation Bella has no problem with this and does it will minimal effort
Person tries to groom dog’s head , torso, or legs (ie other than feet) Bella is very excepting of the brush once she realises the brush isn’t a toy
Person touches dog’s feet or uses comb or scissors on dog’s feet Bella has no problem with her feet being touched. But again this can excite her into a game
Person clips or tries to clip dog’s toenails No tested due to colouration and length of nails
Person tries to bathe dog, including towelling off after bath Not tested
Person tries to open dog’s mouth Bella has no problem with her mouth being opened
Person stares into dog’s eyes Bella holds eye contact very comfortably
Person shouts loudly near dog

Bella looks in the directions for the person then moves towards them showing slight appeasing behaviours
Person threatens dog with object such as newspaper or with hand Bella sees this as a game and tries to jump up
Person drops an object near dog Bella shows a slight startle response then goes over to investigate it
Stranger knocks on door or rings bell at dog's home
Stranger enters house
Stranger in house tries to pet dog
Stranger approaches dog in car
Stranger approaches dog on street

Another person touches or hugs person with dog
Stranger shouts loudly in dog’s presence
Dog walks past familiar non reactive dog Bella can become very interested and excitable around new dogs
Dog walks past unfamiliar non reactive dog Same as above
Dog walks past familiar reactive dog Bella doesn’t want to fight with any dog and will try to get away
Dog walks past unfamiliar reactive dog Same as above
At present Bella is very excitable and play motivated. Bella has no real problems apart from the over excitable behaviour, which can lead to jumping up[ and mouthing. All these behaviours were shown at the time of this assessment conducted by Shaun Aldridge (Ruff Diamond Dog Training); however these behaviours may change in different circumstances.

Bella is now in foster in Suffolk

What the foster home has to say about Bella

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Bella is a lively happy girl, quite shy with people she doesn't know.
Bella is very good with other dogs, loves puppies as she can play more with puppies.
She also loves children, she is not boisterous and doesn't knock them down or barge past, she understands distant and never uses her body to play with children i.e. knock them over, run in to them or jump up.
Bella in general doesn't jump, she will bark when strangers come to the door, but that's just her doing her job.
Bella isn't food aggressive even with high value foods and will happily let other dogs take her food.
Bella does 'mouth' when playing, she is getting better at not doing it, but sometimes forgets what expected of her and starts to mouth.
Bella loves to learn, she can sit, wait, back, look at me and high five for a treat.
She will be a great fun family dog for anyone.

Bella has been homed

Be happy Bella

Unfortunately Bella is back with us

Her original assessment still stands

She is looking for a home that will give her exercise and keep her brain occupied

Bella

Wishing you a very Happy Birthday Bella, you sweet girl xx

Walked Bella today at the rescue she was a sweetie, lots of energy and bouncy, a bit pully and jumps up to greet you but keen to please and likes a cuddle.

I am fostering Bella for a few weeks over Christmas. She arrived yesterday she is pretty hyper and Brian is very laid back so we re hoping he will be a good influence on her rather than the other way round!!! Will post some pics soon.

Brian is just what she needs to calm her down, give her a couple of days and I am sure she will quieten down, just the excitement of being in a home environment again and not stuck in the kennel

Thank you for giving her Christmas space

Brian finds her energy exhausting!!

Lovely to see her out of kennels

The Rotti's always tug my heartstrings, she does look very happy & contented tonight. It is good that Brian is so laid back he is nearly horizontal

She was really funny today we walked them for about an hour this morning then left her in her crate while we went out for lunch. When we came back it was already starting to get dark and we had a cup tea while deliberating whether to take them out again. Well Bella had made up her mind and went and got her own lead and gave it to James!!

After that we had to put our reflective gear on and go round the block. Shes actually been really good out walking. We ve used a halti and had no problems at all, not pulling and ignores other dogs. She does chase the cat though so we re keeping them separate at the moment. Early days though, we will work on that if we can and the jumping up which she does when she gets excited. She loves to play in the garden and has a soft crocodile toy and a chew in her crate which she likes alot. Shes a busy little bee.

sounds like she has had a good day, the last foster home she was in she was with a number of cats and was OK with them will ask Lynn how she introduced them

Obviously a Rott with a brain, I thought James could do with the exercise when he dropped off Honey on Saturday . James it was nice to meet you the other day... Honey has slept since the moment she arrived and been very laid back, no problems what so ever. Your Brian certainly looks like a large chap.

James said Honey was lovely when he dropped her off, infact he said why didnt we get the calm one!!

Bella will help him work off a few pounds though...

More Bella pics (though Im not sure she knows thats her name she ignores me when I call her in from the garden...!)














I think James is a bit smitten already.

Great photos

As for her name, she does know it she is just ignoring you the little mare

She rushes back in her crate and brings out croc to say hello!

And chilled out hooray!

looks like she is making herself quite at home,

I will race you there and I will race you back and I will race you there ....and I will win!






Brian stops for a drink and hes only half way...


Happy Christmas all