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Iris

Reasons why we love this dog…

She's used to home life

She loves to play

She can spend some time alone

Doggie Details

Current status:

Available

I am a:

Greyhound

I am:

Female

I would like:

A garden to zoom about in!

I would not like:

To meet off-lead dogs on walks.

My favourite thing is:

Playing with toys.

My personality:

Playful with a nervous side.

Child Friendly:

Adult only home (no children)

Dog Friendly:

Needs to be an only dog

Cat Friendly:

Not cat trainable

Location:

Somerset

If you adopt Iris (or any of our dogs), you will be entitled to receive FREE behavioural support from our qualified team of behaviourists for any issues you might need help with during her lifetime. Further information will be given when homing Iris. Please note, this support is only available for dogs adopted from Forever Hounds Trust.

Iris is a lively, playful ex-racer girl who has a nervous side around other breeds of dog. She has lived in a home environment previously, where she was housetrained, slept well downstairs overnight and was comfortable being left alone for a few hours at a time. She loves to run about and play with her toys, and would like a reasonably sized garden to do this in please! Iris can be worried about people approaching her when she’s relaxing on the sofa, so is looking for an adult only home (ideally with enough sofa space for her to have one to herself!). She most likely won’t want to share her sofa with another dog either, so would ideally like to be the only pet at home.

Iris isn’t totally comfortable around other breeds of dog out on walks, and needs to be given time to decide when she’s ready to say hello. If she feels pushed into interacting (for example if an off-lead dog runs over to her) she can react defensively – for this reason she will need to remain on-lead and muzzled in public. Iris needs to be walked in areas where other dogs are not likely to be loose and able to approach her, since she finds this very worrying. She would struggle with parks, beaches and other places where dogs are often exercised off-lead.

Iris is very friendly with people, and happily to welcomes human visitors into her home. She loves a chest rub and likes to lean on your leg, but isn’t sure about being stroked around her back end and prefers gentle fuss and affection. Iris is a sweet girl who will flourish in the right environment – if you feel you can provide that for her, please get in touch!

Please read our latest Covid guidelines before you apply to adopt this lovely hound.

Register your interest in Iris

Rehoming Journey

Step 1

Register Your Interest

Click the button to register your interest and tell us about yourself.

Step 2

Matching

Our volunteers will call you to talk about the kind of dog that would suit you, and may do a home visit if you haven’t adopted from us before. This helps us find your perfect match.

Step 3

Homing

Hurrah, another hound has found his forever home! Happy ‘gotcha day’…

Step 4


Behavioural Support

We get in touch after 24 hours, 7 days and 4 months to check all is going well for hound and home.

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