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 Special Appeals for Hounds This page is for our hounds who are looking for special homes, and hounds who have been looking for homes for some time. Some of these dogs may have special needs or may have simply been overlooked time and time again for a prettier hound. Each and everyone of our dogs are special in their own way, with a special spirit and heart and everyone one of them deserves the chance of a loving home. In return they will repay your care and commitment with their unconditional loyalty and love. AARIF FOUR YEAR OLD SALUKI LURCHER        Aarif is a very special four year old Saluki Lurcher. He is an exceedingly affectionate and clever chap. Aarif came to us from a local dogs home after he was taken there after he had been straying for several weeks by himself. He was exceedingly timid at first and it took a couple of weeks for him to start to trust us. He became a firm favourite with kennel staff and everyone at the rescue. Aarif can still be a a nervous boy in outdoor situations and this is why he is still with us. He can be reactive to non hounds, traffic and he is still slightly frightened of strange men. He has been in foster for several months and gets on very well with the other two resident hounds, there has never been a problem between them, they happily swap beds, food bowls and toys without issue. Aarif is a very clever hound, he is very responsive to commands and learned the household routine very quickly. He had the odd accident at first, but is now clean in the home and settles well with the other hounds overnight. He also travels well, and settles down in vehicles without issue.        Aarif is an affectionate hound and loves to be near either his humans or to have canine company, he loves nothing more than to snuggle up with human and hound company. He would be happier with other hounds for company in his new home. He loves to play and his favourite game is retrieving, he actually throws his toys so you will throw them again for him. He is quite energetic, having Saluki in him, he has more stamina than a Greyhound and will play for longer periods. Having said that, he is equally happy to snooze away the day like a typical hound ! Aarif's ideal home would be with hound experienced people who can continue with the socialisation work his fosterers are doing and to possibly take him to socialisation training classes where he can integrate with non hounds and become confident around them. If he is slowly introduced to non hounds currently, he is fine but it is something that needs to be continued with and socialisation classes would be a huge help to him. He also needs somebody to be confident with him in general when he is outside the home and garden when he reacts to traffic for example. A lot of this behaviour will be due to him being a hound, he is 'motion sensitive' as a lot of sighthounds are, particularly salukis and anybody versed with saluki lurchers knows movement will cause reaction in some of them. Aarif's positives far outweigh the negatives, and he just needs somebody to give him a chance of a loving forever home and to show him security and love. With time and patience, Aarif will make the most loyal, affectionate friend you could wish for. He has been waiting nearly a year for his forever home and he really does deserve a home to call his own now instead of being constantly overlooked. Aarif is neutered, microchipped, vaccinated and flead and wormed. He can be homed both locally and nationally dependent on a successful homecheck. Aarif could also be homed as a sponsor dog, by this we mean all veterinary bills, food bills would be covered for the rest of his life if a hound experienced home could give him the experienced, forever home he so needs.  
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