Chocolate's info:

Sex: Female
Age: 4 years
Size: Small
Breed: Mixed Breed

Bio:

Introducing... Chocolate!

About Chocolate:

Chocolate was recently brought over to Oakwood Dog Rescue after been captured and placed into a publick kill shelter in Romania. Sadly, due to no kennel spaces, it was a very long time until we could pull Chocolate from this horrendous life that she was living. The poor girl spent every day of her life terrified for approximately 2 years. It's just heartbreaking to think of the horrors that she has seen and endured.

Chocolate can not yet be handled due to being so scared however, she has been observing interactions from the more confident dogs with staff / volunteers which has already made her be a little more confident and she has started coming over to us and taking treats from our hands which is a huge act of bravery for her.

She still has a long way to go and is very scared but is already showing so much potential for what she can become.

With other dogs:

Chocolate arrived only recently with another dog called Pepper. They are currenly taking much comfort in being together and we never see them apart.

Kiki is also another friend of Chocolate's and she used to spent a lot of her time with ex Oakwood dogs Elfreda and Bessie. We will soon start mixing Chocolate with more of our dogs to help her feel even safer and more relaxed.

Moderate energy

Chocolate is currenltly way too scared for us to be able to assess her true energy levels.

1-2 hours

Chocolate has never lived in a home before so time alone would need to be gradually built up. If adopted as an only dog she couldn't be left alone for more than an hour or 2 but if she was with another dog, she could be ok for up to 4-5 hours

Requires further lead training

Chocolate is a very long way off from being taught how to walk on a collar and lead. She needs to gain a lot more confidence first and build up trust with her adopter.