Alex's info:

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

Bio:

Introducing... Alex!

About Alex:

Alex came to us via International Dog Rescue back in November 23.

She was kept in the public kill shelter in Romania and treated very badly by people.

Alex had not experieced any positive experiences by humans until she arrived at Oakwood Dog Rescue.

Over the past few months, Alex has started letting us stroke her and accept treats from our hands. From the day she had her first stroke from a staff member, this very quickly snowballed and before we knew it she was allowing all staff, volunteers and even some complete strangers to give her tummy tickles. It is now her asbolute favourite thing and she would quite happily have the tickles all day long. What a transformation from the scared dog she once was when couldn't handle at least the first 6 months after her arrival.

With other dogs:

Alex was not able to mix with other dogs when she first arrived at the rescue. When she was living in the kill shelter is really was survival of the fittest and so she learnt she she had to protect anything that she felt valuble to her which resulted in her guarding things at Oakwood such as her bed and food. Over time she has got so much better with this and now kennel shares with one of her friends and will share treats when we are spending time with her with another dog around.

When we did start mixing Alex in groups of dogs, we soon saw that they were bullying her and we would find her hiding in a corner and wanting to be let out of the field. We have now found some friends that do not intimidate her in any way and she absolutely thrives being around them.