Polly

About Polly

19.09.2026 - Update on Polly from her foster family

‘Polly has been in foster for two weeks now. She plays with Sophie the resident dog so does need another dog in her adoptive home.

Polly is fantastic on her daily walks, she has been to the local pub and coffee shop. Greats people and is happy around other dogs in her company.

Polly is sleeping through the night and is house clean. She is so ready for her own family who will love her and give her the life she so deserves’

10.09.2026 - Update on Polly who has been in a foster home for a week now:

‘Polly has been with us for 1 week and we have seen her confidence grow in spades. I am now greeted by a dog with a wagging tail and lately a lick or two. She has from the first day settled overnight sleeping alongside our dogs. Always clean in the house during the day and now night time also. She is very sociable with other dogs and has happily walked past tractors, horses, cars and is not phased when meeting other walkers. Polly knows her name and combined with her love of food it has been easy to practice recall and now introducing whistle recall. She's met my Grandchildren under supervision and been interested but not phased. We've walked daily and stopped off at our local for a coffee where she has met more people and their dogs. Polly has bonded very quickly to our large 6 year old dog, Sophie, but we think she might like the companionship of another dog with a little more energy than Sophie has to give. We know that soon we will see even more of Polly's personality emerge’

Lovely Polly was found straying along with another similar dog, but they were never reclaimed and it is most likely that they were simply abandoned. Polly is a sensitive dog who is very shy & will need a lot of time & patience to learn people mean her no harm. It is likely that she may have had some less than kind treatment in her past life, but consistent and loving handling will soon build her confidence.

Polly is not used to living with cats or small pets, and given her sighthound genes, would be quite likely to chase them She is good with other dogs. Polly has no long term history so we would not wish to place her with children under 10 years.

Because she is so shy - we feel she would be best placed in a home with another kind & confident dog to be her mentor

Having been unwanted at such an early age does mean that Polly is likely to have missed out on early training, so her adopters will need to be ready to help her catch up, and training classes will be an essential part of that process as well as normal training in the home, socialising with other kind dogs and habituation to the wider world. She is a normal, healthy and active youngster who will need plenty of exercise and company most of the time.

As written by Diana Brimblecombe Animal Rescue Centre.