Jess is now ready for her forever home. Here is her foster-mum’s write-up…

“Jess is the sweetest little girl. At nearly 5, she is very much still a puppy at heart. She absolutely loves to play with anything and everything she can find, so don’t leave your shoes around; to Jess, they’re fair game!

As a typical cocker spaniel though, she also loves her humans, in particular cuddles on the sofa, and starring longly into your eyes.

Coming from kennels, she needs continued house training. Although within her foster period, we’ve got her almost exclusively toileting outside (except the occasional mishap in the kitchen). Continued consistency with this is needed in her new home.

Jess is good with other dogs and has shown no evidence of resource guarding or other aggressive behaviour. While Jess is happy to be around dogs, she does not seem particularly interested in playing with them, preferring to have the attention of her humans and exclusive use of her toys.

Jess is not cat tested.

Jess sleeps downstairs alone in the foster home having not yet mastered how to use the stairs. She is not at all nervous or upset being left and settles very quickly onto her bed. She is content through the whole night (we have been letting her out once in the middle of the night).

Given her confidence in being left alone we feel Jess would be suited as an only dog in the home or with another well-matched playful dog. It’s also very important her humans are willing to put aside time to play with her and make up for lost time from before she arrived into the care of Yappy Ever After and therefore would be suited to a home with older children. Jess is untested on younger children and given her excitable nature this may not be advised.

Jess is also very overweight. She is incredibly food motivated, but any potential adopters would need to be prepared to ignore those puppy dog eyes while she continues to lose weight.

Jess has no experience out on walks and appears to have a fear of being around cars. At foster, she has walked on the lead in the back garden but will not venture out onto the street. The vet has advised she shouldn’t walk in public until after her second vaccination but after this time, walks will need continued work. Jess would be especially suited to a quiet neighbourhood with limited passing traffic. Once you can get her in the car, she travels well. She doesn’t like the initial process of being put into the car”.

Jess will need to stay local to the rescue (Derby, Nottingham, Burton or Chesterfield) for her second vaccination and to be spayed at a safe time in her season cycle.