Sooty Cane Corso DofB 23.07.20 RRemedies Centre

[lloydj]

I joined Sooty, Bek and Rockie, Keira on my way home yesterday and it was lovely seeing these boys walking together full of joy and being so well behaved .

[lloydj]

I had a lovely walk with Sooty this week.

He is such a loving and good boy and always so happy to see you .

[SimoneG]

My dogs were going on a little holiday with my husband so I jumped at the chance to bring Sooty home for a couple of nights.

Bit of a long video but he was too much of a good boy for it to be cut short. Please do watch how wonderful Sooty is

Let me start by saying this lovely boy has exceeded my expectations. Sooty has been very polite and his loving side shone through while he was with me and has been the perfect houseguest.

Day one started off by going to the charity football match. He travels wonderfully in the car and he was soon making friends and attracting attention. He was such a good boy and was loving meeting new people. So perfectly behaved. He charmed the socks off a 10 year old who sat stroking him for a long time and Sooty was so relaxed. Then it was the turn of the ice cream man! Sooty sat looking up at the window as if he knew what was in there!

When we got to my house, he happily jumped out of the car and had a little sniff around the garden and we went indoors. He met my stepson and enjoyed a fuss from him too. Then it was bath time! He likes to play with the shower spray when it goes near the front of his body but was pretty easy to shower and now smells nice and fresh and clean!

He’s been very gentle, cuddly and very alert to where I am. He liked to be able to see me all the time. He followed me everywhere, even to the little girls room where he was ever so polite as he turned around and looked at the door and sat on my foot while he waited for me .

There was a knock at the door and he didn’t bark and wasn’t at all worried about it.
Sooty was soon settled, snoring away on the sofa next to me.

He showed an interest in me eating but didn’t try and take anything and sat quietly watching me while I ate.

Sooty can get a little stressed in the kennel environment and can grab his harness and leads when getting him ready for a walk. It was so much easier doing it in a home environment. He still tried his luck with the harness but a firm ‘Sooty, no, sit’ worked and I was able to pop his harness and leads on and go off on our walk. He didn’t attempt to grab the leads once while we were out.
He was very keen to walk and we had taut leads for a lot of the walk but he wasn’t pulling and in part of the video you can see I was walking at a normal pace. I think it was mainly because he was in a new area that he’d not been to before. I tested him as much as I could, walked him over bridges in the woods, along side a motorway and industrial estate with lorry’s being loaded and on a the footpath over the motorway and he took it all in his stride like a true champ.

Day two saw us up quite early as he heard my stepson getting ready for work. He had slept on his bed with him half the night so was happy to see him in the morning. Then Sooty watched him through the door as he walked off and got in his car. Then breakfast time for Sooty.

I was working from home so got ready and Sooty chilled and slept next to me except when he asked to go out for a toilet break. Once I’d finished work he hovered around me while I made dinner. He was like my little shadow the whole time he was here and liked to know I was close by and was either by my side or watching me from a close distance all the time.
He did bark a little when the door knocked but soon settled. I put him in the living room while I chatted at the door for a few minutes and he just waited patiently for me to come back.

He watched me quietly while I had my dinner and didn’t try to take anything and didn’t get too close (he had already had his )
When my stepson came home from work, Sooty was happy to see him and gave him a lovely hello and they sat and had a cuddle. Stepson is firmly in love with Sooty

The evening was mainly me and sooty cuddling on the sofa watching rubbish tv. He’s so affectionate and has to be touching you at all times, even if it was just a paw resting on me.

We went up to bed and Sooty made himself comfortable and was soon softly snoring away. He woke me up once in the night to let him outside and was fast asleep in no time when we went back upstairs.

We got up in the morning and we went for a walk. I wanted to challenge him a little so went out when I knew we would come across a few things, which ended up including an off lead dog running up to him, a digger and the dustmen. Sooty was paw perfect and didn’t react to any of it. The only time he jumped was when bin fell of the back of the dust cart, but in fairness, so did I! Haha. No lead grabbing on our walk but was a little excited when I was putting his harness on and grabbed it a couple times so I put it down and ignored him for a bit and then tried again and off we went. He stood perfectly when I took it off him after the walk.

We came back and he took up his position next to me again while I worked and even popped his head into a couple of Teams calls where he stole the show! Haha.

I did discover that the Hoover worries sooty and he hid from it. He didn’t bark, just hid behind the table but was interested in watching. The dishwasher, washing machine and any other household noises didn’t phase him at all.

All too soon it was time to take Sooty back because my dogs were on their way home. I’m sitting here writing this with my 2 girls snoring away next to me but still missing Sooty being here. He made a huge impact on me. He really is an amazing boy and anyone who homes him will not regret it and they have a best friend and a wonderful companion. I opened my home up to Sooty and I’m so pleased I did. He was faultless and nothing but loving, cuddly and respectful of his surroundings and didn’t attempt to chew anything. He didn’t even try to play with my dogs toys. And there wasn’t a single accident as he always asked when he wanted to go outside.

Sooty my darling. It’s been an absolute pleasure and privilege being able to spend time with you in a home environment and I’m missing you already!!

[Jan Case]

What amazing videos of this lovely boy who has been waiting so long for his forever family to find him. To see him so gentle and loving in a home environment has literally made me cry. Oh Sooty, how you enjoyed your little foster break and showed what a super boy you are xxx

[PaulB]

Sounds and looks like you both had a lovely time. (Yes, I watched the whole video - fabulous!)

[Sabrinamxx]

Happy Halloween from Sooty!

[lloydj]

Sooty and I have had some lovely walks over the last week.

If has been a good boy and it’s been so lovely spending time with him .

[lloydj]

Breeze and I had a lovely walk with Sooty and Bek.

Both boys were so well behaved and enjoyed their time out together .

[lloydj]

Sooty and I had a lovely walk into the local village today with Bailey and Danny.

They were all really well behaved and enjoyed their time out together .

[lloydj]

Kiera, Bek and I had the most special walk with two great friends and most special boys Sooty and Selwyn yesterday.

They are both just amazing and were so well behaved together.

Everyone had the most lovely time together and it’s just a joy spending time with them both .