Dylan - 3 Year Old Tan Lurcher (lincs)

Dylan is a 3 year old lurcher and is currently on foster in Ulceby, North Lincs.

The Dylan Fact File

Dog status: Good

Cat status: Will chase. Will not be rehomed with cats or small animals.

Child status: Good. Could be rehomed with children aged 6 years plus.

House training: Perfect

Home alone: Happy to be left for a while if he has had a walk.

Basic training: Lovely on the lead, knows to sit and has good recall when there are no distractions.



Dylan is a little bit like a super hero. One minute he is the mild mannered Bruce Wayne or Clark Kent in the house and on the lead. Then get him outside and off the lead and Bam! you have yourself a batman or superman kind of guy. Is it a bird? No, is is a plane? No.....its a big tan lurcher running at full speed

So don't be fooled by this couch potato, lounge-about-the-house-and-snooze-all-day attitude. Underneath the facade of calm he is plotting his next blast off the lead and cheeky shenanigan.



Dylan will be looking for a new owner who has owned sighthounds and or lurchers before and understands their ways. He has a strong chase instinct which cannot be switched off at the whim of a human. His desire and drive to chase is programmed into his DNA and we cannot ignore it.

For this reason we will not rehome him where there are cats, small animals or small dogs in the home.

Dylan does have good recall when there are no distractions, however, the sort of things that would distract him cannot be anticipated or prepared for. He will need an owner who can take great care about when to let him off the lead and he should be muzzled for safety. If he goes to a new home with other sighthounds, lurchers or dogs with a high chase drive he should be let off lead on his own as he is easily led astray and egged on by the presence of others when running.



Dylan is living with other dogs in his foster home and gets along with them well. However, he would also suit a home as the only dog. He does value a rawhide chew highly and can grumble at other dogs when he has one (although not people).



Dylan loves people and is very easy to live with. He is gentle and friendly with all he meets, even the vet and is very easy to handle. He is good with children and could be rehomed with children over 6 years.

*Please note we do not rehome dogs where they will be worked i.e. used to deliberately hunt other animals*

All Hope Rescue dogs are neutered, vaccinated, wormed, flea treated and microchipped prior to rehoming. A homecheck will be required, and you will need to come and meet the dog with your own dogs and family. Hope Rescue rehomes throughout the UK. A Pre-Home Interest Form can be downloaded from www.hoperescue.org.uk and should be returned to dogs@hoperescue.org.uk

lovely face.looks part saluki

Dylan seems okay running with another dog -Dobe?- in the photo ("If he goes to a new home with other sighthounds, lurchers or dogs with a high chase drive he should be let off lead on his own as he is easily led astray and egged on by the presence of others when running.")

Dylan has been in foster a year tomorrow and is fine free running with the dobe in his foster home. However the Dobe is a low prey drive dog.

There has been incidents where Dylan has got into trouble when running with high prey drive dogs where he gets carried away.

Lord Dylan has decided that he no longer wishes to live "up norf" and he feels he is more suited to being a "southerner" as he would be closer to the royal family His entourage arrived in Wales last Saturday so watch this space for the next chapter in his Lordship's life story.

In truth to give the lovely Dylan a better chance of rehoming he has come to us in Bridgend where he is local to the main Hope activities and we can get him out to meet and greets etc.

I am amazed at what a little poppet he is and much smaller than my two greyhounds. He has been great with both and immediately found the comfort of the sofa.





Well it's been a couple of days and Prince Dylan has settled in very well. We haven't had any issues and he really is as quiet as a mouse! He has started to have a little play, yesterday with a bit of kibble and today with me. It didn't last long though and he soon retired to the sofa.

I have caught him on the sofa with my greyhound Kevin today. I'm really pleased Kevin is being so nice to him.

oh, he does look small next to the greyhound

about what height is Dylan at the shoulder?

it's usually easier to find homes for smallish dogs than for large ones

Dylan ..sorry, Lord Dylan's vital statistics are :

Weight 21 Kgs

Height to top of his head - 32 inches

Height to his withers - 25 inches

Width.... 8 inches (lol)

Length nose to bum - 34 inches

Still looking

So, Dylan has been with us for four weeks now and he has slotted in perfectly! He is such an easy dog to have around the house and is very undemanding. He absolutely loves to sleep and in cosy places. By choice he is a real sofa dog but is happy to get off when told. We rarely find him lowering himself to laying on the floor though!!

Dylan is a very laid back sort of dog and we have seen no possessiveness of toys, treats/food or sofa. He can be a little shy in expressing his personality it we are seeing more of it everyday. I think he has been watching our greyhound Kevin play with his toys and every so often (when he thinks we are not looking!) we will catch him running round with one in his mouth.

Now the weather is warming up Dylan spends a lot of the day sleeping outside in the sunshine (while OH is inside working) and has encouraged Kevin to do so too! Obviously we have had to put a bed for him out there as he tried to snuggle into the garden furniture rain covers!

Dylan has such a lovely nature and is desperate for Kevin to do zoomies round the house with him. I think Kevin is starting to learn about play and getting there but still baffled by Dylan's play bows.

Here are some new pictures of him and we will be at Cardiff Bay pets at home today with him for the meet and greet!

Snuggling up to Kevin



Doing a classic forlorn face.



Rock climbing with some friends down the beach!



Some great pictures taken by a friend from a recent walk down the sand dunes.











Can you offer Dylan a home?

A sneaky one of Dylan sporting the latest combover



Just when I started to doubt Dylan's lordiness I come in the room to see this....

I can't offer Dylan a home, but he certainly is a beauty and those are good photos

hello,

We were wondering if Dylan is still looking for a home ? David and i have no human children but we have 2 whippies Dudley 4 years and Molly 5 years both neutered. Two weeks ago we lost our beloved 18 year old Benjamin . We feel we have a vacancy and would like to offer a forever sofa for a whippet or lurcher . We are experienced sighthound owners and i work in a veterinary practice as as an Animal Nursing Assistant .

Dylan looks like a lovely boy who needs a forever home.

Sincerely Alison Crewdson.

Dylan is still available for adoption.

If you could email me at dogs@hoperescue.org.uk I will foward an interest form so we can have a chat

Sorry Benjamin was needed elsewhere

Another little update on Dylan.

He is coming along really well and is continuing to grow in confidence. Last weekend he spent the day in Margam park on a family day out with 7 adults and 6 children aged 2years to 8years old. He was completely relaxed around them as they played games in the grounds and spent most of the sitting down time snoozing. He even got to share some picnic and in true Dylan style he happily munched some sandwiches but left the crusts! Kevin soon hoovered them up though.

Today he has made me proud again and walked beautifully in a group of dogs down the sand dunes including two greyhounds, two collies, a Podenco and of course Kevin. Sometimes Dylan can be a bit shouty at strange dogs but he was very chilled out and just wanted to play, especially with the younger collie who was more obsessed with his stick!

Giving this beautiful boy a bump.

Shhhh .... he might not need a bump :-

Any news on Dylan, has he found his home?

Dylan first came into our care in February 2010 ... and last weekend ..... Dylan .... moved to his forever home (w00t)



Via 2 fabulous amazing wondeful foster homes