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THE BTRF WAY !

Passing the home check with flying to show us how to address them. That's

colours, our next step was to go and working out really well and something I
meet our new potential family member have never experienced with any other

at a neutral location, overseen by the dog rehoming charity.
appointed behaviourist to see how
The result is we've been equipped with
the two dogs would get on, ask more
questions of the gifting family's lots of training techniques to help
Freddie calm down and integrate quickly
behaviourist and owners, see if he and

our family gelled. All went well and we into our family.
were given the green light by BTRF. I can see how such a well thought

through, behavioural psychology-based
The support from BTRF since

the adoption has been phenomenal. We management plan can help ensure that
adoptions are successful and as a family
were sent an in-depth management plan
before he arrived for us to read and we are really grateful for the support
we've had from BTRF and Progressing
digest as a family to help him settle in,
with training exercises and a Partnerships. (And so is Freddie!)

comprehensive list of do's and don'ts.
.
We've had access to support via a

WhatsApp group with Kaye, Yvonne and
Mary to help us through those early

weeks when, admittedly, a stressed
rehomed dog can result in a very equally

stressed household trying to deal
with it.

That first week was very hard but Kaye,
Yvonne and Mary were there every step

of the way to get him settled in: giving
advice, helping us understand and

address his behaviour, responding to our
questions at all hours of the day/days of
the week. We've had a few issues as

certain behavioural issues have come to
light, so BTRF paid for us to have an

in-person session with Yvonne and Mary

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