Foster home sought for Tyler while he gains weight

13.01.12

We are appealing for a new year foster home for a dog who has some serious eating to do in 2012.

Whilst most of us are resolving to lose weight this new year, Tyler, a six-year old Dobermann, is currently too thin to go up for permanent adoption.
 
So he needs a foster home where he can continue to gain weight.

Kennel life is too stressful for Tyler

Tyler, who was signed over to our care via one of our inspectors, is currently in the care of our West Hatch Animal and Willdlife Centre near Taunton in Somerset.

Staff at West Hatch are hoping to find Tyler a foster home where he can escape kennel life, which he finds stressful, and concentrate on gaining enough weight so he can go to a permanent home of his own.

Opportunity to adopt Tyler once he has gained enough weight

Deputy manager at West Hatch, Anita Clark, said:

Tyler is a nice dog but he has not had an easy start to his life and he really needs to be fostered so he can continue to gain weight and get more one-to-one attention.

Once he has reached his ideal weight and the vet is happy to sign him off, then whoever is fostering him would have the opportunity to adopt him permanently if they wanted to.

Tyler's ideal foster home 

Despite his slim figure, Tyler is a very strong dog on the lead so he is looking for a fosterer who has experience of large dog breeds, ideally Dobermanns.

Someone who is at home for most of the day would be perfect as he gets worried when left.

He needs to go to a cat-free foster home with a reasonably large secure garden where he can burn off some energy.

And due to his strength and bouncy nature, any children need to be teenage or older.

Tyler has not yet been neutered due to his weight.

Anita added:

The RSPCA will supply all of the food for Tyler whilst he is being fostered.
 
And he will need to return to West Hatch on a regular basis to be weighed and also to have his flea and worm treatments applied so anyone interested in fostering him would need to be fairly local.

Could you foster Tyler?

If you think you match the fosterer criteria above and are interested in fostering Tyler, please contact:

RSPCA West Hatch Animal and Wildlife Centre

Telephone: 0300 123 0747 

 

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