Companionable Murphy Beagle! (Oldies Club, fostered Staffordshire)

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27/05/18 – Cheeky Beagle Murphy has gone to his new home!

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Murphy is a gorgeous 14 year old Beagle boy who came into the Oldies Club dog rescue after his owner sadly passed away. Murphy is in an Oldies Club foster home in Burntwood, Staffordshire, waiting for someone to offer him a permanent home.

Settled well in foster care: Murphy settled at his foster home within about 3 days and is enjoying a relaxed daily routine involving eating, snuggling up on the sofa next to his foster carer, pottering in the garden and going out for short walks.

Wants to be your companion: Murphy has spent 13 years of his life constantly with his owner and so that is what he thinks is the norm. He gets upset when separated from his foster carer, even if she is only in another room. He isn’t at all destructive when left, but he does cry (heartbreakingly) and howl for a while and then he lies looking through the window anxiously waiting for you to return. It would be unfair for poor Murphy to live in a home where he will be routinely left and so he needs a home with someone around a lot of the time. Beagles are pack hounds and so we wonder if Murphy might be more relaxed about being left for short periods if he had a canine friend, or even a little pack, to keep him company. He has never lived with another dog before though.

Enjoys walks: Murphy is very good on the lead and enjoys walks of up to an hour, once or twice a day. He doesn’t really respond to being called because he’s fairly deaf, and he is a Beagle!

Good in the car: Yes he is!

Murphy’s favourite pastimes: Eating, and being in your company. He’s never far from his foster carer’s side, even when she is vacuuming. He also loves greeting visitors to the home.

Good with dogs: Murphy gets on well with other dogs of all shapes and sizes when on walks, just sniffing around, showing no fear or malice. Although Murphy has always been an only dog, he might enjoy living with other dogs for company. He would need to be fed separately from other dogs though.

Unknown with cats: Murphy isn’t used to living with cats.

Good with visiting children: Murphy hasn’t lived with children before but he is used to having older children visit. He obviously wouldn’t want to be pulled around by youngsters but would be happy to have kind children visit his new home.

Murphy’s ideal home: Murphy would love a home where he will have company most of the time, and perhaps with other dogs for company too. A detached home would be best for those times when you do need to leave him for short periods as he will utter a wonderful beagley bay. He does also bay sometimes when he hears noises.

Health notes: Murphy is not neutered and we have been recommended to not have this done as he has a heart murmur (which doesn’t require medication at the moment but might in the future). Murphy is vaccinated, microchipped, wormed and flea treated. He is prone to ear infections and his ears need regular cleaning and occasional treatment. He has allergies for which he is having half a 16mg tablet of Apoquel per day – he will need this for the rest of his life.

Murphy’s foster carer told us:Murphy is a happy, lovable and companionable dog. He can also be noisy and greedy but he is a lot of fun to have around. He loves people and always welcomes visitors. He doesn’t play fetch but he does have a rubber toy that is very important to him which he carries around in his mouth and brings to you when he’s ready to go to sleep.”

He seems to dislike tidiness and will spend quite some time scraping covers off the soft furniture and also moving his bed around. He has a pillow that is kept on the bedroom floor and he placed it in front of the mirror on the wardrobe. He lies on the pillow facing the mirror, barking at his reflection for a while and when he is satisfied that he looks good and has admired himself he turns his attention to his bed that I have brought up from the lounge and placed neatly against the chimney breast. In the morning it will be anywhere, even jammed in the doorway. He’s probably trying to put it out on the landing!

He sleeps well at night in my bedroom in his bed or on his pillow, but he must have his rubber toy which seems to give him security. He is quite a character, very good company and great fun to have around
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If you would like to offer Murphy a permanent home, please read our Adoption Procedures for information about the adoption process. You can then contact an Oldies Club rehoming co-ordinator as follows:

Email: rehome@oldies.org.uk
Telephone: 0844 586 8656

Murphy can be rehomed anywhere on the UK mainland, subject to a satisfactory home visit, but note that you will be required to travel to the foster home to meet him.

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If you would love to offer a home to an oldie but your circumstances aren’t suitable, perhaps you would be kind enough to sponsor one of the special oldies we are caring for that, due to health problems, are unlikely to be offered a permanent home.
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