Barney
Barney
- Age 1 year, 3 months
- Living with children Teenager and Above
- Breed Collie: Border
- Living with dogs Can't live with
- Sex Male
- Living with cats Can't live with
- Size Medium
- Reference ANIMAL27369
- Centre Battersea, London
More about Barney
Meet Barney, our handsome Collie cross!
Sweet Barney certainly lives up to his Collie heritage! He is a friendly and affectionate boy who loves getting to know people and playing with his favourite toys. He is an energetic and intelligent lad who will need plenty of physical exercise and mental stimulation to keep his busy brain occupied.
Barney is looking for owners with experience of Collies or similar working breeds, or those who have done plenty of research into their needs and typical behaviours. He can show stalking and chasing behaviours towards other dogs, as well as some sexual behaviours, so he will need to be the only dog in the home. He can still enjoy suitable doggy friends on walks, but his new owners will need to manage these interactions carefully. Due to his history of chasing cats, he cannot live with them.
Barney has struggled with being left alone, showing vocal and destructive behaviours when separated from his owner. He will need a home where someone is around for most of the day, with any time alone built up very gradually. Experience with separation anxiety would be particularly beneficial, and a home where responsibilities can be shared between multiple carers would be ideal.
Barney can live with experienced teenagers aged 13+ and will need his own private garden for exercise, training and a little refresher on his housetraining.
Barney is a lovely boy with lots of enthusiasm and potential, looking for an active and committed home that understands his Collie traits and can help him thrive.
If you have already completed our online rehoming form and would like to know more about Barney, you can e-mail our rehoming team on rehoming@battersea.org.uk to register your interest.
We ask every customer to first complete our online form before we discuss an individual dog, so if you have not filled in our form yet you can find the details on how to do so here https://www.battersea.org.uk/rehome/dogs
Please be aware that we have a large amount of interest in rehoming our animals, so we are only able to contact those that are a match for the dog you have contacted us about
Home to rehome with Battersea
Rehoming FAQs
Here at Battersea, we assess all of our dogs individually and create a rehoming profile for them. To ensure successful matches between people and pets, we use a combination of extensive rehoming experience, our staff expertise and the information you provided in your rehoming form. Once you complete your online registration, you’ll receive a confirmation email to let you know that we have everything we need to begin our matchmaking process, as well as the next steps of the process.
This may not always be the dog you thought it would be, which is why we ask that you see the registration form as a way of registering your interest in rehoming, not an application for a specific animal. We’re experts in making sure we find the right home for our dogs and the right dog for your home.
Read the full list of rehoming FAQs.
Once you’ve completed our online registration form, we’ll handle the rest. Your rehoming registration will be open for up to three months, and in that time, we’ll do our very best to try and match you with a pet that best suits you and your lifestyle. It can take a bit of time for us to try and match you with a pet – but we promise it’s time well spent. We’re committed to getting to know every animal at our centres before finding a match that works for our dogs and for you wherever possible.
If we are not able to match you with a dog within three months, we’ll let you know and offer guidance to help you continue your search, either at Battersea or beyond.
Read the full list of rehoming FAQs.
Our rehoming fee is £230 for dogs (over six months), £350 for a pair of dogs, or £275 for puppies (under six months). We accept cash or debit/credit card as payment (we are unable to accept cheques). Included in this cost are the following:
- Microchipping
- Initial vaccinations, flea and worming treatment
- Neutering
- A collar, identification tag and lead
- Starter pack of food, advice and special offers
- Four weeks’ free Petplan insurance as your dog settles into their new surroundings
Something to bear in mind is that our rehoming fee is just the beginning of the costs involved with owning a dog. We would recommend that before making the decision to rehome, you investigate the costs of pet food, pet insurance, grooming and fees at your local veterinary centre so that you are fully prepared for the financial implications of bringing a dog into your home.
Read the full list of rehoming FAQs.
