More about Duke

His Royal highness, Duke seeks a loyal subject to serve endless cuddles! As we all know every Duke needs a Kingdom - Is yours in need of a King sized companion?

This big friendly giant has a great history and good basics due to the dedication of his previous owner. Such as being fully house trained, and a wonderful sit! He loves people and gets a lot from human interaction but can get quite excited and needs gentle reminders not to jump up!

Duke will need a home with a private garden for burning off all his energy, and would be best suited to a home with multiple people to support his ongoing training. He is a smart and playful boy who is eager to please - he does not quite realise that lap dogs are not meant to be over 40 kilos!

Change seems to be a trigger for Duke and he found his initial few weeks with us very stressful, demonstrating humping behaviours towards people and dogs. Although the behaviour towards people has all but gone, we are still sending him home with the recommendations for him to stay on lead when out and about and therefore will need experienced large breed dog owners who understand all the quirks that come with a dog of his size and temperament.

Dukey has recently been on foster and we have seen some lovely behaviours from him such as settling for prolonged periods while his foster carer is at work and his house training being impeccable. As expected Duke has struggled slightly with the transition and we have seen mouthing behaviours when he has been unsure but these have eased as the weeks have gone on. Below are a few quotes from his foster carer to give a real sense of his personality:

"Duke is a cheeky boy & steals my shoe quite often as he knows I'll want it back. Whatever he takes i always swap for a treat. He's a 50 kilo lovebug who has a huge heart. He thinks he's Tigger when he jumps on me & really doesn't realise his size. He loves doing zoomies around the garden."

If you have already completed our online rehoming form and would like to know more Duke, you can e-mail our rehoming team on bbh.rehomers@battersea.org.uk to register your interest.

We ask every customer to first complete our online form before we discuss an individual animal, 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/rehoming

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