Dog Handling Tips: Coffee – 1 year old male German Short-Haired Pointer

Coffee is a 1 year old male German Short-Haired Pointer. Coffee is a handsome affectionate young bouncy young GSP male. Coffee is wonderful with people, very cuddly and affectionate. He is a cat chaser, so cannot live in a house with cats. Coffee is fine with dogs he knows, dogs that do not push him around and he enjoys the company of the gentle female pointer he is in foster with. However Coffee has fear of unknown dogs and does not like dogs that are too bouncy. Coffee was found disorientated and thin in the middle of a road in central Spain and was picked up by the police. While in the pound he was attacked by another dog and badly bitten on his leg. A kind girl stepped in to save him and he went into foster with a lovely family with dogs for several months.

We then advertised him and found him a great home in the UK with dogs and cats… sadly Coffee could not leave the cats alone, so was moved into foster. He was then rehomed with a young bouncy wirehaired Viszla, but found a pushy young male dog too stressful, he became increasingly nervous of meeting strange dogs and was beginning to loose his temper with the viszla too. Happily Coffee was able to go back to the foster home where he had been before and has settled back in well. He is living with a male and female dog, neither dog is pushy or bouncy and the home is calm. He is still nervous about meeting strange dogs and this will have to be worked on as an important part of his training.

Coffee is a really lovely young dog, everyone who meets him falls in love with him. He is a very affectionate loving boy who is eager to learn. He loves a cuddle, craves human company and loves to play tug & fetch. He is clean in the house and sleeps well at night. Outside he has a strong prey drive and he has zero recall so lots of training is a must.