Ellie is still at SLR and still looking for a home folks, (and we have other urgent little ones that need our help!!) so here is an update. Ellie is lovely, what can I say? She is perfect in the house. She is spotlessly clean, doesn't need to go out often (she can hold it for ages like our boy!) She doesn't bark, whine, she spends most of the day sleeping and is happy to go on a bed on the floor, or the sofa (currently we have a special leather doggy sofa of which she is the only one to get it right and sleep on it) She is perfect with our two boys, gentle polite, loves our springer Tipton and just wants to be Fionn's playmate (he's not so sure!)
She wanders quietly around after you and gently pushes her head into your hands when she wants to be scratched and fussed.
She has such a sweet, loving and sensitive nature and has such a calming presence on everyone and everything. She's completely won my dad over who normally doesn't care much for the (usually naughty and young) foster dogs- he even gives her kisses and cuddles and talks to her in a silly voice, so that shows how much she gets under your skin.
Outside she's good on the lead and we've started letting her off and her recall is usually OK- however the only thing is that she isn't really responsive to calling or food e.t.c yet when she's off and distracted, so that needs work. She usually just wants to follow our dogs or say hello to others. She likes other dogs and likes meeting them, but can be a bit growly if a dog keeps getting in her space and won't leave her alone. Also strangely she's more scared of big dogs than smaller ones. But generally she does just want to play when she's offlead- however because of her size she can be overly rough without meaning it and you have to watch carefully (which is why it would be great for her to have a large playmate within her own family.)
She's gentle enough for children but they would have to be pretty quiet and respectful as she is sensitive and can be frightened when people shout. We would say she's not cat friendly as she's exhibiting a prey drive out and about but a test could be done. She just wants a dog that she can play with and that could match her strength and roughhousing, so her perfect home would be with one or a couple of other dogs and at least one deerhound, deerhound cross or large dog.
Her behaviours are things a deerhound owner will know about and have dealt with before, so it would be perfect if she could go to a deerhound owner. That's where you lot come in!
SLR have a 200 mile radius rehoming policy but that does stretch quite far so please don't be put off- just check a route planner!
(Ellie is on the right)
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we want to get the home just right. 
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