Matilda - Staffy x

Matilda is a stunning 2 year old Staffie x and is currently living in foster care in Cardiff.

The Matilda fact file
Dog status: Tends to be a bit over excited and can be boisterous when she first meets dogs. Will settle once she gets to know them.
Cat status: Not in foster with cats but will chase them in the garden
Child status: Good but she is a bouncy girl so would need children aged 8 years plus
House training: Very good
Home alone: Happy to be left for a few hours if she has had a good walk and has a chew or activity toy. Could live with a full time worker.
Basic training: Matilda is an easy pupil as she is attentive and eager to please.






Matilda is everything that epitomises a Hope dog. A dog who was rejected, saved and is now ready to start a new life. She is a wonderful dog with a comical and loving personality.

Matilda came to us from Cardiff pound where she had spent many, many months waiting in their kennels. We took her on and again she had to wait in kennels for a foster offer to come through. She has now been extensively assessed by her foster home, loved and cared for and we have watched her bloom and develop in to the dog she is now.

Matilda is a very loving and affectionate dog and adores people and their company. She is very well handled and socialised with people and even sees a trip to the vets as a wonderful social day out. matilda has been good with children she has spent time with in her foster home but she is a bouncy and exhuberant dog so we would prefer her to live with children over the age of 8 years who are used to dogs.



Matilda lacked some early socialisation with other dogs and then was kennelled for a long time. This meant she spent many months in the company of other stressed dogs. When she would go for a walk she would be very excited and she learnt this as a pattern of behaviour. She can now becomes over excited when she greets other dogs and this affects her behaviour towards them.
Her foster carer has been working with our trainer Sian of Cardiff dog training club and behaviourist Jen Underwood of Petrouble. Matilda is an excellent student and has been introduced to the clicker.
She has been introduced to and developed relationships with other dogs, her foster carer explains-
'Careful introduction were made with my friends 2 JTR’s; Tyla (4, Male) and Pippin (7, female) and Tilly now spends lots of time with them, in our house and theirs, they go on lots of walks together and she is fantastic with them. She’s not possessive with her food or toys and always looks visibly dejected when they leave. She’s really well behaved with them and obviously enjoys their company.'
Marilda could be rehomed with other dogs if careful introductions could be made and the other dogs were calm and well socialised and could be a good role model for Matilda. She of course be rehomed as the only dog.



Tilly is an active dog who loves her walks and would need to get out and about daily to keep her stimulated and work on her social skills. She has a good jump meaning she would need a secure garden.

Matilda is good when she has been left on her own as long as she has had a walk and has something she could chew on should she wish. She could be rehomed with a full time worker if she had someone visiting and walking her in the middle of the day. They would need to be committed at other times to ensuring she received enough mental and physical stimulation.

All Hope Rescue dogs are neutered, vaccinated, wormed, flea treated and microchipped prior to rehoming. A homecheck will be required, and you will need to come and meet the dog with your own dogs and family. Hope Rescue rehomes throughout the UK.

I've not posted for a while. Tilly is doing really well, she's such a lovely, affectionate, sweet girl.

She's really calmed down with other dogs now and loves nothing better than visiting Tyla and Pippin the JTR's or having them around the house to play, better still she enjoys running around the fields or woods with Tyla, she becomes quite dejected when they leave now bless her

She's responding really well to clicker training, lead work and is proving to be a very attentive an obedient girl. She also loves baths, that's a first in my experience!

I'll post more soon but here are some recent photos:

Matilda is still looking

Tilly is still looking

A huge thanks to all at Hope for the support and all at the GSD Club Of Wales who train us as well as the hounds!

She's become an absolute star now she's had chance to settle. Bright as a button too.

Here's a quick snap of Tilly basking in the glory of her bronze (she's actually basking in the glory of a good roll in fox poo also) You can really see the Boxer in here:



And she's learning to play the didgeridoo