Barney & Judy (Oldies Club Cheltenham)

Barney is a Corgi cross about 13 years old and a real softy. He loves fusses and is fab with everyone and everything!

Barney came in with his friend Judy - they need to stay together. Sadly their owner had to go into a nursing home and couldnt take them with him. He didnt want them put to sleep, as they are very fit and healthy for their ages!

Barney loves attention and is a groaner/talker when you fuss him. Barney thinks he is a lap dog and boy is he heavy! He loves to follow the girlies around.



Judy is very quiet and dainty, she takes herself off to the cat’s bed or the crate, she likes a quiet corner alone.

Judy is deaf, so she may need a little extra consideration. When she does want some attention she will follow you around for a fuss or will get on the sofa and kiss you.

Judy doesn’t really bother with the other dogs, when she first came she curled her lip up at them in fright more than anything. Now they stay out of her way, and even when she goes up to them now with her tail wagging they think “oh no here she comes!”

Barney loves to potter around in the garden - and at the moment he’s enjoying a good roll in the snow too.

If you are interested in Barney & Judy, please call Kelly on 01692 598982 or email: rehome@oldies.org.uk. Teddy can be homed anywhere in the UK, subject to a satisfactory home check.

For lots more oldies at rescues all around the country, please visit http://www.oldies.org.uk/

They are both gorgeous.. :smt049

I'm sure there is someone out there who would love them as much as their first owner did.

Good Luck Judy and Barney :smt049

Any news about these two?

Does the oldie's club just help to rehome or advertise for rescue's or do they help privately too?

They are in foster care at the moment. I believe Judy has had a couple of little arguments with other dogs in her foster home, and her fosterer is trying to decide if she'd be happier with no other dogs in the house, or if this is just teething troubles.

The Oldies Club advertises oldie dogs that are proving harder to find homes for other rescues, and we also have foster homes (not enough of them, of course!) and we take a smaller number of oldies that cannot find other rescue places into those.

If someone contacts us about an oldie they want to rehome, usually what we'd do first is see if a good breed or local rescue might be able to help with homechecking and follow-up checks - and if necessary offer the dog a space in kennels or, for preference, as these are older dogs, in foster care.

If we can't find a good rescue that can help out, we'd try to assess the dog and get it into one of our foster homes for further assessment (and rehabilitation: some of our oldies have been abused, and others are just a bit on the tubby side!).

If we can't do THAT either, (cos all the suitable foster homes are full) we'd advertise the dog as a private rehoming. We only do that as a last resort though, because an awful lot of the dogs we see are coming out of homes where they really can't go back if the rehoming doesn't work out.

For example, we get a lot of oldies where the owner has died and a carer or relative is desperately trying to find a home for a dog that they are not able to care for long-term. Or dogs in families with tiny children where the owners are worried the dog might bite, and things like that. Or poundies...

In that sort of situation, it's much better if there is a rescue involved that is prepared to provide followup advice and in the last resort,take the dog back and find somewhere else for it.

If a dog is being rehomed privately, we can sometimes help by arranging for an experienced homechecker to check the new home, and we also have 2 advice sheets - one for people homing privately, and one for people planning to adopt a dog directly from its old owner.