About Neville

*We've had Neville for 9 years this May.* About 5 years in, he began having severe epileptic seizures. After years of seizures, with no help via medication or CBD oil, we changed his food and VOILA - seizures slowed dramatically. We can't even recall the last time he had one. However, we do believe the seizures changed him. (Though we have no clinical diagnosis for this.) For he has grown increasingly more anxious and protective of our home over the past 2.5 years. He has always been more high strung than his sister, Sookie, but two years ago our issues with him truly came to a head, when he bit our neighbor - who he knows well. We got a private trainer. We got a second trainer. We had ample talks with the vet. We chatted with his kennel owner (who adores that little 'black & white' when Neville comes to stay and has never had issues with him.) We have friends following a very specific protocol for entering the house - which has worked wonderfully. BUT, after an incident last week, where he attempted to bite a friend at the door, we have finally decided that our home, and specifically where it is located (a busy neighborhood) is just too stimulating for Neville. And thus, we are looking to rehome him. ~ He needs a home that is NOT on a busy, community street - one where he doesn't feel the need to protect the house so vigorously, and yet WILL if in a rural community where one may want a dog to enthusiastically alert for visitors. Neville acts like a guard dog. We just can't have that HERE. ~ We also feel he needs to be separated from his sister, Sookie - who is such a dear, sweet dog - but furiously protected by her brother. We are having a hard time finding a humane shelter for Neville, for he isn't near death, nor is he an ongoing dangerous threat, though unpredictable. Thus, our protocol within the house is set up to avoid over-stimulation with visitors. And it works. Neville calms within moments of following our plan when people visit. And yet, the stress on him is just too much - and unfair for him to endure. And unfair for guests who have to follow strict rules for entering - and as he can be unpredictable we simply can not risk it. Neville would be great in a ONE DOG living situation. He would also be great in a more RURAL living situation where he doesn't feel compelled to guard the door but will ALERT when someone comes by. A fenced yard would be ideal for Neville. Again, he is healthy. He is trainable. He just doesn't flourish in this situation any longer. Know anyone who needs/wants a beagle? Know of a humane shelter (Beaver Co is not taking any surrendered healthy dogs)? Know anyone who would love a very loyal companion who is sweet as can be to his 'person'?

Beaver County
Beaver, Pennsylvania