Noah’s Story

Welcome to the wonderful world of NOAH!!

I was assisting a Trauma Therapy training in an Ashram in Raiwala near Rishikesh India. Noah would come into the Ashram looking for food every day, many of us from the training fell in love with him. The people of the Ashram didn't want him around anymore, many people in India are not liking stray dogs, so I decided to rescue him. I pushed forward my flight by one month and went on a mission to cure his tick fever, get him well enough to be vaccinated, get him a pet passport and find him a temporary home whilst we did paperwork to bring him to UK. This all sounds like it was very easy and quick, it wasn’t! It was an adventure and at times very challenging.

Finally I found a place that agreed to take Noah in, a pet boarding in South India. I looked at Animal Shelters but most of the shelters in India and full of disease and totally over-subscribed. So I found an amazing Oasis Pet Boarding in Bangalore but it was 3000miles from where we were. So of course I went on an adventure with him and took a taxi!!! That was a journey!!! 1 week later we arrived in Banglore! Noah was resident at Wag-ville pet boarding in Bangalore for about 12 months. He received some basic training there and whilst he was there was also neutered.

In the first few days of January this year Noah arrived at London Heathrow!! He has been staying with me at my house in Sussex for almost 3 months and now its time for him to find his forever home! He is an amazing dog but unfortunately I travel too much to take him on a forever basis and I also have 5 cats who are not dog friendly. However I know I can find him an amazing UK family and I would love to stay in touch in the long term and hear how he is doing.

Everyone who meets him loves him because he is so friendly and social. He would suit someone who can socialise him with other dogs and humans at least a few times a week. Noah is about 3or4 years old. We don't know exactly, its a guess based on his teeth. He looks very much like a Labrador but is in fact an Indie. In India, mongrel street dogs are called 'Indies'. Indies are known to be very resilient, intelligent and independent. Noah already shows signs of being very responsive to training.

He would suit a cat free household unless it was a large farm style environment, school age children and preferably no other dogs but it depends on the dogs really, he does love to socialise.  He also needs a physically strong owner as he is 35kg. He needs lots of exercise and space. I already spent about £5000 in total getting him to this point.  The most important thing is finding the right person/family.

Noah's temperment is calm, dopey, friendly, excited, sometimes high energy. He never bites humans ever, however he has a few times become aggressive towards other dogs who get too close to his food, this is a territorial survival behaviour that comes with being from the street. Whoever takes him on needs to be up for the challenge of loving and training a street dog. He has spent the first years of his life roaming independently. He is a magical dog, with a great personality, that just needs a loving home for him to really land in his happiness.