Ritchie looks like a boxer with longer hair on his back - probably a longhaired predecessor there somewhere as well. Probably a grifon (Spanish hunting dog) crossbreed, which accounts for his being such a softie.
Ritchie is a stable, sociable dog - he loves all people and other dogs. He loves going for a walk but gets hot very easily and then stretches out on his belly.
We think he is almost 3 years old, not very big, about 50 cm high but broad and muscular. He will never win a beauty contest but if it was a contest for inner beauty, Ritchie would be a winner! He is also definitely a one-off - there is only one Ritchie!
He is looking for a forever home with people wanting to go to dogschool with him so he can be a real housedog. He still pulls on the lead with most people except his habitual volunteer, and does not know about living in a house yet as his "home" is a cage at the small Infiesto dog shelter. Here, volunteers walk him every day so at least he does get well socialised and exercised.
He arrived at the shelter in July 2011, where his owner tied him up - wearing a welded collar which we had to cut. We have seen the same collar on our pointer Theo, so probably the same owner.
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