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A terrified golden retriever puppy named Lola arrives home completely shut down, and the first meeting with the family’s dogs reveals just how scared she really is. Instead of bouncing around like a typical puppy, she shakes, keeps her tail tucked, and needs time, space, and calm introductions to feel safe.
Her first encounters with Moi, Cookie, Kobe, and Francis slowly show what helps her relax: gentle body language, a quiet environment, and other dogs who don’t overwhelm her. At feeding time and bedtime, Lola’s lack of confidence is even more obvious, and the rescue team has to work carefully to help her settle into the house and crate. It’s a tender rescue story about trust, recovery, and a shy puppy learning to be brave.
This is a heartwarming dog rescue and animal behavior video for viewers who enjoy golden retriever puppy stories, rescue introductions, shy puppy recovery, and wholesome pet content. It’s also a great watch for people searching for dog rescue journeys, puppy socialisation, and calm animal companionship videos.
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Her first encounters with Moi, Cookie, Kobe, and Francis slowly show what helps her relax: gentle body language, a quiet environment, and other dogs who don’t overwhelm her. At feeding time and bedtime, Lola’s lack of confidence is even more obvious, and the rescue team has to work carefully to help her settle into the house and crate. It’s a tender rescue story about trust, recovery, and a shy puppy learning to be brave.
This is a heartwarming dog rescue and animal behavior video for viewers who enjoy golden retriever puppy stories, rescue introductions, shy puppy recovery, and wholesome pet content. It’s also a great watch for people searching for dog rescue journeys, puppy socialisation, and calm animal companionship videos.
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00:00oh she's terrified she's shaking a bit when you think of a golden retriever puppy this is probably
00:08the last thing you'd imagine lola should be bouncing around causing chaos but instead she's
00:13terrified and honestly i'm still trying to figure out why she's clearly lacking a lot of confidence
00:19and trust but don't worry because there's hope we've got an entire pack of other dogs myself and
00:25ella and you guys together we can all help lola but if she's this scared of us how is she
00:32going to
00:33cope with a house full of dogs i don't want to get ahead of her story just yet right now
00:38i'm
00:38questioning why she's so scared and more importantly can we help her all right we have arrived home with
00:47her and this is actually going to be the first time ella has met her she's white yeah she's cream
00:54cream
00:54golden retriever oh she looks so sad she's really scared lola's a uk surrender i've just picked her
01:00up after a two hour drive we're going to bring her into our garden so she can start exploring
01:06okay she's coming through so let's put a blanket there so that they can't see oh kobe's already
01:12looking over it okay put her down let's see how brave she is
01:19oh she's terrified
01:24she's shaking a bit she's very scared
01:29oh she's okay oh she's so frightened but so cute she keeps stinking oh she's farting and she
01:50stinks she stinks she stinks anyway this one's really frightened and she's only so young i moved
01:58away to see if she was brave enough to take some steps lola come on let's just give her a
02:02minute
02:02i'll take it in i'll take it in poor girl
02:08oh
02:10oh
02:10oh
02:11oh
02:11oh
02:11oh
02:12good girl there you go i don't want her to think i'm chasing her
02:16yeah
02:17oh
02:18she's stress burping
02:20so i've got a new pov shot for you guys but i think i look a bit crazy
02:24you're gonna go get us some coal run the bike
02:27oh
02:28lola
02:29right do you want to try and get up and see if she'll explore a bit
02:32okay so we're gonna get up there we go we'll see if she'll move a little bit
02:36because we do eventually need to get our dogs out there we go she's looking a bit braver already
02:41yeah that's good good girl she looks like she could do with yeah she looks like she could do with
02:46fattening up a tiny bit
02:47we have got a barrier set up as well because she's clearly going to be quite scared
02:51hopefully she could first have a sniff of the dogs before they actually meet her
02:57she's like don't go too far now
02:59should i see if she wants some water
03:00yeah
03:01do you want some water
03:03lola
03:03lola i'll come with you
03:06she's got an incredible story which i'll get into a bit later
03:10there is a reason why this poor pup is really lacking any confidence but we're really hoping our pack of
03:16dogs help her out
03:19i'm gonna put her onto
03:20can i hear you
03:21the other side of the gra- the gate
03:24because
03:25oh
03:27you clearly
03:27need some confidence building
03:29and one of the best ways to do that
03:31is with the dogs
03:33but we know you're probably going to be very scared at first
03:36i think that you should stay with her
03:38okay
03:39and i'll go get the dogs
03:40because she's coming towards you i don't really want to separate her and stress her out
03:44okay
03:44do you want to go and get moki i'll do moki first
03:47yeah let's go get moki she hasn't got a collar on
03:49that's okay she'll be okay
03:51all right
03:51all right go and get moki
03:52okay lola
03:53we're gonna go and get moki okay
03:56moki
03:56you're brave aren't you
03:58come on moki
03:59here comes moki
04:03moki
04:04oh she's growling
04:05well don't don't pair if she's growling
04:07okay
04:09hello hello
04:10moki
04:11hello
04:12good girl hello
04:16good girl
04:17oh her heckles are up
04:19oh look at the little one
04:20oh my god that is adorable
04:24here we go if i stay here i wonder if she'll get a bit of confidence
04:28good girl well done good dogs
04:31okay we're just gonna give her a little bit of time to get used to having this big dog here
04:36and we want moki to calm down as well
04:38yeah
04:38we also want moki to calm down a bit
04:40good girl
04:41i cannot wait for kobe to meet her
04:43i don't know what it is but sometimes i feel like golden retrievers can just tell when there are the
04:48golden retrievers
04:49okay they're both doing good i'm gonna let moki through
04:51oh you it's not attached i don't think it's attached you can just swing it over yeah
04:54it's okay
05:00good girl lola well done
05:06oh she's just still good girl well done
05:11good girl well done
05:14that's good she's moving around a bit more good girl
05:17oh no she's really frightened yeah she's really scared
05:21well done look i can sit here if you want and i can be your emotional support look
05:29she's a friendly girl
05:32oh i'm gonna move away let's see if she's brave enough to get up
05:37moki you come yeah good girl oh
05:41good girl lola oh maybe stop um leaning down to pet her because she seems a bit more braver when
05:47you're
05:48up just up here walking okay yeah
05:50mokey come come on mokey come come on mokey
05:53look good girl
05:55see
05:56oh
05:59mokey come
06:00good girl oh she likes that she's like okay she's friendly and playful mokey come i'm not gonna
06:07lean down and oh oh good girl oh yeah she's she's actually more confident when we don't lean
06:14out yeah wow that's a new way of getting them out there shall yeah just show that you're playful
06:24i'm out of shape oh my time oh look she's okay this playful around here it's fun yeah now she's
06:30exploring now how insane is that just a little bit of fun showing all of a sudden she's okay yeah
06:37kind of like it here yeah so that clearly went really well we're gonna keep mochi here
06:41because she's clearly comfortable with her now and we're going to bring out the dog that is crying
06:46a lot she is our other rescue cookie now she can be a little bit overwhelming so it will be
06:52interesting
06:52to see how this one goes all right these two are waiting whilst ella goes to get cookie we haven't
06:59done a video on cookie yet so be sure to hit that subscribe button so you don't miss it here
07:05is
07:05cookie very excited cookie i think she's a little bit overwhelmed yeah she is yeah so we'll give
07:11her quite a bit of time to calm down yeah the good thing is that when she meets dogs she
07:15obviously
07:15kind of just like hungers down doesn't move and i think that'll stop her getting too excited and look
07:21she's having a look lola's having a look the only thing is i'm a bit concerned because she's
07:24overwhelmed she might like trying to jump on her and pounce on her yeah we'll wait for her to calm
07:28down
07:28a bit i was about to say she even noticed there's another dog here there we go lots of tail
07:31wagging and
07:32positive body language from cookie but it goes wrong soon very good from cookie so cookie herself
07:40is only 10 months old so she's also a puppy i don't know if you can hear a dog barking
07:44in the
07:45background but that's her other dog francis oh look she's more concerned about the uh barking dog yeah
07:53cookie cookie no cookie i opened the gate but didn't let any of the dogs know we didn't want
08:02anyone to work themselves up good girl cookie i think after this we'll give her a chew oh there
08:08you go she's just noticed this opened i'm gonna stay here lola's eyes are basically shut
08:18a little tail wag from cookie that's good the thing that we that's interesting with the current
08:23rescues that we have is that when they're behind a gate they're actually a lot more barky and worse
08:28i don't know if that's because they're used to the shelter environment but you can see here now that
08:32she's actually here nicely cookie she's actually a little bit better good dogs come on cookie hello
08:40haven't seen you hello lola's like we're gonna do the same thing again i'm not gonna do the same
08:45running thing again because this one will get too excited and won't focus on me she'll focus on lola
08:50good girl hello lola's like we're gonna run again because i really enjoyed that last time
08:57she's so submissive i mean typical puppy behavior to be honest typical golden retriever puppy
09:03very submissive gonna be the bottom of the pack but obviously cookie
09:09cookie is still a puppy herself for only 10 months we've got two more dogs to meet our
09:14golden retriever kobe and another rescue that we have francis but first we're getting out the dog
09:20lola will probably be most familiar with her breed buddy kobe stay with her oh here he is
09:31oh she doesn't like kobe to be fair i was gonna say the dad yeah so her dad and it
09:39was actually her
09:40dad didn't get on with her and obviously he was a big male golden retriever this is the reason we
09:45think she's so scared i wonder if the other dog telling her off made her lose all her confidence
09:49i'm gonna let kobe right through because it's kobe what about lola poor lola go on kobe oh
09:59she's had a sniff instantly she's like oh that's not the same dog right there we go kobe come i'm
10:04gonna try to do the same thing he's having a good sniff he's having a good sniffy all right i'll
10:07let
10:07them meet good girl lola kobe it's a mini you it's a mini kobe come kobe come on boy kobe
10:18come
10:19kobe isn't actually a massive fan of puppies and i think he was a bit thrown off because
10:24he was expecting puppy energy to be honest i feel like we all were this poor thing really is scared
10:30and
10:30timid oh lola oh seal mode kobe come kobe hello boy hello lola actually came from a loving home and
10:42her owners were heartbroken to let her go now it's our mission to help her become the happy confident
10:48golden retriever puppy she's always meant to be subscribe if you'd like to be part of her journey
10:54i'm just gonna open this gate up so that they can explore a little bit there you go
10:59and then there is actually one more rescue to meet but that is going to be on neutral ground
11:08because he can be a bit funny so we took francis on a walk and brought lola along too
11:15let's see how he gets on and we are just going to go over to this field lola has had
11:21both of her
11:21vaccinations so she is able to go on walks and we're just going to very slowly introduce these two
11:28good boy francis all right i'm not sure she's gonna walk come on that's good let's see if she
11:36doesn't walk that's okay good dogs come on then come on lola yeah my guess is she wouldn't walk a
11:44lot but that's okay because we can just bring francis near i've obviously got control of francis so
11:48if he does decide to act up i'm able to control him there's loads of smells and everything
11:57he doesn't care he is completely unbothered we'll see if we can do a little walk good girl
12:02there we go look at them go oh yeah well done guys great that is a good meet and greet
12:10good girl
12:11lola oh yeah she's like i feel like you're the decision maker here can you keep me all right
12:19that went well let's go back into the house and reintroduce her to all the pack and inside the house
12:24all right we're back in francis is showing a bit of interest not a whole lot so oh he's just
12:31having
12:31a drink we can let these dogs back out here they come
12:40kobe look it's your mini you he does not look impressed he's like i don't care if it's a mini
12:44me
12:45it's still a puppy so now lola's met the pack it's important to show her into the house
12:50but we need to stay on alert here as sometimes dogs can act a bit differently when in a home
12:56where there's less space let's see i'm guessing lola will follow i think she might freak out at this
13:00bit let's see it's okay if we just go in i think she'll come in come on in lola you
13:07can figure it out
13:09good girl yeah cookies like i'm a good girl here we go she's having a good sniff of everything
13:17welcome lola good girl to the shelter
13:22the home shelter we do literally run a rescue from our home and caring for these dogs isn't cheap
13:28if you'd like to help us give more dogs a second chance there's a link to our gofundme in the
13:33description below or you can scan the qr code on screen even one dollar genuinely makes a difference
13:39thank you i think what's good about the pack that we have currently is they're not like
13:43too in your face about puppies and it's quite hot today this is really important for lola creating
13:49a calm safe environment for her she will eventually realize she can be a true puppy here and our pack
13:54got straight into doing their thing by forming like an emotional support circle around her it was
14:00absolutely adorable good girl oh look at mochi oh that is adorable well done mochi do you know what's
14:10going to be interesting obviously mochi was a puppy when she was with kobe but now she's got a puppy
14:15retriever look oh kobe's he's like i'm the only golden retriever here baby's just like i'm not built for
14:25dad life work he's like i'll be the mum so what's interesting is mochi never likes dogs laying near her
14:36like when she first meets them oh my god even francis has gone down it's like they've it's like they've
14:42made an emotional support circle around her i am the dog whisperer look at me they call me mother for
14:48a reason so originally we thought that the older dogs would take lola under their wing especially mochi
14:55as she's like mothered puppies before but the dog that actually started showing early signs of this
15:00actually surprised us so cookie oh she's just moves but she's really surprised us we thought
15:06she'd be like super overbearing really overwhelming but it looks like she's actually looking to mother
15:13her cookie's a super confident pup so we're hoping she takes lola under her wing
15:23she was like lay with me oh my god cookie absolutely loves her did you just see that yeah
15:29she loves her they both laid on their sides we didn't catch it because it was literally
15:33only for a second but they both laid on their sides and they touched and cookie was like
15:37having a little sniff of her cookies really surprised me she loves her doesn't she i think i don't know
15:43if
15:43she's mothering her but i just think she really wants to connect with yeah i don't think she'd
15:48mother her because she's she's a puppy herself it's like it's like she can see a vulnerable young pup
15:55and she's like that was me once upon a time she can tell she's scared i think yeah same
16:00maybe she is mothering her you know maybe cookie and lola could become best friends over the next
16:05couple weeks you never know but now it's time for the dog's dinner and when we feed lola you really
16:11see
16:11how much she struggles with her confidence all right everyone's food is prepared let's get them fed
16:19come here mokey yes francis francis yeah good boy sit yes there you go bobs cookie come cookie girl
16:34yes good girl right in there good girl and then we're gonna feed lola in the conservatory lola
16:42good girl you see her go super low and try and make herself small when ella fed her we've got
16:48some
16:48work to do with this one that's yours it is evening time now sun is starting to go down and
16:55bless her
16:55she's still really scared still sort of like integrating into the pack but to see a puppy kind of like
17:02this
17:02you think she'd be bouncing off the walls so francis really wants to play with cookie and we're hoping
17:09we're hoping lola watching all of this um will help her gain more confidence oh she's looking at me
17:18look at them
17:20so i currently have lola on my lap just to give us some pets to make her feel a bit
17:25better and i'm
17:26gonna put her down and i think when i put her down you guys will see how scared she actually
17:31is
17:53she's also pretty scared around kobe which makes sense
17:57her dad wasn't getting on with her
17:59so i think it really affected her confidence but we're coming towards night time now and stick
18:04around because this ended up being one of our hardest nights for the rescue
18:13it's just before bedtime so we obviously want to put all of the dogs out and i thought i'd come
18:20out
18:20with lola to see if she would go to the toilet she is apparently crate trained so we're gonna put
18:26her
18:26in a crate tonight oh my god i'm wearing shorts and a t-shirt in the uk it's night time
18:31and i'm
18:32freezing okay she hasn't had a wee unfortunately and i'm just too cold oh there she goes oh oh she
18:40got all submissive it's okay lola come on i'm way too cold to be staying out here right now
18:45i'm freezing come on lola okay all the other dogs are in their beds lola i'm gonna try and put
18:51lola
18:51into her crate with a treat let's see come on lola come on come on lola
19:00do you just want to take a treat there you go
19:04okay she took that all right maybe i'll leave like a hansel and gretel trail
19:09since she'll go for it i don't want to give her too money because she
19:12yeah i don't want to give her too money so she has an upset stomach
19:16she wasn't going into her crate so we had to do it the old-fashioned way
19:21good girl oh there she goes into the crate oh she crate trained
19:32okay she's got some treats in there as always we have got cameras set up to keep an eye on
19:37her
19:38she looks pretty chilled out and pretty happy in there to be honest i think she's gonna have a good
19:43deep sleep tonight
19:50she is still absolutely crying the house down but she is a puppy so we're gonna let her cry out
19:56for a
19:56little bit longer see if she stops we're also obviously conscious of our neighbors so we're
20:01hoping she's gonna give up soon
20:06she didn't so we tried covering her crate with a breathable blanket to get rid of any stimulation
20:12this didn't work either
20:15at one point i think some of the other dogs started joining in it was like the world's worst choir
20:21down
20:29you'd think we rescued a rooster what is that noise i mean this clearly isn't going to work
20:35so we actually moved her crate next to francis hoping he would politely tell her to stop crying
20:40i'm so sorry for this francis by the way but you're the mvp
20:47i mean it actually worked he showed his teeth but nothing too over the top and she stopped crying
20:54that was until francis bless him fell asleep on the job i'm sorry but this is so cute and funny
21:01but we had
21:02to do something okay she did not stop crying so she's up here with me and it looks like i
21:11need
21:11a crate train no more tomorrow better stop crying now don't act all shy now i literally just heard you
21:17cry the entire house down i don't even care how cute you look it's midnight it's time to go to
21:26sleep
21:26now she did eventually settle for the night but oh man what a tiring day of rescuing thank you so
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