About This Dog: She is a large girl who needs an experienced owner. Pat walks well on the lead and loves to play with other dogs (as long as there's no food around.) She can live with another calm, female dog as long as she is fed separately. She loves her food! Once she gets to know you, she loves head rubs and bells rubs too. She loves running off lead in the secure fields.
I just googled and clicked on a random dog...and that's the blurb. I went through a few, and honestly I am not impressed (yes, I have a lot of time on my hands today!). In case helpful, I've listed my issues below but it basically boils down to the fact they have deliberately phrased things in a way to make them seem like less of an issue than they are.
'As long as there's no food about' 'She love's her food,' - That's them trying to make it sound like it's a quirk. It's not a quirk. This dog clearly has severe resource (food) guarding issues - yes, they say she needs to be fed separately, but they are not being v. specific about the fact it is resource guarding (which is well known to escalate) and the measures that need to be taken (or even anything they are doing to try and fix it). The whole wording is red flag city.
'Once she gets to know you,' - That means she's either fearful and timid, or prone to some form of aggression/reactivity. It's not clear. Again. Red flag city.
'Loves running off lead in a secure field,' - No recall, which for a breed that's built like that mean's you're going to have a problem adequately exercising it even if you have a secure field nearby.
No good rescue would ever provide so little information.
If your friend wants to adopt, she shouldn't go through one that does overseas adoption and is so blase about such serious issues. Have your friend take a look at Spaniel Aid, for example, and look how much detail they provide about the dogs in their care - and how honest they are about the dogs issues and limitations.
Rescuing is a great thing to do - but it should be done through centres that actually put effort into giving you all the details you need to know before you even apply for a dog, not a centre that gives you 80 words of totally useless waffle.