Master-Bear

“Here’s a story I know you folks have heard before. I saw a dog in our country neighborhood today who broke my heart.   He’s a big Golden.  I've seen him before, in a large pen,  but today he was tied to a metal chain on a tie-out with no shelter and no food in sight.   I stopped & talked to one of the men who works with the horses next door.   He told me the owners don’t want this dog because he escapes from the pen,  so they’ve tied him up.   I left my name & phone number & the owner called me just now. Dog was given to them in June of this year by a relative’s friend who said the dog had grown too big for their son & their yard.  Current owners built a wire pen and he’d been kept in there until about a month ago—never out of the pen, not walked, very little human interaction. Now he’s begun to dig out, so they tied him up & also have been keeping him a horse barn. They never wanted him in the first place and now they REALLY want to get rid of him. They don’t even know his name.” That note came from a concerned GRR mom in mid-December. We were worried about what effect all that isolation and outright neglect may have had on the young dog—but at first visit,  even though he was clearly longing for attention, “Master” (as we decided to name him) didn’t get wild. “He was very affectionate & did not bark or get overly excited. I felt him all over and he was just fine with it.” And in GRR care, he’s earned more praise: “Polite, calm, and wonderful.” “Instinctively obedient.” “Nice to cats.” Now that’s a solid personality.

To go with his wonderful temperament, this 2-year-old has looks to spare! He’s huge (maybe just a pound or two overweight at 105 lbs.), with gorgeous creamy-blonde fur and an impressive block head. He’s heartworm negative (a real stroke of luck) and was already neutered. He DOES pull like a freight train on leash—no surprise, as he has never been walked before—and he’s got a mild ear infection that will clear up quickly, but other than that, he’s a healthy guy.

As he settles into foster home, we will have more details. In the meantime, enjoy the photos of a Golden who really needed a Christmas miracle—and got one!

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