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February 2010: Goldie Rosie Molly B
Goldie
Feb 2010:
Hello to GRR...
Just wanted to give you guys a quick update on our Goldie. We adopted her in the summer of '08. She is such a wonderful dog and a blessing to our family. She is always a part of everything and never misses an opportunity to be loved on. We call her our 80-pound lap dog!! She has brought a lot of joy to our family. Thank you for all that you do. I have attached a couple of recent pictures of her.
Sincerely, The White Family
Update 5/21:
Goldie has been with us for 2 weeks now, and they have been easy weeks. She has been a total joy to care for.
When she first arrived, it took her about an hour to feel comfortable around our own Golden… but after that, the two girls began to play and run around with the dog toys, and they haven’t stopped since. Goldie was a little out of shape at first and just loped along instead of running, but lately she’s really starting to run, and I believe she’s lost some weight. She plays well—no growling or fighting over toys or doggie bones, just play. We have a large fenced property and don’t put her on lead much, but when she is on her leash, she walks well without pulling. We are going into town this week to see how she does walking along in crowds of people and meeting children… we’ll keep you posted!
Goldie grew up in the country and she’s a real Country Girl. She loves running between the house and the barn, riding in the “mule,” and going with me when I head out to work in the garden. She finds a shady spot under a tree and just settles down to watch “dog TV.” She is interested in all the other animals, but not in the least aggressive. She has been introduced to the horses and goats and doesn’t bark or bother them in any way. In fact, I think she has only barked twice since she came here, and that’s because our dog barked in her sleep! Goldie is absolutely wonderful with the cats… we have five outdoor cats and they all rub against her and lie next to her, and Goldie just sniffs them and licks them. The cats love her.
She meets new people well, no jumping or rough activity. She wasn’t entirely housebroken at first, but her house training is progressing well. She had a few accidents the first two days but none since then. As long as you take her out frequently, she does just fine. We’re crate-training her, and she loves going into her crate at night.
Goldie is calm and loving and adores attention, although she is very content to lounge on the back porch while we read our paper and have our coffee in the mornings. To sum it all up, her personality is typically Golden: sweet, sweet, sweet!
Four-year-old Goldie and her good friend Lucky came to GRR when their owners had
to move from a farm in the country to an apartment with no yard… and no room for
two big dogs. Goldie is having a good time in foster care… much to her delight,
there’s a swimming pool there, and on Day One she made a beeline for the water
and dove in before her foster mom could stop her. “Watch out, she’ll always be
in the pool if she can be!”
Goldie
is fine in the crate, where she enjoys a peanut butter Kong. She’s happy and
calm with kids and plays well with other dogs. And she’s great with the three
cats in her foster home—mostly leaves them alone or slowly cruises along behind
them to sniff them.
In the
car, she’s the definition of “mellow”—lies on the back seat and snoozes away.
She is super on a Gentle Leader and doesn’t pull at all. She hasn’t had a
grooming session yet, but she sure did enjoy being dried off after her surprise
swan dive into the pool; she just rolled around on her back and adored the
massage!
Goldie
is a butterball at 88 pounds, so she’s on a diet… but beware, she’ll break it if
she can. Just today she snitched her foster dad’s hot dog & bun, complete with
spicy mustard, right off the kitchen table!
Like her pal Lucky, she’s got a lovely energy level. She’s happy to lounge about and keep you company, but she loves to run and play with other dogs and go out walking when she gets the chance. Somebody is going to get a prize with this girl!
February 2010:
Subject: Thank you for the best dog ever
I think my e-mail should be unusual since I am sending an update about a dog
we adopted nine years ago (early 2001). I’d like to think of this as a
tribute, since Rosie in my unbiased mind, is the best dog ever! I’d like to
tell you about our life with Rosie now, because I don’t think I’ll have the
heart to do it after she’s gone. She’s now 15 1/2 years old. As you probably
can guess she doesn’t chase squirrels or soccer balls anymore, but she’s still
as kind, loving, and stubborn as she’s always been. She’s now fittingly
“retired” in Gainesville, Florida, takes medications for her hips and liver,
and spends most of her time being a patient big sister to our second adopted
Golden, Noah (#06-006 “Cooter,” adopted in 2006), napping, ignoring squirrels,
riding in the car, and taking slow walks in the park. What she has meant to
each one in our family is immeasurable. When we adopted her, my daughter was
in elementary school, and Rosie was a soft and cuddly, patient source of
comfort and protection; she was a constant presence in my daughter’s soccer
games and loved the attention she got from everyone. She was also my mother’s
best companion. Every weekday she’d walk for miles with my mom when the rest
of us were away at school or work. Rosie’s favorite activities while walking
were meeting other dogs, listening attentively to my mom, and licking the
faces of little kids in strollers. Although both their hips gave out about the
same time, my mom and Rosie still have great conversations. For me, she’s a
non-judgmental sounding board and her daily hair brushing is a great
after-work stress reliever. She has a true Golden Retriever temperament and we
couldn’t have asked for a better dog. We loved her from the moment we first
saw her, offering us a muddy soccer shoe as a welcoming present and greeting
us as if she’d known us all her life. I remember how heartbroken the foster
mother and her son were to see her leave, but I wanted to let all of you know
what a great gift you all gave us and what a great life Rosie’s had. Thank you
again for your good work.
Maria
Rosie
is a pretty blonde 6˝-year-old coming into rescue with her pal Rachel.
R & R had great owners who took super care of them but had jobs that
required extensive travel. R&R
were spending a lot of time boarding in the kennel so the owners decided it
would be best to send them to GRR to find great homes where they could get the
love and attention they deserved. Rosie
is a big love bug. She is very
healthy other than she needs to lose about 20#, which a diet and exercise will
help immensely. She is crate
trained, housebroken, polite in the house and good with other dogs &
children!
Here's her update from foster care:
"We have had Rosie for just over a month now, and she has settled nicely into foster care. She has definitely lost a few pounds, and is having a blast with our other Gold Ribbon Rescue, Ginger.
"Rosie is a pretty blonde girl with a great disposition. She loves being around us, but also enjoys exploring our property and lots of naps. She loves to retrieve anything, and if you fail to throw something, she may just pick up a stick up to 4 feet long and romp around with it. She also loves socks and shoes, but never damages them at all….she just likes to have something in her mouth, and preferably something that has the scent of people on it!
"Rosie is extremely communicative with sighs and groans that let you know whether she is hungry or wants to go out or come in. When you come home, she’ll often greet you at the door with your shoes, which seems to mean that she wants you to come out and play WITH her rather than just letting her out. She is great with our 7-year-old son, and he loves throwing sticks into the pond for her. She will happily retrieve from the middle of the pond as many times as you are willing to throw the ball or stick. I have never seen her willingly stop playing this game, even when she slows down a lot. (This may be part of her weight loss secret!) I also find that despite being a 6-year-old with a few pounds to lose, Rosie has incredible energy and vitality.
"She has never destroyed anything in our home, and I’m sure it’s been tempting since we always have green army men and GI Joes on the floor somewhere in the house. Also, she has never once had an accident. In fact, I trust her with anything…except food left exposed on the countertop! This is her only bad habit. One day she grabbed a loaf of bread off the counter and finished it! A few days later, she snagged an entire wedge of brie. However, this was at the very beginning of her diet, and I think she is used to smaller portions now. Come see Rosie! She’s a great girl!"
View Pictures Here
In
July 2009 my wife and I had submitted a GRR application to adopt a Golden. We
went through the vetting process and then were notified that there was a dog
available that might fit our desires. We asked for a photo and what we saw
alarmed us a bit. The photo was of Delta (GRR# 09-096 and name) taken when she
came under GRR care. Delta was a very sick looking 5-mo old puppy. We were
asked to come see her at the vet hospital where she had been recovering from
the ravages of Parvo. Our GRR mentor Susie met us there and we met Delta. She
came out bouncing around and eager to meet all that were there in the waiting
room. She weighed a skinny 37-lbs, but we could instantly tell she was full of
life. It was a no brainer to take her home under foster care at first. We
quickly realized that we had found our dog and moved forward with the
adoption. In the interim, we had renamed her MollyB.