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Posted in Uncategorized on Jul 3rd, 2010
I am vacation-fostering Rowan, one of the McDonough Red Hunter breeder dogs, while her regular foster is off on a trip. Rowan is totally sweet–very shy, the runt of the litter, and far more timid than her brother Finnegan. At nine months old she only weighs 38 pounds. But she has a brave soul, and [...]
Posted in Uncategorized on May 26th, 2010
I just got Mr. Finnegan on Monday. Fin is my first foster dog since I adopted Bella. Isn’t he beautiful? He’s an eight-month-old Red Hunter Golden Retriever, with beautiful silky puppy hair and a puppy’s openness and energy. Finnegan, like a lot of dogs from breeders that just got overwhelmed, was basically healthy–what suffered was [...]
Posted in Uncategorized on Mar 28th, 2010
Bella and Justin had their first spat-and-make-up, which I had expected as they work out their relationship. It began with the rawhide flip, which is a rare treat in my house. Justin loves them. In fact, while Justin is Theta Dog in almost all areas, there are two things he will fight seriously over: entry [...]
Posted in Uncategorized on Mar 25th, 2010
Over the last few months poor Justin has been reacting less well to my fosters. It isn’t that he doesn’t welcome them — he welcomes them too much, and mourns them when they find their Forever Homes. He cried soft little whimpers after Nilla left, poor guy. I thought about a permanent foster, but the [...]
Posted in Uncategorized, dogs on Mar 1st, 2010
First off, Ms. Nilla is a flat-out wonderful dog. She has solved her housebreaking issues, and has proven herself non destructive, polite, sweet, loving, and relatively quiet. The min pin in the yard kitty corner to ours can get her going, but then I think that min pin has a potty mouth. Nilla loves to [...]
Posted in Uncategorized on Feb 24th, 2010
I just got a new foster dog, Nilla. Nilla is a sweetheart of a dog. You can see her Adopt-a-Golden page by clicking on her picture. Nilla is young and playful, as you can see in the video below. She’s around 18 months old, and very healthy. Nilla has pale blonde fur, thick and lustrous, [...]
Posted in Uncategorized on Jan 7th, 2010
The monthly adoption day is coming up! If you’re in the Atlanta area, visit the Buckhead PetSmart (click for map) on Sunday, January 10, 2010 between 12-2 pm, and see most of our fantastic adoptable dogs! If you can’t make it to Adoption Day, but you are interested in adopting a Golden Retriever, please fill [...]
Posted in Uncategorized on Dec 27th, 2009
It sure sounds as if my InvestiGator is turning in to a great dog who will be welcome wherever he goes! Come see him next Adoption Day at Adopt-a-Golden. Robin writes, “Kirby [her alpha Golden] is finally warming up to Gator. They actually were wrestling a little bit on the 24th. Gator had wanted to [...]