Life with Annie continues to be peachy keen!  Annie greets every day with a smile and a wag and goes to bed every night with a happy little sigh--she is one sunshine girl, through and through.  We've learned that she can destuff a toy in five seconds flat and that peanut butter is a most appreciated treat, especially when smeared on a milkbone! She stays with us in our yard (no fence needed!) and kindly ignores the yappy little dog next door.

I think the only thing Annie needs to make her life perfect is that one family that will love her for the rest of her days.  I've talked to a few potential families, but the one issue that arises time after time is that Annie is not a Golden.  I know, I know--you're here at RAGOM because you want a GR, right?  You want a dog that's loyal, loving, smart and kind?  A dog that needs you just as much as you need them?   Annie is all of those things and so much more, but because she doesn't fit an image or is a different breed, she's being overlooked.  I understand that we all have preferences, but I also know that when we open our eyes (and our hearts) to new things, beauty and love appear before us.  Won't you open your eyes and see sweet Annie?  She's waiting for you!

Miss Annie had a good weekend at her new foster's home--but I think her happiness might have had something to do with the shank bone FD bought her at the meat market!

She loves to have her bones and chewies around her and tends to carry them from room to room as she follows us around.  Annie is definitely a velcro dog, and who could blame her? After living in an outdoor kennel and then going to boarding, she wants to make sure she keeps her humans in sight at all times.  She's not annoying, though, and will just lie down and sleep (or chew!) at your feet while you do your thing.  We don't allow her  on the furniture, but then again, she's never asked!  Annie has wonderful manners and responds well to what little correction she's needed, which was mainly begging at the dinner table. 

We're starting to think that Miss Annie was trained at one point in her life, because old gal LOVES to fetch!  I haven't yet gotten a picture of her outside, but you can be sure that she's most happy running around with a ball in her mouth!  Annie appears to be a very, very smart dog who just hasn't had the chance to exercise her brain (or her body) in a long time.  We have a reedy, grassy pond at the end of our lot, and Annie has been the first of our dogs to find a way in the water--she's got her nose to the ground, searching out the geese and ducks that live among the grasses. What amazed me, though, was as soon as I called to her, she responded and came right back to me.  Now I don't know anything about hunting dogs, but considering Annie came in with her AKC paperwork, shows a lot of confidence in the fields and grasses, and has no fear of loud sounds--maybe we're looking at a dog that at one point was trained to hunt?  Regardless, Annie has the ability to become a phenomenal dog (regardless of her age) and would blossom with the right environment.

I will work on getting those outdoor pictures up soon, but in the meantime...you know the drill!  If you're an approved applicant and want to give this old gal the second chance she so richly deserves, call your Placement Coordinator today.

Silly Annie Bannanie was sleeping next to my bed and I was able to sneak a picture of her (see below).  Is she just the cutest girl or what?  She is so sweet and absolutely loves the attention that she is getting at my house.  She has grown fond of my oldest son and when I came home the other day he had propped her up onto the couch and they were doing some bonding.  He just adores her and they are getting very close.  She has been really good with my dogs - ignores them pretty much.  She loves to eat, sleep, walk and get scratches.  We also cat tested her and she just ignores them.

I see Annie in a home where she gets the love she needs, her meals and her adored walks.  Like most doggies, she just loves her walks.  She is in "sniffing heaven" grasping all the smells.  She does not chase squirrels or even want to say hi to other doggies.  She just runs from tree to tree to bush to bush to get her allotted amount of smelling in for the day.

Annie would love to have a home to call her own.  She is just a love bug and will give you love back ten-fold.  She so deserves to live her remaining years with a family that loves and adores her.  Well, they all deserve it but she missed out for so many years that she has a lot of making up to do.