Gee, I do have to admit, Autumn is not the easiest dog in the world to get pictures of. I'd do better with a videocam. When outside and running, she is so beautiful to watch, but entirely impossible to catch on camera. She really would be an excellent dog for agility. She's fast, straight-bodied, treat-motivated and a very smart girl that would have so much fun running through the course with you. She does have AKC papers (since she's been in rescue, you'd have to get her certified, but that would be very easy to do,) is a purebred Golden and could easily compete in agility. And I have to believe she would be an excellent contender with high chances of doing very well with the right training. When I ask her to sit, she sits, but when I move backwards to get her in the picture, she comes forward with me which doesn't make for a very attractive picture as all I get is the inside of her nose. I guess we'll have to work a little on a "stay" or "wait" command, or you could if you are the lucky home that decides to adopt her.
Autumn has two issues (not bad for a dog her age). One, a stuffed dog toy does not have the chance at a very long life with Autumn. She LOVES to unstuff them and get out the squeaky. That's probably not really considered an issue, but at this time, she hasn't quite figured out the difference between a doggy stuffed toy and my couch pillows, so we have put them up in the closet. Lots of nylabones, dog bones and other appropriate dog toys for chew items helps a lot. It's not like she has to chew something all the time--she doesn't take books off of bookcases, or anything like that. She just really loves the stuffed things and wants to unstuff them. She willingly gives anything up to you without any hesitation. No growlies in this girl. When I'm going to be gone for short absences (couple of hours), I leave her with free roam of my lower level which is very dog-proofed, and she does fine. Her second issue, and I think it is easily fixed, is that she is completely housetrained when on my ceramic tile or laminate floor. However, carpet on the other hand, she seems to think is grass. Since we've only got carpet in the bedrooms, she doesn't have a lot of opportunities to make mistakes, and I have caught her in the act a couple of times and have tried to let her know that is not acceptable, but she is going to need some close supervision when on carpet at first so she learns.
It took her a few days to settle in, but now that she has, she's really quite an easy dog to foster. She doesn't bark much--pretty quiet girl. She likes to run and play but then will come in and crash (unless I get out the camera). She gets along beautifully with all dogs and people. Somebody is going to really enjoy adopting this happy, friendly girl.
