Autumn 11-381

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My oh my ... you won't believe this little girl until you see her! She's a foxy lady! 

Miss Autumn came into RAGOM through a fantastic transport network, all the way from Kansas City, MO, where she was found as a stray. We picked her up on Saturday evening and she was so afraid and timid. They told us she wouldn't walk on a leash and we would have to carry her. Well, Saturday evening was a little difficult for her, she wouldn't eat or drink and only wanted to be held. She had burrs in her hair, didn't smell the best and had a terrible cough. So, we let her rest in our arms. She is estimated to be 4-6 months old and a Golden mix??? We think the mix is definitely Sheltie. If you look close you can she her black whiskers and a little black mixed in her beautiful coat. The tip of her tail also has some black coloring.

The next morning I tried to get her to eat a little something and what she took in quickly came out. What she drank also came up. My son and I gave her a bath, which she did not like at all but we needed to get the burrs and other unpleasant stuff out of her coat. She loved getting toweled dry and brushed and we decided we should see how much this little girl weighed. The paperwork said approximately 20 pounds, but I was sure she was less than that, she was virtually bones and hair. Well, to our surprise she weighed 24.5 pounds. She has a beautiful coat that reminds us of a fox but also has webbed feet. We decided would see how she would do on a walk. Contrary to what they told us, we were able to get her to walk on a leash and she did just fine. She was still a little scared on Sunday but enjoyed laying with our girls.

On Monday morning, she was still vomiting and wasn't keeping anything down. A quick call to our vet and RAGOM and in she went. They ran a Parvo test and that came back negative .... thank goodness. She does have a respiratory infection and they gave her something to help her stomach. In our vet's words, "she doesn't have any weight to lose", in only one day she lost almost 2 pounds. Autumn is on antibiotics for 14 days to help her cough. Autumn will need to go back to the vet for her spay procedure, her wellness checkup, get microchipped and her final booster shot. Things are finally turning around, on Friday evening she ate her food and even seemed to want more. During the week we were only giving her scrambled eggs with rice to help her stomach and she would pick at it. Now she is eating puppy food and cleaned her bowl. She is perky and running around with our girls this weekend. Pepper Anne works hard to get the fosters to play with her, but Autumn didn't seem to understand. When Pepper Anne would get too loud or crazy Autumn would run and stand next to me and almost hide from Pepper Anne. That changed this Saturday, they started to play. We always put the toy box away with new fosters but Autumn is so small and didn't seem to know what to do with them anyway, so they came back out last weekend. This Saturday, Autumn even started to play with a squeaky ball and really seemed to have fun.

Now that she is feeling better, we will start to work on manners and basic obedience. Autumn has already learned to sit before she gets her food, but stay is just too hard for this little girl right now. She will also jump when she wants attention, so we are working on feet down, she is getting better. It's hard to work on training when she hasn't felt good until now. Autumn has been in her kennel during the week with breaks during the day with my son home. We think she must have been in a home at one time because she seems familiar with the couch, bed, house sounds, kennel, and seems to be 95% housetrained. We had one accident because foster mom got busy and Autumn needed to go outside, considering that was the only accident I think we are doing great! We are still trying to figure out if she has a signal but with our two girls it's hard for her to get a word in. Although today, Sunday, she has found her voice and decided to use it. Autumn saw another dog down the street and had to bark at him, so now we will have to work on "enough".

If you're looking for a snuggle bug, if you're looking for a dog that won't get very big, if you want a dog with a "golden" personality, than you won't need to look any further.

If you would like to know more about this little peanut and are approved to adopt, contact your Placement Advisor today.


At a Glance #11-381

Mixed Breed Born: May 2011
Female 20 lbs

Status: Adopted

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My oh my ... you won't believe this little girl until you see her! She's a foxy lady! 

Miss Autumn came into RAGOM through a fantastic transport network, all the way from Kansas City, MO, where she was found as a stray. We picked her up on Saturday evening and she was so afraid and timid. They told us she wouldn't walk on a leash and we would have to carry her. Well, Saturday evening was a little difficult for her, she wouldn't eat or drink and only wanted to be held. She had burrs in her hair, didn't smell the best and had a terrible cough. So, we let her rest in our arms. She is estimated to be 4-6 months old and a Golden mix??? We think the mix is definitely Sheltie. If you look close you can she her black whiskers and a little black mixed in her beautiful coat. The tip of her tail also has some black coloring.

The next morning I tried to get her to eat a little something and what she took in quickly came out. What she drank also came up. My son and I gave her a bath, which she did not like at all but we needed to get the burrs and other unpleasant stuff out of her coat. She loved getting toweled dry and brushed and we decided we should see how much this little girl weighed. The paperwork said approximately 20 pounds, but I was sure she was less than that, she was virtually bones and hair. Well, to our surprise she weighed 24.5 pounds. She has a beautiful coat that reminds us of a fox but also has webbed feet. We decided would see how she would do on a walk. Contrary to what they told us, we were able to get her to walk on a leash and she did just fine. She was still a little scared on Sunday but enjoyed laying with our girls.

On Monday morning, she was still vomiting and wasn't keeping anything down. A quick call to our vet and RAGOM and in she went. They ran a Parvo test and that came back negative .... thank goodness. She does have a respiratory infection and they gave her something to help her stomach. In our vet's words, "she doesn't have any weight to lose", in only one day she lost almost 2 pounds. Autumn is on antibiotics for 14 days to help her cough. Autumn will need to go back to the vet for her spay procedure, her wellness checkup, get microchipped and her final booster shot. Things are finally turning around, on Friday evening she ate her food and even seemed to want more. During the week we were only giving her scrambled eggs with rice to help her stomach and she would pick at it. Now she is eating puppy food and cleaned her bowl. She is perky and running around with our girls this weekend. Pepper Anne works hard to get the fosters to play with her, but Autumn didn't seem to understand. When Pepper Anne would get too loud or crazy Autumn would run and stand next to me and almost hide from Pepper Anne. That changed this Saturday, they started to play. We always put the toy box away with new fosters but Autumn is so small and didn't seem to know what to do with them anyway, so they came back out last weekend. This Saturday, Autumn even started to play with a squeaky ball and really seemed to have fun.

Now that she is feeling better, we will start to work on manners and basic obedience. Autumn has already learned to sit before she gets her food, but stay is just too hard for this little girl right now. She will also jump when she wants attention, so we are working on feet down, she is getting better. It's hard to work on training when she hasn't felt good until now. Autumn has been in her kennel during the week with breaks during the day with my son home. We think she must have been in a home at one time because she seems familiar with the couch, bed, house sounds, kennel, and seems to be 95% housetrained. We had one accident because foster mom got busy and Autumn needed to go outside, considering that was the only accident I think we are doing great! We are still trying to figure out if she has a signal but with our two girls it's hard for her to get a word in. Although today, Sunday, she has found her voice and decided to use it. Autumn saw another dog down the street and had to bark at him, so now we will have to work on "enough".

If you're looking for a snuggle bug, if you're looking for a dog that won't get very big, if you want a dog with a "golden" personality, than you won't need to look any further.

If you would like to know more about this little peanut and are approved to adopt, contact your Placement Advisor today.


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Tuesday, November 29, 2011

Autumn had her full vet visit on Monday. She came through her spay procedure without a hitch; however, our little girl has worms and is on medication. Foster mom isn't too surprised since she came in so thin and we have had a hard time getting any significant weight on her, but, we were happy she gained 1 pound. Miss Autumn is now 24.5 pounds, all up-to-date on her vaccinations, negative to heartworm and lymes, got an overall thumbs up for wellness, and, our vet believes she is around 7 months old with all her adult teeth. We all feel she will maybe get to a whopping 35-40 pounds once she is full grown, so she will not be a very big girl. Let me tell you though, what she doesn't have in size ... she most definitely has in spirit. Now that she is feeling better she is all happy energy.

She loves ... loves ... loves to wrestle with Pepper Anne, loves ... loves ... loves to play with toys, and, loves ... loves ... loves to be with us!! She will wander into another room on her own and you can hear her playing by herself, but it's not long and she is running back to see what we are doing. Autumn has discovered the tennis ball (or really any ball). We have worked with her on fetch, return and drop and she is doing fantastic. She will even play ball by herself, she is so funny to watch. Autumn will throw the ball in the air, let it bounce, then jump on it ... repeat 3-4x, then switch up, throw the ball in the air, let it roll then bat it with her front paws ... repeat 3-4x. She is a very silly girl. Autumn is also learning dog language. Every now and then Autumn will try to get Josie (our older Golden girl) to play and Josie lets her know she is not impressed by her puppy energy. At first, Autumn didn't understand when Josie would raise her lip or give her "the" look, but, she has learned Josie means she has had enough and Autumn now stops pushing the issue. We have allowed Josie to get her point across because it's very important for puppies to learn these things. Autumn has also discovered her own reflection. When she sees herself in the oven door she stands there and barks at herself and we stand there and laugh at her - what a silly girl!

Because Autumn wasn't feeling well when she arrived she slept in a kennel in our bedroom but she has graduated to sleeping in our bedroom with a babygate. Autumn loves to snuggle on the bed and we sometimes allow this. We have been working with her to sleep on her dog bed next to me and she does just great. Autumn can go through the night without a sound and makes it outside to go potty without any accidents. We have also allowed Autumn free roam during the day, mainly because my son is home sleeping. We have had no accidents and Autumn has not been destructive with anything she is not allowed to touch. It's not enough for her to take out one or two toys ... oh no ... Autumn must take all the toys out and spread them around the house. Every night you will find me and Autumn walking around the house picking up toys just so she can do it again the next night.

Autumn is walking very well on a leash but it's not hard since she is so small. She does like to bark at people going by the house or dogs when they are out for a walk, so we have been working on "enough". So far, Autumn has learned "sit", "come", "down", "nice" and we are working on "enough" and "wait".  We have always had our girls "sit" and "stay" before getting their meals and Autumn has learned "sit". We usually teach our fosters "stay" but because Autumn has been soooo hungry I didn't want to add stress to her meal time, so that is something that can be worked on later.

We will be talking to a couple that is interested in knowing more about our little peanut, so wish her luck. I'll let you know how it goes.