Welcome Izzy! Izzy is a 5-year-old dark-coated Golden Retriever. She has been vetted and brought up to date with all her vaccinations. Izzy will be spayed and given some dental work on the April 11. She is downright beautiful and has the softest fur.
Izzy's personality is very happy. Though she can be timid of hand gestures and loud sounds, she tries to be brave about living in a house. Izzy is not crazy about stairs, but is very good about coming and going in and out of doors and often perform tasks dreaded by most breeder dogs.
She has her own kennel where she sleeps at night with the door closed. During the day, the door is open, and she comes and goes as she pleases. Izzy also eats in her kennel, giving her a routine she accepts as normal and provides her with her own personal space from the resident dogs.
Izzy is comfortable with the dogs in our home, which consists of another foster, residents Bridget (a Golden), Finnegan (small dog), and Molly (small dog). Izzy has yet to show her playful side, but does act like a puppy at times, jumping up when she gets really excited. This behavior is easily redirected by stepping sideways or making a vocal noise.
I must comment about Izzy's tail wag as she moves her whole back half side to side when she is happy. Her tail is very loud, too, when it strikes or comes into contact with something hard.
Izzy is making great strides adapting to living in a house, something she probable never could have imagined in her lifetime. Although Izzy is not my first puppy mill mama, each and every one of them has been special, and it is such a delight to watch them bloom into loving, happy dogs that greet each day as a delightful surprise to learn something new.
Izzy's future home must have children 10 years and older (if any), another medium to large dog to teach her all the good things in life, and a physical fence that may be optional depending on the family wishing to adopt her.
