Lambeau (Bo) (Happy 11-133)

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Welcome one very wet “Happy” to Ragom.  His name sure fits his personality!  He didn’t care that it was raining when we wanted to take his picture – so here you go! Happy is a very handsome, 8-month old, 45-pound PB male Golden Retriever.  He came to Ragom because his “neighbors” have chickens, and Happy likes them too much…  His family was afraid of him getting shot.

 

He came to us a few days ago and has settled in well.  He likes playing with our resident German Sheppard (11yrs) and Golden/Lab mix (1.5 yrs).   Happy is potty trained, UTD, and soon to be neutered.  He LOVES to play outside.  He likes kids (lived with 5 children).  We don’t know about cats.   After settling in and relaxing a bit, more of his personality has come out. His tail is always wagging, and he gives great puppy kisses.  He likes to cuddle with my daughter (18) and me, but isn’t a velcro dog.  He likes my son (20) and husband and everyone that comes in the door.  Doesn’t resource guard anything or anyone, jump up on people, or need constant attention.  He loves to play with bones and dog toys – and can entertain himself.  He did bark a bit after he was here a couple days, but we used a spray bottle of water – and it seemed to work (on all three dogs :-)).  We will keep working on that.

 

Happy will post as soon as he gets back from his surgery (Neuter) this week.

 

At a Glance #11-133

Golden Retriever Born: August 2010
Male 50 lbs

Status: Adopted

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Welcome one very wet “Happy” to Ragom.  His name sure fits his personality!  He didn’t care that it was raining when we wanted to take his picture – so here you go! Happy is a very handsome, 8-month old, 45-pound PB male Golden Retriever.  He came to Ragom because his “neighbors” have chickens, and Happy likes them too much…  His family was afraid of him getting shot.

 

He came to us a few days ago and has settled in well.  He likes playing with our resident German Sheppard (11yrs) and Golden/Lab mix (1.5 yrs).   Happy is potty trained, UTD, and soon to be neutered.  He LOVES to play outside.  He likes kids (lived with 5 children).  We don’t know about cats.   After settling in and relaxing a bit, more of his personality has come out. His tail is always wagging, and he gives great puppy kisses.  He likes to cuddle with my daughter (18) and me, but isn’t a velcro dog.  He likes my son (20) and husband and everyone that comes in the door.  Doesn’t resource guard anything or anyone, jump up on people, or need constant attention.  He loves to play with bones and dog toys – and can entertain himself.  He did bark a bit after he was here a couple days, but we used a spray bottle of water – and it seemed to work (on all three dogs :-)).  We will keep working on that.

 

Happy will post as soon as he gets back from his surgery (Neuter) this week.

 

Updates

Wednesday, May 4, 2011

We are in LOVE!! Happy is the nicest dog ever. He was neutered Wednesday and came home Thursday. He has been relaxing?? with the resident dogs for the last few days. Still hasn’t had a bath because of a nasty double ear infection and neutering. Happy is so easy going! He doesn’t act like a puppy - he has way better manners. He is also “petite” for a golden. He weighs about 45 pounds and is a bit smaller than my resident female Remi (1.5 yrs) 60 lbs.

Happy and resident Remi run laps in the fenced in yard several times a day. Great exercise! Happy is soooo funny. One of our resident dogs can open the sliding glass door and does so whenever she wants to come in. This afternoon, Happy and Remi were out playing and I heard the door open and then heard a funky scratching noise, so I went downstairs to find Happy dragging in a branch (not a twig, or stick – bit a five foot branch)! Needless to say I took it back out, shut and locked the door and let them play with it outside .

Happy will be fine with or without a fence (he is learning to walk on a leash) but I think he would like the freedom of a fence much more as he came from a home where he was free outside all day. He doesn’t bark as much and stops when we say no (spray bottle sometimes), does not use a crate here (or in previous home), has free run of the most of the house and is not destructive. No food or toy aggressions. He loves to play with resident dogs and neighbor dogs. He sleeps either in my room or my daughters on a dog bed on the floor near us. Don’t know about cats, he loves chickens (at his original home) and is very good with kids – 7 and 9 year old family played with him well over the weekend.

If you are interested in meeting Happy, please contact your placement advisor.