Well, Remington has been at our house now for almost a week. I feel like he has been with us forever. He has made himself right at home. He is a VERY sweet, loving dog. Remington pretty much loves everyone that will pet him, kiss him and love him up. He is an extremely easy foster. Remington is house broken, and crate trained. We are working on getting more meat on him. He came into RAGOM very skinny but I can already see progress and he likes to eat.
When he first came to our house, he did not know his name. He was a stray so it was a new name for him. We have just worked with him by constant praise and treats when we call his name or tell him to come. He does very well with that now. He knows sit and my husband just taught him shake the other night. Now every time you have a treat he shakes even if you don't ask him to. It is so cute....
The vet in Iowa guessed him to be around 10 months and the only thing I see puppy about him is he is a little clumsy sometimes. Other than that he is a very mellow, sweet puppy. Every once in a while he will get a burst of energy. He loves my two resident GR's. He plays very nice with them. My neighbor has a black Lab/ Golden mix that is about 4 years old and Remmy loves him too.
One thing Remmy will need in a forever home is either a fence or a family that will have the patience to train him on a leash or tie out until he can build trust. Being a stray I don't trust that he would not run if he had the chance. I don't think it would take long for this guy to trust but I would never want anyone to take the chance and have him end up where he was before.
We go to the vet in the morning to have his stitches removed. We had to wait because of the holiday. Remington is ready to find his forever home. If you are interested please contact placement
ragom [dot] org.
