Sadie (Daisy 07-702)

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Let me have the pleasure of introducing RAGOM's newest family member, Sweet Daisy. I really do not know where to begin with her as far as history, because she has a lot. The first year of her life remains a mystery. She was only 1 year old when she was dropped off at a breeder to be bred, but the owner left the country and never returned for her.

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Golden Retriever Born: June 2005
Female Weight not specified

Status: Deceased

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Let me have the pleasure of introducing RAGOM's newest family member, Sweet Daisy. I really do not know where to begin with her as far as history, because she has a lot. The first year of her life remains a mystery. She was only 1 year old when she was dropped off at a breeder to be bred, but the owner left the country and never returned for her.

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Tuesday, November 5, 2019

We just said goodbye to our Sadie girl. We are heartbroken. We adopted her through Retrieve a Golden of Minnesota just over eleven years ago.

Her life began in cruelty. She was then basically a feral dog living in the forest on her own. The feisty wild girl was a tough cookie, as the DNR had to use a wolf trap to get her safely captured. She was brought into a loving foster home for a few months to start her transition, and then we adopted her.

She gave us unconditional love and care every single day. She was taught how to be a dog with a family by our other Golden, Madigan. And she fiercely loved the kids from day one.

She took quite a few years to be fully rehabilitated, which showed that she was abused during her first year of life. Once we got her home, it took a few days for her to look into my eyes, three weeks until she wagged her tail, and a year to walk on a leash.

She tore through lots of stuff in this house! And we endured quite a bit of barking at the neighbors. But she soon found her calm and started loving humans rather than fearing them. 

She was with me daily, snoring at my feet as I worked from home. I often thought of her as my own personal therapy dog. The way my stress would be relieved as I would run my fingers through that red, silky hair.

Her deep brown eyes always looked sad, but she was such a happy and content girl, especially when Davis gave her the leftover cereal milk. And she would always be near the kids, watching over them. All kids really loved her, and she made us very popular at campgrounds. 

For all of you wonderful dog people out there, you know the pain. It feels unbearable. But we know it was time to let her go.

We had a vet from MN Pets come to our home to assist on Sunday, November 3, 2019. In the end, we knew it was the right choice as her body couldn’t hold on after fourteen years. And it was a gift to peacefully help her along into the next phase.

We love you, Sadie, and we always will.

Daisy 07-702
Daisy 07-702
Daisy 07-702
Daisy 07-702
Daisy 07-702
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Daisy 07-702
Daisy 07-702

Sunday, April 20, 2008

Dear Daisy,

Yesterday you left our home with your new Mom, Dad, and fur brother, Madie. My heart took a beating as you left, but you need to trust me on this decision for you to move on to this next chapter in your life. As much as I will miss you, I feel so grateful for you to have been a part of my life and, most importantly, for the G Family to want you as one of their family members.

After they left from their visit with us, I was so excited for you to have such a caring, compassionate couple who - even after hearing about your past stressful life, your very strong lack of trust in humans, and let's not forget about all the countless shoes and slippers you have somehow snuck off with and decided to use as a chew toy - said, "Yes, she is perfect for us."

There are few families who could take you on, so I know you have a Guardian Angel watching over you that sent the G family our way. I have such a good feeling about you spending your Golden years with them. Even though I did not want to withdraw my protective arms that have been wrapped around you for so long, it was time to release you and allow your new family to love and cherish you as we all did here.

They will have all the patience and love for you to continue to blossom, so be brave, my sweet girl. I promise you that you have finally reached your final destination to a loving home. You, my girl, are so deserving of this family.

I cannot wait for you to start to feel comfortable there so you can start to show them your cute little personality that you have: how, when you know it is time to eat, you get so excited, you jump up on your hind legs and dance around; or when you want to join in on a game of wrestling, you approach so timidly, but still come up with your little hinder shaking with excitement and begin to gently paw at us to let us know that you want to play, too.

And yes, I'm sorry, but I had to give them a heads-up that you are a true pack rat. If something comes up missing, the first place to go is Daisy's crate and begin to dig through all of her little prized possessions that she has found throughout the house. You must have planned on giving yourself a manicure when I came across that bottle of nail polish in your bedding.

Just last night, Foster Dad asked if anybody saw one of his slippers, and your foster sister Ellie's first response was, "Did you look in Daisy's crate?" Or another time when Ellie's favorite stuffed animal came up missing, as she was looking around the house for it, I heard her mumble under her breath that she will probably find it in Daisy's crate. You have left me with so many fond memories of you that whenever I will think of you, you will always put a smile on my face.

And boy, did you prove a lot of people wrong. Do you know how many times I heard you would not come around. Or how I could read the minds of people who had the same thought, but just did not have the heart to tell me. But then you also had your fans who were always excited to hear about Daisy's latest update and progress. I always knew you had it in you; you just needed a little guidance from your foster fur siblings, Billy, Sydney, and of course big Ol Lucky.

Daz, I know you never met this lady by the name of Oprah, but little do you know how she has had a HUGE impact on your life. She is the reason you have been so fortunate to have found your new family. You see, the G family had planned on going out and getting another puppy from a breeder for their sweet Madie to play with. But after watching the Oprah episode on puppy mills, they knew that it was not a option to go that route, so they searched out a rescue group.

They remembered seeing RAGOM at the state fair, so they looked them up on the net, came across your sweet, adorable face, and fell in love with you. My only wish is that more animals in need will be as fortunate as you were.

Even though the last time you saw us, we had tears in our eyes, but just remember they were also tears of happiness for you. You are such a strong-willed girl and you have come so, so far. I'm very proud of you and I will be counting down the days when I can come visit you next month, and if there is one thing that you can do for me, please do not be too hard on their shoes and slippers.

Oh, by the way, your new name, Sadie? I love it!

XOXOXO,
Foster Mom

Yep, this is my new family. Mom, Dad, and my brother, Madie. Oh, and myself right smack in the middle of all the LOVE!
Yep, this is my new family. Mom, Dad, and my brother, Madie. Oh, and myself right smack in the middle of all the LOVE!

Sunday, March 9, 2008

As you can see, Daz is doing great!

She is turning out to be such a faithful little companion. She has come to the point where she does not like to have me out of her sight, so she pretty much follows me everywhere now. For the last couple of days, I have been laid up in bed with strept throat, so whenever I would go back to bed, she would follow me and lay next to my bed while I slept.

Daz would lay there very patiently for a couple of hours and just simply wait for me to get up. When I would finally get up, she would get so excited and wag her little tail like crazy. She is that special nurse that everybody would love to have at their side. She is the best medicine that anybody could have!

Daisy has let it be known that she is no longer going to stay back while everybody else gets attention. She has become very jealous when the other fur kids approach me and will push her way through them, just to make sure she gets the attention. Daz has even began to paw and gently bite at my and my daughter's hands to let us know she wants to join in on the roughhousing that goes on around here.

Daisy has only had one accident in the house in the last week, and is catching on to letting us know she has to go potty. She will get very antsy and give us that look, as if to say, "What are you waiting for? Lets go"! She will then head us to the back door to be let outside. She is so cute as she is always looking back to make sure we are following her to that very important destination. We are just so proud of her!

Since the virus has been bouncing from one person to another in our house, I have not had the time to work with Daisy on her walking, but I will try to get to that this week. With the love she has found with her Kong filled with peanut butter, I think it is time we try to get out and exercise!

Thanks for following Daisy's progress and baby steps as she adventures through her new life as a family member. She really has become a sweet girl and will make a special family very happy to have her become one of their own.

Friday, February 15, 2008

Daisy continues to show her inner beauty more and more every day. She now comes up for hugs and kisses and even honored me with a Valentine kiss on my check yesterday. Cupid must have finally caught up with her and struck her with his arrow.

Daisy enjoys hanging out with her gang and even joins in on Sydney and Billy's wrestling matches. She even tolerates Billy using her leg as a chew toy. But it is very obvious that she enjoys this because as soon as he is done, she paws at him for more attention.

I no longer have to sit out in the arctic air with her when she has to go potty. I just stand by the door and wait for her to finish up, then she runs right back in the house. I do keep her leash on her in case I need to make a fast catch and I make sure that she has me in sight so she does not get nervous and begin to panic. I really do not think she has any desire to escape anymore. Daisy's safe haven is now inside the house.

Daisy did have a visit from a wonderful couple last weekend who were interested in her. They just adored her, but it is clear that Daisy is not ready to move on yet. She was just too timid and scared while they were here, so our little princess is stuck with us for a while.

This little girl who never made a peep has now began to show us she can be very vocal. She has began to bark quite a bit at every little noise, so we are trying to work on that with her. But I think she is just showing us that she is very comfortable here and is just protecting her domain.

Now, she just has to learn that she does not need to bark when somebody drops the remote, or at the fish in the tank when they swim past her, or when somebody walks down the hallway, or when somebody shuts their car door out in front of the house. Get the idea? It is safe to say that Daisy has not suffered any hearing loss. She has excellent hearing!

Stayed tuned for further updates on this sweetie. Once Daisy gets over her fear of humans, she will make a wonderful addition to a special family.

 

Wednesday, February 6, 2008

Sweet little Daisy continues to show us more and more every day that she wants to be a part of our family. She has now only been with us for 20 days, and has made some incredible progress.

She is figuring out that life inside of the crate has become quite boring, so she has begun to venture out more and more each day. She has now begun to follow me around the house, and even started to venture upstairs on her own. She will come up to me for attention and gently sniff and lick my hand to let me know she is there.

But I must say, my proudest moments for her are when she sat on my lap and let me massage her for about a half hour. And then last night, she jumped into my daughter's bed with the rest of the pack and slept next to her head all night long. I did not have the heart to put her in her crate when I went to bed, so I kept my fingers crossed that there would be no surprises on the floor in the morning. Guess what? No surprises! Yeah!

She is getting so much better on going outside now. I only use her harness, as she does not fight me on this anymore. When I call her name, then ask her to go outside, she will come running. She usually runs right to the door and waits patiently for her leash to be put on her.

When she gets outside, she shakes her body around, then wags her tail in excitement. She still only likes to be out there to do her business, then wants to get in ASAP. I think this has become a game to her, because on the way back to the house, she runs, pulling me right along and looking behind her shoulder at me, wagging her tail. Daisy is only 40 lbs, but do not let her size fool you. She is very strong.

She is so cute when it comes to getting the other dogs to play with her. She will slowly walk up to them and gently paw at them. You can tell she is trying so hard to be their friends and looking for their approval to be part of their pack. She is just the most tender, sweetest girl.

One sad thing that I have noticed about Daisy is that I feel she has been abused at some time in her life. If you remember at the beginning of her story, I wrote how the first year of her life remains a mystery. Well, I know when she was dropped off at the property, she was already very skittish.

When we are at home here, we have to be very careful around her when we have objects in our hand. If we make any fast movement, she acts like we are going to throw the object at her. She will squint her eyes, her tail will drop between her legs, and she will make a run for her crate. She has many characteristics of an abused animal. But that would explain why she isolated herself from humans for the last 1 1/2 yrs.

Considering Daisy's past history, I thought she would be here for an extended visit, but this sweetie is proving me wrong. She is such a smart girl and has no problems catching on to the routine around here. Now that Daisy is starting to feel loved and appreciated for who she is, she is making every effort to show us deep down that she has the true Golden personality. She is well on her way to her new life as a loving, faithful companion.

Tuesday, January 22, 2008

 
If I sit real still, I bet they won't notice me.

 
Daisy and her new friend Sydney

 
Look mom!!!  No crate!!!

Sunday, January 13, 2008

   
 

Friday, January 11, 2008

Let me have the pleasure of introducing RAGOM's newest family member, Sweet Daisy. I really do not know where to begin with her as far as history, because she has a lot. The first year of her life remains a mystery. She was only 1 year old when she was dropped off at a breeder to be bred, but the owner left the country and never returned for her.

Well, unfortunately, the breeding was a success, and Daisy had a litter of pups. At this point, Daisy is already a very scared and timid dog. She will not let anybody near her, or love her at such a critical time of her life. Daisy lived on this land for a 1 1/2 yrs, on her own in the woods.

Daisy has 4 Guardian Angels in her life by the name of DeeAnn, Wendy, Sue, and Robin. They were aware of Daisy's situation and actually were the ones who rescued her pups. As time went by, the owner finally agreed to come for them and take 3 dogs off the property. The other two were Sam 07-690 and Peggy 07-650.

Sam and Peggy were easy to rescue, but Daisy is another story. She was captured and transported over to a different area, but then got loose. There she ran for another 2 weeks, but always stuck around the area of the cabin.

There she was fed, but once again would never let anyone near her. She would actually bring her empty bowl up to the cabin to let them know she was hungry, and would run around the cabin and bark and howl, just so she could see somebody in the window. Once they would come out the door, she would run down the driveway and head back into the woods.

It was very clear that the wolves were moving in on Daisy, so her Angels knew it was now or never that they get her out of there. They set a live trap, but clever little Daisy knew how to avoid setting it off, so a little more brainstorming had to go into this process.

Her angels were getting worried about Daisy because of the paw prints from wolves that were leading to the cabin and where Daisy slept. They knew their time was very limited. They went to great lengths to ward them off, even pouring human urine around the area to keep them away.

New Year's Day was Daisy's lucky day. The live trap finally worked, and after many tears, the ladies were finally able to send Daisy onto her new life.

After hearing all the stories about Daisy, we are sure that she really does want to be loved, but just does not know how to allow that to happen. There is not an aggressive bone in her body; she is just very sweet, and extremely scared of people.

Due to Daisy's lack of socialization and obvious flight risk, she is not available right now, but I know this girl yearns for companionship, so one day she will be looking for her forever home. She does have Lymes, but is getting treated for that. She also has been spayed and brought up to date on shots.

I look forward to helping this girl blossom into her new life, and watch her move on to a deserving life she never had. It is quite clear Daisy has been traumatized some time in her life to be the way that she is. When you look into her big brown eyes, you know that there has been some very bad history which was probably in the first year of her life. The gentleman who owned the property never harmed Daisy in any way, and actually made sure she had food set out for her.

I just wanted once again to thank Daisy's angels for putting aside their own busy lives and going through many great efforts to help this girl out. And after talking with them, I agree, with the weather and wolves on her trail, her time was very limited up there. They can finally not worry, and be at peace with their little girl.