07/15/2013:
Let me introduce myself. I am Meggie. I am a Golden Lab mix and I am 5 years old. I only weight 48 1/2 pounds so I am a little thing. I have adapted very well in my foster home. I lived with only one dog and I am not used to being around this many dogs (3 resident Goldens, another RAGOM dog that just got adopted, and a Staffordshire Terrier that is just visiting), but I am getting along with all of them very well. I am a little skittish at times, but Foster Mom says that she thinks that will go away when I really get used to everything since it is all new to me.
I have been to see the good doctor already and I did very well in the car. The good doctor got me up to date with all of my shots, gave me a mircrochip, and then fixed me. But I didn't think that was fair because no one told me that I was even broken so I didn't think I needed to be fixed. I have always heard that if it is not broken, don't fix it!! But Foster Mom tells me that it is a good thing that I got fixed because it will be better for my health so I have settled down about it now. Actually when Foster Mom got me home, I acted like nothing had even happened to to me, so all is well. The good doctor told Foster Mom that I was just the sweetest little thing.
I LOVE people and I am an attention seeker. I am very social. I lean in for loving and I want as much as I can get. They did not know how I was with cats when I came here, but I am just fine with them. Once in a while I will run after them because I think they want to play, but Foster Mom tells me no, so I stop. I really don't think that is fair because I just want to play, but I listen and I do stop.
I have free roam of the house. We are taken out a lot to play outside and do our business. If I have to go at other times, I will let Foster Mom or Dad know by running back and forth to the door and whining. Foster Mom keeps telling me that I am such a good girl.
I follow Foster Mom everywhere and she calls me her shadow. I thought I was a dog, but as long as a shadow is a good thing then I guess I don't mind being called that. She also says that I take the cake for being the sweetest thing ever. Now that is not fair because I do not remember eating any cake. No one gave me any cake.
I haven't been around any kids here yet, but Foster Mom thinks that I would get along with them just fine. I like to play with the tennis balls when I am outside. Inside, I do carry a ball around a lot and I will get the woobies and lay my head on them.
I sleep at the bottom of the bed at night because I want to be near my people. But I really do not take up a lot of space. My previous owners say that I really do need a physical fence. I do not run away, but I do like to go visiting. Also, they say that I like to play in the water and that a water sprinkler is my favorite toy.
If all of this sounds like you just have to have me in your family, please contact your placement adviser and I would love to meet you. You certainly will not be disappointed because I am the sweetest cutey patooty.
| Mixed Breed | Born: February 2008 |
| Female | 45 lbs |
Status: Adopted
07/15/2013:
Let me introduce myself. I am Meggie. I am a Golden Lab mix and I am 5 years old. I only weight 48 1/2 pounds so I am a little thing. I have adapted very well in my foster home. I lived with only one dog and I am not used to being around this many dogs (3 resident Goldens, another RAGOM dog that just got adopted, and a Staffordshire Terrier that is just visiting), but I am getting along with all of them very well. I am a little skittish at times, but Foster Mom says that she thinks that will go away when I really get used to everything since it is all new to me.
I have been to see the good doctor already and I did very well in the car. The good doctor got me up to date with all of my shots, gave me a mircrochip, and then fixed me. But I didn't think that was fair because no one told me that I was even broken so I didn't think I needed to be fixed. I have always heard that if it is not broken, don't fix it!! But Foster Mom tells me that it is a good thing that I got fixed because it will be better for my health so I have settled down about it now. Actually when Foster Mom got me home, I acted like nothing had even happened to to me, so all is well. The good doctor told Foster Mom that I was just the sweetest little thing.
I LOVE people and I am an attention seeker. I am very social. I lean in for loving and I want as much as I can get. They did not know how I was with cats when I came here, but I am just fine with them. Once in a while I will run after them because I think they want to play, but Foster Mom tells me no, so I stop. I really don't think that is fair because I just want to play, but I listen and I do stop.
I have free roam of the house. We are taken out a lot to play outside and do our business. If I have to go at other times, I will let Foster Mom or Dad know by running back and forth to the door and whining. Foster Mom keeps telling me that I am such a good girl.
I follow Foster Mom everywhere and she calls me her shadow. I thought I was a dog, but as long as a shadow is a good thing then I guess I don't mind being called that. She also says that I take the cake for being the sweetest thing ever. Now that is not fair because I do not remember eating any cake. No one gave me any cake.
I haven't been around any kids here yet, but Foster Mom thinks that I would get along with them just fine. I like to play with the tennis balls when I am outside. Inside, I do carry a ball around a lot and I will get the woobies and lay my head on them.
I sleep at the bottom of the bed at night because I want to be near my people. But I really do not take up a lot of space. My previous owners say that I really do need a physical fence. I do not run away, but I do like to go visiting. Also, they say that I like to play in the water and that a water sprinkler is my favorite toy.
If all of this sounds like you just have to have me in your family, please contact your placement adviser and I would love to meet you. You certainly will not be disappointed because I am the sweetest cutey patooty.
Good news for our sweet girl Meggie, she was adopted into a great family and will be living in their beautiful home in the southwest metro area. The "B" family (no relation to the "bee" toy that Meggie loves to carry around) was very excited to welcome Meggie home tonight; I am also so very happy to see her with such a fun, vibrant and loving family, although I will miss my weekend play dates with her! Have fun Meggie, but stay off of the counters!
This is my third weekend with Meggie and this weekend I also have two other rescue dogs for Meggie to hang out with. Meggie has not yet met a dog she didn't get along with and these two were no exception, although she really hasn't done much playing with them. Because there are three dogs here, I tried to walk all of them at once and ended up almost "hog tied" by the leashes, so I decided to walk them in pairs; first pair is Meggie and Rafferty, a Golden/Shepherd mix, then we leave Meggie alone and because Rafferty has such energy, he goes again with his live-in buddy Basil, a Great Pyrenees. This has been my first opportunity to see how Meggie does by herself and she does pretty good - no destruction or barking; she goes from door to window a bit and then settles down on the floor with her toy. Speaking of toys, she almost always has one in her mouth, rotating between "bee," "ball," and "Kong!" I am by no means a dog expert, but I was told by several people that to crate train, you should make the crate a happy place, so to help out with her future family, I have been keeping her toys and feeding her in there, but have not shut the door yet; she goes in and out to get food and toys, but hasn't stayed in it yet.
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I took Meggie for the weekend again. We attended the Meet and Greet at Gander Mountain near Forest Lake on Saturday; what a fantastic turnout, around twenty other dogs and lots of friendly people who stopped out to see them all! Meggie was quite the "politician," shaking hands and kissing babies (literally, although only one baby, but lots of kids!) and just like some politicians, Meggie was taking "bribes," mostly beef-flavored and not from any special interest groups; I think the press will let it go.
I'm continuing to learn about her and have a couple more things I can share:
The one area that concerns me is how well she would do being left alone. At her first foster, there were several other dogs and she did fine. I'm not sure how she would do being completely alone; when I went to get something out of the car, she scratched at the door. Currently, I'm getting her used to the crate as a good thing by putting her toys and feeding her in it; she goes in without issue, but gets what she wants and comes back out. I haven't closed the door yet. Her first foster needed to put her in the kennel when she left because of Meggie's problem with cats and she said that Meggie would bark at first.
Thanks to everyone for checking Meggie out, she has so much love to give to a special person or family, if that's you or your family, please contact your placement advisor.
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Hello,
Thanks for checking out Meggie's update page on the RAGOM site. I'm Meggie's personal chauffeur, or so it seems as I've picked her up from her owner who wanted her to be with a family who could give her more time and attention than he was able to with the increase in work at his business. I then drove her to Iowa to her foster family who loved her dearly, but because they had several cats and there was an incident with one of them, she needed to come back to MN. Yup, you guessed it, I picked her up and brought her back to the Twin Cities to be boarded until another foster or forever family can be found.
She is just the absolute sweetest thing you've ever met and just gives out love freely; she ended up having sleepovers at my house because of the timing of the trips, and I enjoyed her company so much that I asked to watch her for the weekend and bring her to the Edina Chuck & Don's Meet and Greet on July 28th. Permission was granted and I picked her up on Friday, and after a lick-filled welcome, the nice lady at boarding helped us pick out a nice squeak toy, a "bee," and a delicious cookie (for Meggie, she wasn't about to share). She just loves the "bee," and is so smart that she learned its name right away and will go find it when I ask, "Where's bee?"
Keeping in mind the short amount of time I've spent with her, here are a few things you should know about Meggie:
Here are some areas to be aware of or where she could benefit from some training:
I'm unable to comment on how she would do if left alone, because I've been with her the whole time she was visiting my house.
Please contact your placement advisor if you think Meggie would like to live at your house.
