Rusty 12-188

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May 14, 2012

Rusty 12-188 is a 9-1/2 year old purebred Golden Retriever. He is wonderful with other dogs, cats and kids. So far, he has shown no aggression. He met the two residents with absolutely no issues. In his surrendering home, he was an indoor dog that had run of the house and is housetrained. He likes car rides and rode wonderfully during the hour-plus transport to his foster home in St. Paul. He is not destructive, does not have separation anxiety, reportedly will pant during storms. He has lived with Cinnamon 12-189 for 9 years and it would be great if they could stay together in their adoptive home. He was surrendered because the owner moved to a home that does not allow animals.

The first order of business upon arrival was a bath. Rusty enjoyed it and he loved the towel rubbing at the end. He dried rather quickly. During his bath, I didn't find any lumps or bumps, but he certainly could afford to lose a couple of pounds. More on his weight after our vet visit this week. He has a shorter wavy coat and is medium red in color. He had furry feet, I've trimmed the fur on his front feet, but he's unwilling to let me trim his nails. He pulls away when I take his feet only when I'm holding a scissors or a nail trimmer. We'll try again once he's more comfortable here.

Neither dog ate dinner last night. They arrived after 4 p.m. so it was only a couple of hours later that I tried to feed them. I used the food they came with but they both just walked away. This morning, he ate breakfast with gusto and would have eaten Cinnamon's if I hadn't stopped him. The surrendering owners used to free-feed these dogs so meal time will take some getting used to.

On Sunday, I left them home for 4 hours with free roam of the main floor. Came home and it took a second for anyone to greet me. Nothing had been moved...obviously they are fine home alone.

It has become apparent over the last 24-hours that Rusty and Cinnamon were loved pets throughout their lives. It doesn't seem as if they've had any formal training, but they are well behaved pets. They stick together and I would love to place them together. I'll update more later in the week.

Wouldn't it be great if we were adopted together!!!

At a Glance #12-188

Golden Retriever	Born: July 2003
Male	88 lbs

Status: Adopted

Profile

May 14, 2012

Rusty 12-188 is a 9-1/2 year old purebred Golden Retriever. He is wonderful with other dogs, cats and kids. So far, he has shown no aggression. He met the two residents with absolutely no issues. In his surrendering home, he was an indoor dog that had run of the house and is housetrained. He likes car rides and rode wonderfully during the hour-plus transport to his foster home in St. Paul. He is not destructive, does not have separation anxiety, reportedly will pant during storms. He has lived with Cinnamon 12-189 for 9 years and it would be great if they could stay together in their adoptive home. He was surrendered because the owner moved to a home that does not allow animals.

The first order of business upon arrival was a bath. Rusty enjoyed it and he loved the towel rubbing at the end. He dried rather quickly. During his bath, I didn't find any lumps or bumps, but he certainly could afford to lose a couple of pounds. More on his weight after our vet visit this week. He has a shorter wavy coat and is medium red in color. He had furry feet, I've trimmed the fur on his front feet, but he's unwilling to let me trim his nails. He pulls away when I take his feet only when I'm holding a scissors or a nail trimmer. We'll try again once he's more comfortable here.

Neither dog ate dinner last night. They arrived after 4 p.m. so it was only a couple of hours later that I tried to feed them. I used the food they came with but they both just walked away. This morning, he ate breakfast with gusto and would have eaten Cinnamon's if I hadn't stopped him. The surrendering owners used to free-feed these dogs so meal time will take some getting used to.

On Sunday, I left them home for 4 hours with free roam of the main floor. Came home and it took a second for anyone to greet me. Nothing had been moved...obviously they are fine home alone.

It has become apparent over the last 24-hours that Rusty and Cinnamon were loved pets throughout their lives. It doesn't seem as if they've had any formal training, but they are well behaved pets. They stick together and I would love to place them together. I'll update more later in the week.

Wouldn't it be great if we were adopted together!!!

Updates

Tuesday, June 5, 2012

When the Ragom photographer came to take pictures of Rusty and Cinnamon, I downloaded all the pictures. My plan was to send in a new photo along with an update every week until someone noticed. I only had them for three weeks before someone noticed.

Part of that family came to meet them in the middle part of last week. They fell in love. After consulting with other family members that were out of town, they made plans to bring the pair home. They came back to my house on Thursday night to adopt Rusty and Cinnamon.

Everyone has now met and from the initial reports, it's a match. It was hard not to fall in love with those two dogs. I'm grateful to the family that made the leap of faith that it takes to adopt not one, but two slightly older dogs. I know that they will get the pair to healthy weights and will help them live happy lives. Hopefully they will have many good years together. Ragom has the best adopters!!

Monday, May 28, 2012

All is well with Rusty and Cinnamon. They are enjoying the long weekend. The storms do not seem to bother either of them. Cinnamon is healing well from her spay and both of their ear infections are clearing up nicely. They are both a little too interested in our house rabbit, so that room has become out-of-bounds for them. I'm including another picture of the two of them taken by Devon TT....who can resist this pair? Please contact your placement advisor if you want to meet them.