Zoey 05-415

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12/6/05: This is Zoey, a wonderful, lively 11 month old. Zoey was given up by her previous family simply because she is a big, active puppy. We picked her up on 12/02/2005 and took a 90 mile car ride home. Zoey didn't present any problems at all, enjoying the car ride and bonding with whomever was in the seat next to her. She is very friendly, loves being petted and occasionally expresses her appreciation with many, rapid kisses!

When we got her home our plan to introduce her to our Goldens rapidly fell apart. With all the excitement, the strategically placed compression-fit gate between the dogs hit the floor. I have no idea which of the three dogs was responsible, but all three introduced themselves in normal dog manner (lots of end-to-end sniffing) and proceeded from there. Sharing food, treats, toys, humans, etc., doesn't seem to be a problem. Zoey has not shown any aggression at all. Everyone seems to be enjoying the new arrangement. She and our cat have met and, after a brief moment of contention, now get along fine.

Zoey is up-to-date with shots and is spayed. She was examined by her new vet today and pronounced healthy, friendly, and beautiful -- no problems were detected at all. At 71 lbs. she is larger than our other Goldens and has an elongated body, large head and feet. Her coat is very light and she is quite tall.

Zoey is crate trained, house trained, and follows simple commands like sit, stay, etc. She rarely barks, and although here previous owner said she counter surfed, we have not seen that -- although there were many opportunities. While we have not seen her with children, we are not aware of any problems. Because of here size and enthusiasm I don't think she should be placed with small children though.

This beautiful young lady deserves a forever home with lots of room for exercise and active involvement with her humans.

Zoey Zoey

At a Glance #05-415

Breed not specified Born: April 2006
Female Weight not specified

Status: Adopted

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12/6/05: This is Zoey, a wonderful, lively 11 month old. Zoey was given up by her previous family simply because she is a big, active puppy. We picked her up on 12/02/2005 and took a 90 mile car ride home. Zoey didn't present any problems at all, enjoying the car ride and bonding with whomever was in the seat next to her. She is very friendly, loves being petted and occasionally expresses her appreciation with many, rapid kisses!

When we got her home our plan to introduce her to our Goldens rapidly fell apart. With all the excitement, the strategically placed compression-fit gate between the dogs hit the floor. I have no idea which of the three dogs was responsible, but all three introduced themselves in normal dog manner (lots of end-to-end sniffing) and proceeded from there. Sharing food, treats, toys, humans, etc., doesn't seem to be a problem. Zoey has not shown any aggression at all. Everyone seems to be enjoying the new arrangement. She and our cat have met and, after a brief moment of contention, now get along fine.

Zoey is up-to-date with shots and is spayed. She was examined by her new vet today and pronounced healthy, friendly, and beautiful -- no problems were detected at all. At 71 lbs. she is larger than our other Goldens and has an elongated body, large head and feet. Her coat is very light and she is quite tall.

Zoey is crate trained, house trained, and follows simple commands like sit, stay, etc. She rarely barks, and although here previous owner said she counter surfed, we have not seen that -- although there were many opportunities. While we have not seen her with children, we are not aware of any problems. Because of here size and enthusiasm I don't think she should be placed with small children though.

This beautiful young lady deserves a forever home with lots of room for exercise and active involvement with her humans.

Zoey Zoey

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Thursday, September 9, 2010

My name is Cindy and my husband, Fred, and I adopted Zoey about 3 years ago after fostering her for several months.  I just want you to know that she is a very happy girl and a wonderful companion for our other two goldens and our cat, Rosco.  Zoey has taken over my bed and has learned to really enjoy the creature comforts of her home.  She has been a wonderful addition to our family and we love her like crazy.  Her health is very good and the vet says she in great shape.  I just want her original owners to know that she’s doing great and is a very happy dog.  I also want to thank them for caring about her enough to take the time to get her to RAGOM so she could find a forever home.  Here is a picture I took of her 2 weeks ago.  As you can see, she is a beautiful dog and a real sweetheart!!!!

Thursday, December 15, 2005

Well, Zoey (the way she prefers her name to be spelled) has been with us for almost 2 weeks now. We're discovering that she does have some issues, but it's probably better if I let her explain it to you.

Hi, my name is Zoey and I'm an 11 month old purebred Golden Retriever. This foster family I'm with now makes the 5th home I've lived in. Just about the time I get comfortable with a family they give me to someone else. It's very hard to learn to love or be loved when you don't get to stay in one place very long. As my foster mom said, I do have some issues. I don't like to have my paws and legs touched! Is that so hard to understand? Now I will admit that since I've been here it's gotten easier to trust these humans, but I don't trust everyone that comes here. Why can't people understand me like Ginger and Macy do? They're my fellow Golden Retrievers here at this foster home. They're lucky. This IS their forever home. I wish I could be so lucky. I'm really a good dog. I've just never been given a chance to learn how to bond with people. After I left my Mom and went with my first family everything was OK until their baby got bigger and then they had another baby. By the time the kids were about a year old and 5 months old I was getting pretty big and they said I wasn't supposed to knock the kids down and take food out of their hands. Gee, I thought they wanted to play and as far as the food thing, I thought they were offering it to me. Well, that got me ousted from that family.

Then I lived with my first family's parents for a while. They said they saved me from being put to sleep. I guess that's good, but I do like to sleep. Anyway, they gave me to a family that had a really nice Golden living with them, but they only took me until they could find another home for me. That's when I became acquainted with RAGOM and my current foster home. Now these people are nice, but they would really like to find me a forever home.

OK, let's address one of my issues that my foster parents consider serious. As I said, I have a hard time trusting people at first because, golly gee, every time I start to trust someone they get rid of me. Now I met a nice couple last Saturday. They came from Iowa just to meet me. Everything was going well and we were having a good time. Then my fellow dogs and I decided to have a rawhide. While we were eating the rawhide the man started petting me. I didn't like that and I warned him by wrinkling my nose at him, several times. I guess he didn't understand my warning so I snapped and nicked his hand. I guess I shouldn't have done that, but I just have a hard time communicating my feelings. I haven't had a lot of practice with that, and I am just a puppy.

Really all I want is a family that can take the time to help me learn the appropriate way to communicate with humans. They say I shouldn't be in a family with children. They might not understand my warnings. Also, the general consensus is that I should have obedience training. I did have puppy training and I obey commands like sit, lay down, and shake (I can do it with both front paws). But for a forever family I would be willing to do almost anything.

As I said, I'm really a very good dog. I enjoy sitting and watching TV. I love running and playing in the backyard. I'm really good at catching a ball and my rope thing with knots on the end. I really like playing with other dogs and I hope my forever family has one. I'm totally housebroken. I use to sleep in my crate, but my foster family noticed I had gotten a little too big for it so now I get to sleep out of my crate and anywhere I want to. The floor in front of the fan or on the couch is really nice. My fellow Retrievers and I enjoy laying on the couch together as you can see by the pictures.

My foster family tells me I'm going to meet with a lady that's an Animal Behaviorist. I think that means she likes dogs. Anyway, she's going to help me with some of my communication problems and hopefully I can go to a permanent, never-to-be-given-away-again, for-real, forever family.