Caramelle is a happy young girl with the usual energy level of a one-year old Golden Retriever. A short walk twice a day will not suffice to burn off her excess energy. She seems to do best with a couple hours of walking each day along with additional time spent running and playing in the yard.

When we come back in from our early morning walk, Caramelle loves to tear around the yard, running as fast as she can. She loves to play “chase” with other dogs. She also likes to play with toys that can withstand her chewing. She will run after balls that you throw, but needs some work on the whole concept of giving the ball back so it can be thrown again.

Anyone wanting to adopt Caramelle will need to invest in a few trash cans with secure lids! When she gets bored in the house, she will go to the bathroom waste basket, pull out the contents, and shred everything. It makes quite a mess, and she’s already managed to do just that multiple times at my house.

She will also pick up any paper left lying on the coffee table, or any paper on the floor, and shred that too. She is a world-class paper shredder.  If you have kids, they really will end up telling the teacher that the dog ate their homework. We are working on getting her to stop jumping on people, but she still does when she gets excited.

One of the cuter things Caramelle does is to race around the yard, and then roll on her back in the grass, wriggling in delight. She bares her teeth to make “scary faces” when she does this, and she often lets out little play growls and happy little yips of joy while she’s wriggling around on her back. It makes me laugh to see her so happy.

She sometime barks at the squirrels. Caramelle also barks when she is not getting her way, or she is just too impatient to wait any longer. She will sometimes bark for a bit when she is left in her crate, but she eventually settles down. Her barking might be a problem if you live in an apartment or condo with shared walls, but I wouldn’t really classify her as a problem barker.

Caramelle has tested negative for heartworm, and the only health problem she has at this time is an ear infection. That is being treated.  We recently had a really loud thunderstorm, and Caramelle took it all in stride.  

She does not resource-guard her food or toys with people. Caramelle will growl to let another dog know that he or she should back off from her treat. If another dog has a toy or treat and growls at Caramelle approaching, she will back off immediately.

Caramelle is a good candidate for obedience training, so I hope that her new family will invest time in taking her to classes. While she is good with other dogs and with adults, I don’t know how she would do with children. I’m guessing that she hasn’t been around kids much.  

Caramelle hasn’t shown out right aggression toward cats, yet, but she does want to chase after cats when a cat runs past her. I think it might be best if she went to a home without cats.

Caramelle is a sweetie, and I’m sure she will be a lovely dog for anyone who adopts her.