Pickles

Update 5/10/11

Miss Pickles looks beautiful! And it’s not just skin deep. She’s sweet and affectionate and well-behaved… but every good pickle has a little spice & vinegar along with the sugar, and Pickles does have some tricks up her sleeve. She likes to chew through leashes and has no respect for baby gates! This tiny Houdini just slips around, under & through and joins the rest of the household. Luckily she’s excellent loose in the house and gets along with everybody.

In two weeks, she’s added a few much-needed pounds. She could still gain a pound or two, but no more. She’s meant to be tiny.

More updates soon!

Updated 5/5/11

Pickles, age 1

AVAILABLE SOON

 We knew there was a young female Golden at the pound—but what we didn’t know until we arrived to meet her was that she wasn’t alone… not by a long shot! She’d been brought in with her six tiny pups, just one month old. The little family was in desperate need. Momma was emaciated, weighing in at just 23 pounds, the pups were likewise underweight, and all seven were “depleted,” said the vet—malnourished, flea-ridden, with intestinal worms. It was time for immediate action! Within two hours, mom and babies were motoring north to the clinic, for complete check-ups, flea treatment, and lots of nutritional support. We christened the young mom “Pickles” (because she surely had been in a pickle). The six itsy-bitsy fluffballs—four girls, two boys—got their names (and color-coded collars), too. Meet sisters  Marshmallow (Miss Green), Macaroni (Miss Pink), Cheerios (Miss Red), and Puddin (Miss Purple), and their brothers Pretzel (Mr Dark Blue) and Crackers (Mr Light Blue, called “LB” by his foster family).

Once Pickles was settled in comfortably with her pups, we had time to take a much closer look … and to ask ourselves, “Can such a tiny girl really be a Golden?” We really don’t know what else to call her! But a healthy weight for Pickles will still be under 35 pounds, so we know there’s some smaller breed in her family tree. Her foster mom says, “Pickles is very fine-boned; compared to her, my three Goldens look like giant beasts! I have her baby gated in the kitchen, breakfast, family room area, but she’s so small she can squeeze under the gates & explore rest of the house.”

Personality-wise, though, Pickles is as Golden as can be. She is very, very sweet and loves to be close and get pets. “She watched my dogs closely at first around her pups to make sure they were okay, but when my dogs sniffed the babies and walked off, Pickles decided they were all fine and would not hurt her family. She’s an easy girl.  She is learning to sit for treats.   She may be housebroken already, as she hasn’t had any accidents after her baby-gate breakouts—and when we go outside, she potties right away.  She sticks to you like glue, does not bark, is a bit timid, & hardly jumps up.   She is not a bolter.  Pickles will be the perfect dog for someone who wants an affectionate, attentive, very pretty, very small almost-Golden.”  Now who WOULDN’T want that?

Pretty Pickles will be ready for adoption in mid-May.