Champagne
is all settled into her foster home and doing great. Housebreaking “errors”?Zero, zip, nada!Reliable
loose in the house? Yes! We only crated her for two days & then gave her free
roam. However, be warned: she does like to move things around when left to her
own devices. I have started calling her “the relocator”: she doesn't chew up
anything but has moved bras, pillows, sofa throws, shoes, sox etc. Today she was
"resting" around all of these things that she had brought to the front door
where I had exited a few hours earlier!!
Champagne
is happy and calm with children. With other dogs, though she hasn’t had a
full-on romp yet, she is warming up to it. At first she was a bit snarky, but is
less so every day. Her new family will just need to be aware that she needstime to acclimate and get comfy with other dogs.
As far as cats go,
she is very interested, but hasn’t tried to biteor grab the kitty. Would definitely give chase though!
She’s a good little
car rider and pretty good on leash, though she does pull some. She likes to
carry her toys about and will happily prance around with a prize in her mouth,all the while wagging her tail & making soft growly-moans.Very cute!
We think Champagne
would fit in almost anywhere she could have plenty of company and enough
exercise to work off her young-dog energy. She would probably be best off with
adults or older children. She is a good girl!
Update 10/15/12:
Over the past several
years, we have received many a wonderful dog from a shelter way, way down south,
nearly at the Mexico
border, so when an e-mail from the director arrived on October 1 with an
attached photo of two bouncy young male dogs, we at once began to make intake
plans. “They are real friendly and playful. Just happy kids. We had fun getting
their pics. Very social boys,” read the note. She added, “We have some girls
that I need to get pics of as well. I didn’t have time to hit our females
section today in getting pics of the rescue kids but will do so tomorrow.” Sure
enough, the next day pictures of three pretty girl Goldens came bouncing
through. OK, time for the foster home hunt—we had just five days before FIVE
young Goldens would come rolling up from the Valley! Intake director Jacki
sprang into action—and on Saturday, October 6, the Golden group arrived in
San Antonio
for chipping and transport to waiting families.
The line-up: three blonde
girls, all about aged 2 – Champagne,
Chardonnay, and Spritzer; and the two boys, red-headed
Merlot (about 1 year old) and caramel-colored Darnell, about age 3. Incredibly, all five are heartworm negative!
More about Champagne:
This petite blondie headed on
down the road to a foster home, where the resident Goldens have seen dozens of
foster boys & girls come and go and know how to teach newcomers the ropes!
Foster dad says:
She's getting along fine
with our three Goldens. She's curious
and well-behaved. She slept all night in the master bedroom. She was curious
about our cats, and we will gradually let her get closer to them over time.
Champagne
