Annie

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It is our pleasure to introduce Annie, the sweetest most easy going Golden ever!  Annie is 8 years old, weighs 45#, and was surrendered to RAGOM due to her family being gone 12 hours a day.

We are only temporary fosters for Annie, she'll soon be moving to her permanent foster home in Apple Valley.  However, this girl is just too good for us to keep under wraps!  She's housebroken, crate trained, respects baby gates, walks nicely with a flat collar, and has lived with children.  She jumped right into my car and rode in the back seat without a peep.  She met the resident Goldens, Bailey (10 yrs) and Josie (2 yrs), with nothing but tail wags.  She shows no interest in the resident cat.  As we were eating dinner the first evening she sprawled on the kitchen floor with the resident dogs.  My husband made the comment "WOW, it's amazing she's that relaxed considering she just got here!".  She settled right in to our routine without so much as a ripple!  Our college age son has popped in a couple of times and she just looks at him and wags her tail, no joining in with the chaotic greeting of the residents.  She's also been out on walks and is very polite about greeting the people we meet.  The resident Goldens practically knock each other over trying to be the first for pets.  Annie just stands back with her tail wagging and waits for an invitation.  As we chat with the neighbors she lays nicely at our feet.

Sweet Annie

Annie showed her true colors the first morning she was with us.  I usually hide our toy bucket the first few days we have a foster so we avoid any possible arguments about toys or bones.  But Annie's so mellow I decided to leave it out.  Josie had been following Annie around like a shadow.  Annie found the toy bucket and pulled out a big bone.  Since Josie is completely passive and Annie has been so easy going, I decided to just sit back and see what happened.  Annie laid down to chew the bone.  Josie laid down next to her.  Annie didn't even acknowledge Josie.  A few minutes later Annie stopped chewing the bone and looked away.  Resident Josie slowly leaned over and took the bone from between Annie's feet.  Annie just looked at Josie, got up, helped herself to a new bone out of the bucket, and returned to Josie's side.  She's such a good girl!

Annie and Josie

Annie does have one very unique quality.  She was born with a deformed right front leg.  Her right leg is normal to where her wrist should be.  But there is no joint at the wrist, and at the point of where her wrist should be she has a deformed paw.  Annie had a very sedentary life before coming to us.  Since we are quite active the first thing I did when we got home was make a call to her vet.  I wanted to make sure we didn't overdo anything!  The vet said she has no restrictions other than she should keep her weight down.  Yay - what good news!  Her permanent fosters will also discuss this with a RAGOM vet to make sure the RAGOM vet agrees.  Her gait is definitely "different", she limps while on the grass due to her right leg lacking a joint and being a little shorter.  And when on tar or gravel (we live in the country) she often holds her right leg out in front of her and only uses three legs.  She does this with a smile from ear to ear, ears erect and happy, and her tail going 'round and 'round a million miles per hour.  So obviously it doesn't bother her in the least!  Due to this condition she will never be anyone's running partner, or probably not even a brisk walker.

If you are looking for a new best friend and like to take life at a leisurely pace, Annie's the girl for you!  If you would like to learn more about Annie, please contact your placement advisor.