Brody

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 Golden in Spirit! From Anonymous

Brody was found as a stray and was at a shelter over a month before coming into RAGOM. He had to live in a garage due to over crowding. Brody came to our house on Wednesday, February 16th. After a few minutes of getting to know Tyson, res GR, he had to sniff out his new territory. Our first night together, he marked 2 times in the house (hasn’t done it again) and several times outside. He kept his kennel clean. He goes to the door when he wants to go outside. He stands there nicely waiting to be let out. I have not seen any issues with him eating or drinking with res dog near by. He quickly took to Tyson, even got worried when he couldn’t see him. The first night, he didn’t whine in his kennel at all probably because Tyson was right by his side.

The next morning, when it was play time all he wanted to do was snuggle. He sat on my lap for 30 minutes enjoying being scratched and having his belly rubbed. His fur is so soft and smooth. He goes into his kennel with a little encouragement. He is not a barker, he barely talks at all – a little when playing. He has jumped up on the counter, but a simple “no” and he is right down.

We are working on some basic commands with him – he doesn’t know sit or stay, but knows come, outside and potty. We are starting to walk with the gentle leader, since he does pull when I don’t use the gentle leader. He loves to run in the snow after Tyson, thank goodness it is melting, so his short legs can make it through the piles.
The shelter said he didn’t get excited about cats and was good with other dogs with a proper introduction. We wonder if he lived with cats because he chased the flashlight beam just like a cat. We don’t have kids, so will see how he does with some neighbor kids next weekend. He met a little boy at the vet and didn’t mind him at all when the little guy petted Brody.

He takes treats very gentle, unless he has his ball – then he ignores the treats! I was trying to teach him to leave it because he was in to his ball. I started to throw bites of apple to him and he would catch them and release over and over again– funny little guy.

He did really well with a bath, he stood just fine and let us wash him up. He loved when I brushed him.

Brody received a clean bill of health at his Vet visit. He weighs 51 pounds and was vaccinated/microchipped. Thursday he will be neutered, so he will need to stay with us for another week until he is healed from it, but he can see potential families this week.

Brody didn’t care too much for the car ride to the cabin, but he was in a smaller kennel for 5 hours, he whined a fair amount. He has been okay on shorter rides. We will continue to work with him, like trying car rides not in the kennel next week. At the cabin, he had to be tied out because there is no fence like at home. He didn’t mind the tie out and jumped around the snow banks. Tyson and Brody have lots of energy in the cabin, since they can’t run as much as when they are in our backyard. We went out for dinner and left him in the kennel and he was whining/crying when we arrived home. He doesn’t act like this when not in his kennel. He continued to sleep well during the night once I moved his kennel so he could be closer to us.

This morning Tyson and FD went for an errand, so Brody and I worked on some training (sit, stay, leave it). He did pretty well. He hasn’t been motivated to release his ball for treats yet, but today he would take a treat when he left the ball. He just loves his balls and doesn’t react to anything else when he has his balls – he chewed through 2 tennis balls yesterday. So, as much as he loves his tennis balls, I am working with him to leave it and play catch. He leaves the garbage can alone and has shown no interest in anything besides his tennis balls.

After 5 days with us, Brody is showing a playful side of being a big puppy. He is doing well with Tyson, so I think he would be fine with another dog in the house. I say he is a big puppy, because he plays so hard and paces around the house looking for something to do. He doesn’t crash like a puppy does. He will need to be neutered before he can be adopted, but you can check in with your placement advisor about meeting this little cutie.