Izzy

From time to time, we as foster parents decide that moving our foster pup to another foster home may afford her or him greater exposure to new experiences, which in turn may offer him or her more opportunities for meeting potential adoptive families. So Izzy moved from a quiet home out in the country to a busier, more bustling environment in the city.

And it has worked. Mission accomplished! Izzy has successfully completed an impressive number of firsts in a very short period of time. For all of our pups who come from commercial breeders, successes are usually measured in small steps of progress. But Izzy's achievements have been remarkable. Some of her firsts include leash walking the city sidewalks with her foster sister, appearing in public as a representative of RAGOM, getting professionally groomed, going out for ice cream and swimming at the local dog park. All of this in just a matter of weeks is really very impressive.

So impressive, in fact, that this will be the final foster stop on Izzy's journey to finding her furever family. She has found it right here. I am adopting her myself. Izzy and resident foster pup Honey have become truly inseparable, and each brings out the best in the other. Izzy fits in so well here, it is as if she has always been a part of our family. We are thrilled to have her stay with us permanently.

Izzy would like to thank her previous foster for wanting the broadest of opportunities be made available to her, and she also wants to thank RAGOM for its dedication to finding just the right match for each of its pups, regardless of timeframe. Thank you Kay, and thank you RAGOM.

 

 In honor of my Lily, 13-147, to Izzy, 14-089. Good luck finding your happy home, sweet Izzy. Susan S

In my latest update I forgot a very impotant thing to add. I want to shout out a huge thank you to Susan S. in honor of her Lily 13-147 to me for her very generous donation of the virtual valentine. It really helps us puppers and we really do appreciate it. Thank you also for the well wishes of good luck in finding my very own happy furever home. Thanks so much again. You are the bestest.  :)

Well, I am here to tell you that I have been doing very good lately. Instead of one step forward and two steps backwards I have been keeping with one step forward. Foster mom and foster dad say that this is a good thing. Outside I have been doing really well about coming up to them for pets and loving, but not inside. I am graduating to doing this inside also.  :) I have been coming up to them and asking for pets and lovins' and I have been enjoying it. Foster mom will massage me from my shoulders to my back end and when she is done I have been staying for more, whereas before I would run away. Not any more!! Now I want more of that good stuff. My tail had been wagging more too. Also, when I would get in with the rest of the crew to get a treat I would take mine and run away, but now I am staying to see if there is more where that came from. Foster mom says that I have a birthday coming up soon and that a birthday comes with lots of goodies. I can't wait to see what those goodies are. When that time comes I will have to let you know all about it. Just wanted you to know how well I have been doing.

Love from the Valgemae Goldens

 Merry Christmas from Santa to the Golden Seniors!

I stopped by to check things out and wow!!!!! I have another donation. It is from Santa to us Golden Seniors. Thank you so very much Santa. It's kind people like you who help puppers like me. Your the best. I hope everybody has a safe and Happy New year. Thanks again Santa. Hope you are back safely at the North Pole.

I would like to start with a huge huge thank you to two different sets of humans. First to my sponsors Ali and Nick. Thank you so very much for your support and generosity. Second to the Valgemae Goldens for thier very generous donation. With the support of very nice people like you it helps us puppers so much and is so very appreciated. Thank you, thank you, thank you so much.

I have been doing really well. I am even coming up to foster mom and foster dad while inside to get some loving. I have been doing that outside, but inside I was not. I have also been laying in different places other than my usual spot. The other day I was laying by the pantry and when foster mom went into the pantry I did not get up and run, I just stayed where I was. That is another baby step for me. Foster mom keeps telling me that it is just one baby step at a time. Foster mom and foster dad are proud of my progress lately. 

It's not that foster mom wants it to snow, but she is courious to know how I will act in the white stuff. When that happens I will let you know how I did. I have been running with my resident sisters when I am outside instead of just hanging out with myself. If you have a pupper that would like to run with me outside and be my companion, please contact your placement advisor and let them know. Foster mom would love to talk to you about me. Thanks for stopping by.

Taking the fresh air.

Lounging with one of my resident sisters like I do a lot. I am the one in the back.

 

I also like to lounge around with my feline cousins.

 

I'm here to give you a short up date on me, but first I would like to give some people some very very appreciated thanks. At Goldzlla there was a foster fan board and I want to give a big thank you to the anonymous person for the best wishes they sent me and also a big thank you to Karin Sardvig for the hugs and kisses she sent me. Your donations really help puppers like me and it was very much appreciated. Thank you, thank you, thank you. I am doing really well. I have started running and "playing" with the two resident female puppers here when we are outside. I do not do it every time, but I am doing it more and more. Foster mom just smiles and smiles when I do this. Foster mom took a picture of me laying with one of the small four legged kritters that live here. She calls them keebers but I call them small kritters. Then she took another picture of me laying with one of the other small kritters. I was going to show you the pictures foster mom took, but I do not know where she put the camera. So when I find it I will send you those pictures. I really like it here. I like the attention I get, they feed me well, and I really like the treats that I get, but I really would like to get my very own furever home to call my own. I just know that the perfect family with that perfect dog is out there and kids would really be nice too. If you think that you are that perfect family with the perfect dog, please contact your placement advisor and foster mom can tell you all about me. Thanks.

First of all I want to to say thank you, thank you very much to Lynn and Lou L. for their donation in memory of their Bridge girl Asta. It really means a lot to us puppers that there are people like you who want to help. I know that Asta is looking down on you and smiling that you are helping us.  :)  :) Second, I know that it has been WAY too long since I got my paws on this here plastic box to let you know how I am doing in my progress. I am doing very well. I now get right in the pack when foster mom is doling out the good yummy treats. I use to stay way way back, but not any more!!!! I just get right in there too. I do take the treat and go away and eat it, but I am right back there to see if there is more. I have really learned to settle down when I am outside and instead of constantly moving and pacing I can now lay down or sit down, take in the scenery, and smell the fresh air. I will even stay there and not get up and run away when someone comes up to me and I will let them pet and love on me. If I come up and stand behind someone now I usually stay and will let them pet me. Sometimes I will run away, but I am staying now more than I am running away. However, in the house I follow foster mom EVERYWHERE and if she goes into a room and closes the door I wait outside the door for her to come back out, but as soon as she does I run. Go figure. I am not quite sure why I run from people inside and do not want them to pet me. If I am sitting on my favorite spot on the dog bed by the sliding glass doors I do not get up and run when someone wants to come and give me pets and lovin'.

A couple of times foster mom has seen me try and play with one of the resident sisters. She really tries to get me to play with her, but I am just not sure what to do. I have been going for walks down the long driveway to help get the paper or to get the mail. I have done very well, but since we are in the country there is not a lot of extra noise so I have not been that scared. I walk well on the leash. 

Foster mom keeps telling me that she would love to get inside my head to figure out what is going on with me, but she would never fit so I really don't know what she is thinking. Geesh!!!!!! I am doing really well and have come a long way since I first arrived here. I would love to show you how well I am doing and be your furver pupper. If you would like to be my furever home contact your placement advisor and we can get things rolling. Also please attend Goldzilla on Sept. 14th and join in all of the fun that will be going on. It really is a whole lot of fun and the funds raised at Goldzilla help dogs like me receive the care we need until we find our furever families.

On Tuesday this week Foster Mom took me in and had me spayed. I am not sure what really happened as I was really really scared and didn't understand, but Foster Mom told me that it would be alright and that I would never have to have puppies again. I'm pretty sure that is a good thing. I felt pretty blah Tuesday night, but by Wednesday I was feeling pretty good. Foster Mom tells me that I am now adoptable to go to a furever home. I am slowly coming around. I now am in the mix to get a treat, but still run when someone tries to pet me. As long as I am laying down and they come to me I will let them pet me and really like the attention. I still follow Foster Mom everywhere she goes and like to know where she is at at all times. My ears are getting a lot better. The good Dr. says that it may be allergy related and that time will tell. In the mean time they are getting cleaned a lot and medicine put in them. Everyone who meets me says that I am just the sweetest little thing. I could be the sweetest little thing in your home if you would just let me.

The good Dr. has been keeping an eye on my ears. I had a recheck for the second time and I go back in 10 days for another check on them. If things look good at that time then foster mom can make an appointment to get me spayed. She says that my puppy making days are over and I am sure glad for that. I weighed 50.7 lbs. I am just a little thing. I am doing pretty good. I now come up for treats but turn and go right after I take the treat. I follow foster mom EVERYWHERE and when she is in the kitchen I am laying right behind her as you can see in the picture. But if she goes to pet me I run. If she comes to me when I am laying on the dog bed by the sliding glass window I kind of cower but really like it when she pets me and loves on me. I just don't know why I won't let her pet and love on me at other times. Foster mom says that she is sure that in time I will let her do that. Will let you know when I can be spayed and then I will be looking for that perfect furever home for me.