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Kathy M.

Kris N.

In loving memory of Murphy 08-059 and Murphy 11-374
"Their time was too short, but you have the whole world ahead of you, sweet little gem!"

Love from Taylor, Aspen, Peyton, Hayden, Caiden, Cameron, Peggy (FKA Dane) & Jayden
"On January 15, 2009, we were rescued from a cold, dark, filthy pig barn in Southern MN.
Thanks to RAGOM, we are warm, we love the sunshine, we smell sweet and we are LOVED"

A portion of Jewel's medical care was paid for by a generous grant from the Golden Retriever Foundation's April Fund

December 24, 2012

Dear Santa,

Well it is Christmas Eve and I am writing to you on this special night to let you know I have moved residences so you can bring my presents to the correct address. You see, we were rescued by RAGOM on December 13th, along with a bunch of other dogs. My sister Ruby 12-416 and I got to stay a couple of nights with Kim J., our first two nights inside a nice warm loving home. We then moved to our foster home where we have been for the past week. We will be staying here for a while until we can find new families of our own that will love each of us for life.

I am 5 months old and some people told me our birthdate is July 4, 2012: apparently that is another big holiday to celebrate. I am a whopping 31 pounds so far but have some growing to do to become a big strong girl. Everyone that meets me says I am just precious and sweet.

When we arrived at our foster home, there were five other dogs here. Two are my size and three are bigger. I was a little scared with all of the changes the previous three days and all of this human interaction. The first dog to meet me did snarl a bit, but the humans thought it was because she misinterpreted my lip injury for a snarl since the first puppy loves everyone.

We met the resident dogs one by one to get to know each other. Within an hour or so, all seven of us were all running around the yard chasing each other! All the humans were so happy to see Ruby and I being happy playful puppies. After all of that exercise, we both got a nice warm bath and snuggle time with Kelly, Kris, and Karen.

I am quickly teaching everyone that you can't judge a book by its cover. I sustained some type of injury a while ago, probably from some sharp objects, and a chunk of my lip is missing so my teeth and tongue show. Ruby has a similar injury but not as severe. One present I am getting in January will be surgery to repair my lip from a wonderful surgeon named Dr. R. I need the surgery to help make sure I do not develop oral problems down the road as my mouth and exposed teeth would dry out a lot. Here is a picture of my lip.

I do shy away from people when they reach for me because I am not always sure about them. However, FM says I am making huge strides in trusting people this week. I will take treats very gently and am starting to approach FM to get petted because I see Ruby and the other dogs doing that and they seem to enjoy that quite a bit. I do admit, I am starting to like being snuggled!

Ruby and I have adjusted really well to indoor life. We are not afraid of loud noises and even like to snooze on the couch after playtime and watch the big TV with everyone. We learned how to do the stairs our second night here. Ruby took to it pretty fast. I was a bit slower. After watching all of the dogs go up and down several times, they stayed down there out of sight and I started to cry for Ruby to come back. She was busy investigating so I finally got up enough courage to slowly slink down the stairs. FM gave me lots of kisses and "Good Girls" for my valiant triumph! I successfully went up and down a few more times that night. Now I am a pro at it!

Other than being a bit unsure of humans, I am a brave and inquisitive girl. I love to be outside running in the snow and chewing on twigs. A good game of chase usually happens a few times too and I like to take toys away from Ruby. FM calls me Jewel Thief! We crate up pretty well and do not protest...much. We are in the crate when FM is at work and someone comes at lunch to feed us and play with us. At night, we are in a crate in the bedroom and we sleep 7+ hours without so much as a peep from either of us until FM is ready to get up and let us out. We RUN to the door to go outside too!

Here is a pic of us chilling out in the crate. I am the gorgeous one on the left.

Well Santa, that is my story so far. Just wanted to make sure you knew where Ruby and I had gone.

What we would like for Christmas is a few chew toys to put in our stockings FM got us (we are chewing puppies after all). Additionally, if you could spread the word to your friends that Ruby and I will have surgery in the middle of January and could use some financial help to pay for that, we would appreciate that as well.

There is no chimney here for you to come down, so you can leave the presents anywhere and we will sniff them out! You can always wake us up to give a hugs too!

Love,
Jewel