Mandy

#07-251

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  • Age: 12 years, 1 months
  • Breed: Golden Retriever
  • Gender: Female
  • Location: N/A
  • Status: Deceased

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Sponsored by: Melissa and Christopher Clark 

 

 

05/14/2007

Dear Diary,

I’m Mandy. I am that beautiful girl and used to be full-figured (at 69 lbs), and very shy. I am one of the gals brought up here from MO. I noticed that most of the other Goldens from there are already on the site, so I figured I’d better tell my foster dad to send an update on me. I’m trying really hard to trust him and just when I start to, I second guess myself, but by then he’s already petting me. Funny thing is, it feels good when he does that. I’m not sure why he puts his face on me and makes this weird sound. He calls it “a kiss”. He also does this thing where he takes his arms and squeezes me lightly. He calls those “hugs”. For some reason, he thinks I need lots of both. I was one scared girl coming up here and I don’t know about these humans but I’m starting to let my foster dad approach me without running. In fact, one night while he was sleeping, I licked his hand and his arm. Now that’s what I call a kiss! I guess I like him okay, but I’m still not sure about things. I’m really glad there’s another dog here to relate to. His name is Kody and I like to follow him around. I feel more secure when I’m by him, but he’s so spoiled by my foster dad that he doesn’t always seem interested in me much. I think he’s just playing hard to get. I noticed he gets to sleep on this big dog bed where my foster dad sleeps. It’s kind of funny to see a human sleeping on a dog bed, and even more funny that it’s so high off the floor. Kody has to jump up and down from it but it must be pretty comfortable once you get up there. I stick my nose up there now and then and sniff things out.

My foster dad gives me lots of treats. Sometimes I think he does it to convince me it is okay to come near him. Once I get a taste of a treat, I walk away and think about it some more. They taste so good though, that I end up going back and pretty soon I forget to be afraid and I take them right from his hand. I especially like the chicken jerky treats and hot dogs. Mmmm good!

I went out in this place where he keeps some cars. I think he called the place a garage. I kind of liked it out there. The floor was cool and if I wanted to play with my foster dad, I would just make him do about 50 laps around the car until I give up and let him catch up to me. I was still pretty scared but he wouldn’t give up. I found it’s also a great place to go potty.

I don’t like that darned leash he puts on me. I tried to get out of it a couple of times but it tightened up. They’re not supposed to work that way! I’m kind of stubborn though. I might let him put it on me, but that doesn’t mean I’m going anywhere. Instead, I make him pick me up and carry me outside and back in the house. Trust me, it doesn’t hurt him a bit and it makes me feel special. Mostly though, I’m just afraid yet of where I’m going. I don’t know what a walk is yet but for the first time I did wander around the yard, sniffing things.

A few times now, Champ and my co-foster dad, Steve, come to visit and they bring Meg with them, who is one of the ND dogs that Steve is fostering. There was 4 of us and I really came out of my shell that first weekend. My foster dads kept saying it was good for me to be with the other dogs. I forgot sometimes to be afraid and my tail even wagged quite a bit.

Many thanks to Melissa and Christopher for sponsoring me!  My foster dad says now I don't have to worry about how to pay for my vet bills :)

Sponsor Mandy

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