Cinnamon 12-189

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May 13, 2012

Cinnamon 12-189 is a 9-1/2 year old purebred Golden Retriever. She is wonderful with dogs, cats and kids. She met the two residents with absolutely no issues. She was a little interested in the cat, but a couple of hisses from the cat, and Cinnamon is now giving her a wide berth. She also has no aggression. In her surrendering home she was an indoor dog, had run of the house and is housetrained. She likes car rides and rode wonderfully during the hour-plus transport to her foster home in St. Paul. She is not destructive, does not have separation anxiety. She has lived with Rusty for 9 years (they are not litter mates) and it would be great if they could together in their adoptive home. She was surrendered because the owner moved to a home that does not allow animals. The owner reported that Cinnamon had one planned litter of puppies about six years ago with Rusty as the sire. I can imagine that those puppies are all very good natured as both of the parents are very typical Golden Retrievers.The first order of business upon arrival was a bath. Cinnamon enjoyed it but she didn't like the towel rubbing at the end. She took a long time to dry because I wasn't able to rub her dry with a towel. During her bath, I didn't find any lumps or bumps, but she certainly could afford to lose a couple of pounds. She also will need to be spayed before adoption. She has a shorter wavy coat and is medium red in color. She had furry feet, I've trimmed the fur on her feet, and I've trimmed her front nails. She is much better about her feet than Rusty is, she lets me hold her feet and pulls away only when I'm holding a scissors or a nail trimmer. We'll get her back nails trimmed, I didn't want to stress her out too much this morning.

Neither dog ate dinner last night. They arrived after 4 p.m. so it was only a couple of hours later that I tried to feed them. I used the food they came with but they both just walked away. This morning, she still wasn't willing to eat and would have allowed Rusty to eat her portion too. Instead, I added some yummy canned food to her dish and she ate most of her portion. The surrendering owners used to free-feed these dogs so meal time will take some getting used to.

On Sunday, I left them home for 4 hours with free roam of the main floor. Came home and it took a second for anyone to greet me. Nothing had been moved...obviously they are fine home alone.

It has become apparent over the last 24-hours that Rusty and Cinnamon were loved pets throughout their lives. It doesn't seem as if they've had any formal training, but they are well behaved pets. They stick together and I would love to place them together. I'll update more later in the week.
My pal Rusty (12-188) and I would love to stay together...

At a Glance #12-189

Golden Retriever	Born: November 2003
Female	100 lbs

Status: Deceased

Profile

May 13, 2012

Cinnamon 12-189 is a 9-1/2 year old purebred Golden Retriever. She is wonderful with dogs, cats and kids. She met the two residents with absolutely no issues. She was a little interested in the cat, but a couple of hisses from the cat, and Cinnamon is now giving her a wide berth. She also has no aggression. In her surrendering home she was an indoor dog, had run of the house and is housetrained. She likes car rides and rode wonderfully during the hour-plus transport to her foster home in St. Paul. She is not destructive, does not have separation anxiety. She has lived with Rusty for 9 years (they are not litter mates) and it would be great if they could together in their adoptive home. She was surrendered because the owner moved to a home that does not allow animals. The owner reported that Cinnamon had one planned litter of puppies about six years ago with Rusty as the sire. I can imagine that those puppies are all very good natured as both of the parents are very typical Golden Retrievers.The first order of business upon arrival was a bath. Cinnamon enjoyed it but she didn't like the towel rubbing at the end. She took a long time to dry because I wasn't able to rub her dry with a towel. During her bath, I didn't find any lumps or bumps, but she certainly could afford to lose a couple of pounds. She also will need to be spayed before adoption. She has a shorter wavy coat and is medium red in color. She had furry feet, I've trimmed the fur on her feet, and I've trimmed her front nails. She is much better about her feet than Rusty is, she lets me hold her feet and pulls away only when I'm holding a scissors or a nail trimmer. We'll get her back nails trimmed, I didn't want to stress her out too much this morning.

Neither dog ate dinner last night. They arrived after 4 p.m. so it was only a couple of hours later that I tried to feed them. I used the food they came with but they both just walked away. This morning, she still wasn't willing to eat and would have allowed Rusty to eat her portion too. Instead, I added some yummy canned food to her dish and she ate most of her portion. The surrendering owners used to free-feed these dogs so meal time will take some getting used to.

On Sunday, I left them home for 4 hours with free roam of the main floor. Came home and it took a second for anyone to greet me. Nothing had been moved...obviously they are fine home alone.

It has become apparent over the last 24-hours that Rusty and Cinnamon were loved pets throughout their lives. It doesn't seem as if they've had any formal training, but they are well behaved pets. They stick together and I would love to place them together. I'll update more later in the week.
My pal Rusty (12-188) and I would love to stay together...

Updates

Monday, June 4, 2012

When the Ragom photographer came to take pictures of Rusty and Cinnamon, I downloaded all the pictures. My plan was to send in a new photo along with an update every week until someone noticed. I only had them for three weeks before someone noticed.

Part of that family came to meet them in the middle part of last week. They fell in love. After consulting with other family members that were out of town, they made plans to bring the pair home. They came back to my house on Thursday night to adopt Rusty and Cinnamon.

Everyone has now met and from the initial reports, it's a match. It was hard not to fall in love with those two dogs. I'm grateful to the family that made the leap of faith that it takes to adopt not one, but two slightly older dogs. I know that they will get the pair to healthy weights and will help them live happy lives. Hopefully they will have many good years together. Ragom has the best adopters!!

Sunday, May 27, 2012

All is well with Rusty and Cinnamon. They are enjoying the long weekend. The storms do not seem to bother either of them. Cinnamon is healing well from her spay and both of their ear infections are clearing up nicely. They are both a little too interested in our house rabbit, so that room has become out-of-bounds for them. I'm including another picture of the two of them taken by Devon Thomas Treadwell....who can resist this pair? Please contact your placement advisor if you want to meet them.