| In addition to LOVE this dog has the following requirements: | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Entered Foster Care | Fence | Kid Friendly | Another Dog | Cat Friendly | |
| 5-9-2015 | Not required | Yes | Optional | Not tested | |
| This is the most recent information available; however, it may change as we learn more about the dog. | |||||
Maggie is a three and a half year old mini Labradoodle who weighs about 25 pounds. She is as sweet as can be, calm and quiet. She snuggles into your shoulder when you hold her. She will be a great lap dog. I have not heard her bark and only hear a funny little sound sometimes when she stretches. Except for her gently placing her paws on me to be petted (jumping up is too strong a description) you’d hardly know she was around.
Maggie walks nicely on a leash. She loves to go for walks and rides in the car. She asks politely to be lifted onto the bed or furniture by again putting her paws up. She is not above trying to counter surf but her size prevents her from succeeding. Maggie has quickly learned the house rules and is housebroken now.
Maggie has a poodle/cocker spaniel type coat that will require regular grooming. Maggie gets along very well with other dogs. She has settled in easily with my two resident Goldens and a couple of other foster pups.
Maggie may be pregnant. Foster Mom is waiting to see. That would delay her adoption. No matter, she will steal the heart of someone just like she has done with me. Maggie is not a Golden retriever, but she is smart and as sweet as one. Please welcome, Maggie, the mini Labradoodle into RAGOM and a new life.
One month later…
Maggie was indeed pregnant and last week gave birth to 6 darling puppies. She had already had two litters before joining RAGOM so she knew just what to do. She is taking excellent care of her puppies. The whole experience has further bonded Maggie and her Foster Mom. Foster Mom was supposed to just be a temporary foster for a few days. However, something happened here and Maggie is going to be a foster failure. Once her pups are gone on to adoptive families, Maggie will end her breeding days and be adopted by her foster. She will join Gypsy, another breeder mom and Bella and hopefully live happily ever after.
| Mixed Breed | Born: November 2011 |
| Female | 22 lbs |
Status: Adopted
| In addition to LOVE this dog has the following requirements: | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Entered Foster Care | Fence | Kid Friendly | Another Dog | Cat Friendly | |
| 5-9-2015 | Not required | Yes | Optional | Not tested | |
| This is the most recent information available; however, it may change as we learn more about the dog. | |||||
Maggie is a three and a half year old mini Labradoodle who weighs about 25 pounds. She is as sweet as can be, calm and quiet. She snuggles into your shoulder when you hold her. She will be a great lap dog. I have not heard her bark and only hear a funny little sound sometimes when she stretches. Except for her gently placing her paws on me to be petted (jumping up is too strong a description) you’d hardly know she was around.
Maggie walks nicely on a leash. She loves to go for walks and rides in the car. She asks politely to be lifted onto the bed or furniture by again putting her paws up. She is not above trying to counter surf but her size prevents her from succeeding. Maggie has quickly learned the house rules and is housebroken now.
Maggie has a poodle/cocker spaniel type coat that will require regular grooming. Maggie gets along very well with other dogs. She has settled in easily with my two resident Goldens and a couple of other foster pups.
Maggie may be pregnant. Foster Mom is waiting to see. That would delay her adoption. No matter, she will steal the heart of someone just like she has done with me. Maggie is not a Golden retriever, but she is smart and as sweet as one. Please welcome, Maggie, the mini Labradoodle into RAGOM and a new life.
One month later…
Maggie was indeed pregnant and last week gave birth to 6 darling puppies. She had already had two litters before joining RAGOM so she knew just what to do. She is taking excellent care of her puppies. The whole experience has further bonded Maggie and her Foster Mom. Foster Mom was supposed to just be a temporary foster for a few days. However, something happened here and Maggie is going to be a foster failure. Once her pups are gone on to adoptive families, Maggie will end her breeding days and be adopted by her foster. She will join Gypsy, another breeder mom and Bella and hopefully live happily ever after.
Maggie without her puppies is a playful pup herself. She loves to retrieve, hunt for chipmunks and is quite the watchdog. She has found her forever home now with two Golden retrievers for walking partners. She gets to sleep on the bed. She spends time at a lake home. She is a great traveler.
Maggie is grateful to RAGOM for taking her in, caring for her puppies and finding them forever homes. She is happy in her own forever home where she is loved and living the life of a lap dog.
Here’s an update on Maggie. She has been a super mom to her six puppies. They are now seven weeks old and she is trying to wean them. They’ve been eating puppy food for weeks to help get ready and help her handle feeding six pups. She is also teaching them to be submissive to growls, not wander off and this week she showed them stairs. There couldn’t be a better mom around.
Maggie has changed since she arrived. She now barks to alert when someone comes to the door. I’m safe at my house with two other dogs barking along with her. She does really well being left with the other two dogs. No serious separation anxiety but that’s not true with storms. On the 4th of July, as the fireworks ceased, we had tornado sirens sounding and a big storm. Maggie didn’t like it at all. She slept either in my lap or beside me. She is a very good traveler. She and the pups traveled with us seven hours each way to Wisconsin. She went in the lake by mistake. It was funny to watch her go down the steps and into the water and then out of the water with a look of surprise.
When the pups were first born, Maggie was rarely away more than a short time. She willingly went for a short walk but raced back to her pups. Now she is happy to be near them but not beside them all the time. She was watchful of people near her puppies but never showed any signs of harming anyone. Gypsy, my puppy mill mama, sleeps beside the puppies each night and even spent a stormy night in their pen. Maggie was very accommodating of her.
Maggie likes to get petted and if I’m petting either of the other dogs, she will come in to get some too. She’s not shy. She has learned to sit and waits near the door instead of trying to sneak out. She is very good at recall. She gets very excited to go for walks and was walking about two miles before she got real pregnant. She keeps up with the two Golden retrievers and walks nicely on a leash.
Maggie weighed 24 pounds at the vet the other day. She is a small dog but has lots of cuteness and personality. She is the best retriever of tennis balls at this house.
We are all transitioning as Maggie and her pups go through weaning and the pups start to be more individuals and members of their litter pack. This will give Maggie a chance to become part of our pack and transition to being a resident dog here.
Families have been coming to meet puppies. It will be a sad day for Maggie and me when they are all gone to their new homes. It will be the end of her breeding life and the start of a new life as a RAGOM adopted dog.
