Holly (Sadie 08-575)

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This little Christmas cookie came to us yesterday and what a holiday treat she is! This is a VERY SWEET golden who has known some love in her previous life. She was a stray, adopted from a shelter, returned to the shelter, and ended up at a vet clinic/shelter. She was given the name Sophie at some point, then the name was switched to Sadie. However, she answers to neither name so we thought she should have a Christmas holiday name.......so now she's Holly.....and she already seems to respond to her new name.

It is estimated that she is about 3 years old, however, we think she is somewhat older because she is starting to get a little white on her muzzle. She is a petite little girl, weighing in at 54 pounds. She gets along great with our 4 resident goldens and our cat. She eats very slowly right alongside the others. She walks very nicely on a leash. She is spayed and housebroken. She was returned to the shelter because she would not wet while on a leash. She has gone every time we have taken her for a walk, however. We left her loose in the house tonight while we were gone for several hours and she didn't get into anything. She likes to be by our side wherever we are but does not cling. We haven't heard her bark yet. She slept on the floor in our bedroom with the rest of the furkids last night without any problem. If you're looking for someone special to put under your Christmas tree, this little girl will fit right in!

 

At a Glance #08-575

Golden Retriever Born: November 2005
Female Weight not specified

Status: Deceased

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This little Christmas cookie came to us yesterday and what a holiday treat she is! This is a VERY SWEET golden who has known some love in her previous life. She was a stray, adopted from a shelter, returned to the shelter, and ended up at a vet clinic/shelter. She was given the name Sophie at some point, then the name was switched to Sadie. However, she answers to neither name so we thought she should have a Christmas holiday name.......so now she's Holly.....and she already seems to respond to her new name.

It is estimated that she is about 3 years old, however, we think she is somewhat older because she is starting to get a little white on her muzzle. She is a petite little girl, weighing in at 54 pounds. She gets along great with our 4 resident goldens and our cat. She eats very slowly right alongside the others. She walks very nicely on a leash. She is spayed and housebroken. She was returned to the shelter because she would not wet while on a leash. She has gone every time we have taken her for a walk, however. We left her loose in the house tonight while we were gone for several hours and she didn't get into anything. She likes to be by our side wherever we are but does not cling. We haven't heard her bark yet. She slept on the floor in our bedroom with the rest of the furkids last night without any problem. If you're looking for someone special to put under your Christmas tree, this little girl will fit right in!

 

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Saturday, June 17, 2017

 

Our golden girl passed on in September of 2015. She had bad hips and her quality of life was deteriorating, so she went on one last car ride with me and then crossed Rainbow Bridge.

Before that, she was a happy girl and we loved having her as a member of our family. She was an accomplished counter surfer, her best scores were a baked potato and steak and in her first months, she and her 2 year old human sister worked together to get a pizza box off the stove, into the living room, where she and Evvie shared the pizza. (Evvie ate the pineapple and Holly got the rest of the slices.)

She loved her stuffies and we enjoyed picking out new ones for her to disembowel. One of her favorite things was to play chase with real bunnies. Unfortunately, she would get to the best part of the game, where she would catch the bunny, and then she would discover that they only squeaked once. She would look down at the deceased bunny, then up at me, and back a couple times, as if asking me to please fix the bunny.

She was a tomato lover, but only ones that she picked out herself from the garden. She would carefully make her way through the bushes, tail wagging, then would select one to bring inside. She would eventually eat her choice later that night.

A few years into her life with us, she met my mom's 5 pound poodle, Abby. Abby had been raised by cats and so Holly taught her to be a real dog. They patrolled the yard together and were best friends until September of 2014, when Abby got cancer and crossed Rainbow Bridge.

Our only regret was that somehow, somewhere a black dog had done Holly wrong, and so she would not tolerate any black dogs around her and her family. That made dog parks hard for her, but we thankfully have a big yard.

We miss her a lot. Holly will always be a beloved member of our family.

Kelly S