Autumn 11-381 [1]

My oh my ... you won't believe this little girl until you see her! She's a foxy lady! 

Miss Autumn came into RAGOM through a fantastic transport network, all the way from Kansas City, MO, where she was found as a stray. We picked her up on Saturday evening and she was so afraid and timid. They told us she wouldn't walk on a leash and we would have to carry her. Well, Saturday evening was a little difficult for her, she wouldn't eat or drink and only wanted to be held. She had burrs in her hair, didn't smell the best and had a terrible cough. So, we let her rest in our arms. She is estimated to be 4-6 months old and a Golden mix??? We think the mix is definitely Sheltie. If you look close you can she her black whiskers and a little black mixed in her beautiful coat. The tip of her tail also has some black coloring.

The next morning I tried to get her to eat a little something and what she took in quickly came out. What she drank also came up. My son and I gave her a bath, which she did not like at all but we needed to get the burrs and other unpleasant stuff out of her coat. She loved getting toweled dry and brushed and we decided we should see how much this little girl weighed. The paperwork said approximately 20 pounds, but I was sure she was less than that, she was virtually bones and hair. Well, to our surprise she weighed 24.5 pounds. She has a beautiful coat that reminds us of a fox but also has webbed feet. We decided would see how she would do on a walk. Contrary to what they told us, we were able to get her to walk on a leash and she did just fine. She was still a little scared on Sunday but enjoyed laying with our girls.

On Monday morning, she was still vomiting and wasn't keeping anything down. A quick call to our vet and RAGOM and in she went. They ran a Parvo test and that came back negative .... thank goodness. She does have a respiratory infection and they gave her something to help her stomach. In our vet's words, "she doesn't have any weight to lose", in only one day she lost almost 2 pounds. Autumn is on antibiotics for 14 days to help her cough. Autumn will need to go back to the vet for her spay procedure, her wellness checkup, get microchipped and her final booster shot. Things are finally turning around, on Friday evening she ate her food and even seemed to want more. During the week we were only giving her scrambled eggs with rice to help her stomach and she would pick at it. Now she is eating puppy food and cleaned her bowl. She is perky and running around with our girls this weekend. Pepper Anne works hard to get the fosters to play with her, but Autumn didn't seem to understand. When Pepper Anne would get too loud or crazy Autumn would run and stand next to me and almost hide from Pepper Anne. That changed this Saturday, they started to play. We always put the toy box away with new fosters but Autumn is so small and didn't seem to know what to do with them anyway, so they came back out last weekend. This Saturday, Autumn even started to play with a squeaky ball and really seemed to have fun.

Now that she is feeling better, we will start to work on manners and basic obedience. Autumn has already learned to sit before she gets her food, but stay is just too hard for this little girl right now. She will also jump when she wants attention, so we are working on feet down, she is getting better. It's hard to work on training when she hasn't felt good until now. Autumn has been in her kennel during the week with breaks during the day with my son home. We think she must have been in a home at one time because she seems familiar with the couch, bed, house sounds, kennel, and seems to be 95% housetrained. We had one accident because foster mom got busy and Autumn needed to go outside, considering that was the only accident I think we are doing great! We are still trying to figure out if she has a signal but with our two girls it's hard for her to get a word in. Although today, Sunday, she has found her voice and decided to use it. Autumn saw another dog down the street and had to bark at him, so now we will have to work on "enough".

If you're looking for a snuggle bug, if you're looking for a dog that won't get very big, if you want a dog with a "golden" personality, than you won't need to look any further.

If you would like to know more about this little peanut and are approved to adopt, contact your Placement Advisor today.