Echo 13-181 [1]

July 14, 2013

Echo is a nine-year-old purebred Golden Retriever. He weighs 71 pounds and he has a beautiful long flowing coat. He is light colored. He could afford to lose a few pounds, but his weight isn't too far above where it should be. He was surrendered to RAGOM because of a divorce.

Echo has had quite a week. On Sunday, July 7 he started his day in his kennel in North Dakota. He was picked up by a RAGOM volunteer and was flown in a small plane to Willmar, Minnesota. He spent the night with the pilot and his family. On Monday , he was picked up by yet another volunteer and driven to his temporary foster home in Minneapolis. The people in this home bathed him and groomed him. He also did well with the kids in both the pilots house and in his temporary foster home. On Friday , he went to the vet where he had several shots, pokes and a blood draw. He is now up-to-date on his shots, microchipped and the results of his fecal and heartworm test were negative. Also, since he's a senior, a senior panel was done and his results look good there too. Then, finally, on Friday , he went to his permanent foster home. He was introduced to the two resident male dogs and one visiting female...all goldens. He met everyone nicely. He also totally ignored the cat. We have learned that he is housebroken and crate-trained.

Because of the incredible number of changes this guy has endured over the past week, we are just letting him chill out for a few days. He has been eating and going outside on a regular basis. He's also has had a little more grooming...mostly trimming of his feet and nails and some matt removal. The first night he arrived, we had an a long and thunderous storm which came in waves and lasted from abut 2:30 a.m.  until after dawn. Echo did not make a peep. It probably helped that none of the other dogs cared either. But it is safe to say that Echo does not have storm anxiety.

As Echo settles in, I'll write more. I think with all that has happened to him, his true personality will take a while to emerge. Check back in a few days for more on Echo.