Honey 10-095 [1]

February 8, 2013

Honey is soon to be a 9 year old female Golden, light in color, weighing in at 80 lbs, who is fostered in Shoreview.

Honey is the best of all Goldens – a senior. I forget how awesome a senior can be – Honey is well behaved, sweet, loving, and low maintenance. Honey met the two resident female Goldens with no problems at all! They have played, chased and slept cuddled together already – after only a few days.

Honey was originally brought into RAGOM in 2010 where she was abused by the male owner resulting in anxiety and a toddler that pulled on her while she was eating, caused Honey to nip. Unfortunately, the family that adopted her now has a toddler that fell on Honey while she was sleeping and Honey nipped him. Due to Honey’s last owner’s efforts she has overcome many issues resulting from abuse in her original home. While Honey is an awesome Golden, she does need a home with no young children to “pester” her. The only issue we have seen with Honey is that she gives a little growl when others come by her dish when she is eating. She has been okay when the other dogs walk by her with a chewy – it's like she knows it is not hers. She allowed me to pull on her pizzle stick with no problems. She takes treats very gently even when the other dogs are right beside her. We will be working on the food guarding issue.

Honey loves people, including older children (over about 10), she loves to swim (we are told), play with the other dogs, lay by your side, walks (except for the snowballs that build on her paws), car rides and naps. Most of all Honey likes to sniff the woodpile and under the deck for bunnies or other critters. There is a cat in her foster home that she is interested in but the cat mostly stays away from her and is very “dog-smart”.

Honey is a very loving and sweet senior in search of a quiet home, with a furry friend, no children, and lots of love; a fence is optional as she did well in her last home with no fence.