Lena (Baby Girl 10-006) [1]

“Baby Girl” came to us from the north woods of Minnesota.  That must be why she loves romping in the snow when we let her out.  She literally leaps over and burrows through the snow mounds until she finally decides it’s time to come in – to warm up until it’s time to go out and play again.

Baby Girl was born November 3, 2009 in a litter of 11.  Her mama had a tough birth – all breech babies and hand delivered by the owner. Her mama and daddy are both purebred Goldens and gorgeous – as she is!  (See picture of daddy saying goodbye.) By the time she was born, her owner just said, “this is my baby girl”, but not really as a name.  So, whoever is lucky enough to adopt her, can call her Baby Girl or whatever name they’d like. Most puppies aren’t really coming to their name at this stage.

The reason Baby Girl was given to Ragom was because of a heart murmur. At her first checkup, the vet thought she might grow out of it. Since then, we’ve taken her to two other vets who both agree, she will always have it. As for its severity, that is something we do not know at this point. She went in for an ultrasound – pretty scary for a little puppy – and couldn’t be still enough to determine much. Next, we’ll be going in for a pediatric spay and when she’s anesthetized, they’ll do another ultrasound.

In the meantime, Baby Girl is a typical silly, playful, get into everything and make you laugh, puppy. We’re working on housebreaking – she was trained to a gerbil litter box! But now we’re training her to go out by ringing bells that hang from the door handle. It’s actually working pretty good. She sleeps in a crate in our bedroom and after a few whimpers and shushes from us, she settles down nicely – until about 6:30 when we get up and start our Golden day all over again.

We’ll post again when we know more.