Lucy 05-081 [1]

Lady is here and she is very sweet and cuddly. She's had a rough life, but in spite of everything she is more than willing to give humans another chance and just loves everyone. In December she was thrown out of a car onto a highway by her original owners. Luckily an eye witness rescued her and took her to a vet. She had a badly bruised hip but no broken bones were found on the x-rays. The owners apparently had a drug problem as well as an anger management problem. They agreed to give her to a rescue organization so they would not be prosecuted for animal cruelty. She has been in foster care, but no permanent home was found for her so they asked Ragom to help. They said she was a Golden Retriever/Yellow Lab cross but she really looks like an ivory lab with some hints of Golden in her coat and tail. She wants to be right by you all the time with a paw or head in your lap. She's very "talkative" and makes a lot of moaning, grunting, whining type sounds. She likes to chase tennis balls, chew on bones and sometimes carry stuffed animals.

She's housetrained and slept by our bed all night without a sound. She does not guard things and we can take things out of her mouth. She gets along well with Sunny and really wants to play. She does a lot of cowering, like if a drawer slams or someone picks up a broom or something. She also cowers if people yell. I was cheering for our hockey team on TV and she ran to a corner like she wanted to hide (I'm used to it- sometimes my family does the same thing).

Understandably, she is very hesitant to get in a car, but she will do it with encouragement. She is a little nervous and does a lot of panting in the car, but I hope that will fade after she has some good experience with car rides. She does jump up and likes to lick your hand which I guess were things the original owners REALLY didn't like. It's usually when she's excited and we will work on that. She is spayed and we went to the vet today for microchipping, heartworm and fecal tests and updated shots. The vet said everything looked good - no problems that he could see. Everyone at the vet's office just loved her and remarked on what a great pet she will be for some lucky person.

Some of the rescue people she lived with for a while worked on teaching her sled pulling and skijoring which she enjoys so she would make a great buddy for someone who enjoys winter activities. She knows sit, down and responds well to her name. The previous foster home said she is fine with children one at a time, but was nervous and tried to hide from a group of noisy active children. A home with older children would probably be best. She chases cats, but she loves rabbits. Today I brushed her and cleaned her ears which she didn't mind at all. We will keep her for a few more days to find out more about her personality and habits then she will be ready for her forever home.