Mason 08-156 [1]

If you love Golden’s, it will take you about 5 minutes to fall head over heels for Mason.  He is a coppery red, PB Male Golden , a stray with a ticket for a one way trip to heaven until a great lady stepped up to rescue him.  She surrendered him to RAGOM because although her heart is big, her house is small.   He came to our home two days ago and despite a sassy reception from one of our resident dogs, he won her over in 24 hours.  Now we have three happy campers.

Mason is a big dog.  He hasn’t had his vet check yet because of the Easter holiday, so we don’t know just how big.  He is house trained ( hasn’t had one accident in the house so far) and he lets you know in no uncertain terms that he needs to go out by standing in front of you and whining or standing by the door.

He sits on command and picks up his paws on cue for wiping when he comes in.

I thought that our couches weren’t made for big dogs, but I was wrong.  Mason showed me that they were real comfy, and his smile convinced me that he was right.  Who am I to argue with that?  As you can see, he has great persuasive powers.  However, when he jumped on our bed the first night, my husband and I convinced him that two is company, but three is, well, crowded.  He sleeps on the floor by our bed without a problem.   Mason will kennel up with “persuasion” and he doesn’t complain, but his reluctance tells us doesn’t much like it either.

Mason would make a great sled dog, because he sure does pull on a leash!   We will try him on a Gentle Leader soon.  His rescuer said that he loves to run, and there is no doubt he would love the chance.   We had him on a tie out for a few minutes yesterday and he ran in circles, around and around. I think he would love a fenced in yard in his adoptive home where he could safely run to his hearts content!

Stay tuned. We will post more soon as we get to know this GReat dog better.