Molly 10-058 [1]

March 3, 2010:  Molly and her 5 puppies arrived on Saturday after a long trip up from Missouri.  As you can see, she is a beautiful, small Golden Retriever.  She is about 2.5 yrs old and very skinny. The vet said she needs to gain 15 lbs.  Other than being underweight and an ear infection, she checked out very healthy.  Because she is nursing, she is eating 8-10 cups of food a day!!!!  Wow, that’s double what my other foster, Buster 09-298 eats, and I thought he ate a lot (4 cups a day).

She is being an excellent momma to her pups and will start to wean them off of nursing. I bet she’ll be glad when that’s done   Having 5 pups “hanging on” does not look very comfortable.  She has an excellent personality---ALL Golden in every aspect. I will send an update later this week with more complete details as we get to know her.

She will not be able to go to her forever family until she is spayed.  If all goes as planned, she will be spayed in about 3-4 weeks, making her available to go to someone’s lucky family in April sometime.