Molly (Tia 13-065) [1]

4/1/13

We feel honored to introduce Tia to the RAGOM family! She is a two year old pure bred golden retriever. Tia was surrendered from a commercial breeder. She lived outside in a kennel run her first two years of life and most likely had many litters of puppies. Tia is petite and weighs approximately 58#. She is the sweetest little girl and ready to be loved. 

Tia came into RAGOM in late February with Zoey (13-064), Izzy (13-066), Maverick (13-070), Rico (13-060) and Missy (13-061) from the same breeder. Thank you to her temporary foster for showing her the love and warmth she deserves. She also took her to the vet. Tia is UTD on all vaccines and is receiving HW preventives. She tested negative for worms and was microchipped. Her ears had a lot of waxy buildup, but showed no signs of infection. We have cleaned her ears multiple times a week and they are doing very well. Tia handled the cleanings well and remained calm. I think she knows we want to help her. She is very tolerant and I believe wants to trust us. It’s just so hard to trust when you’ve never experienced it. Tia came to us in heat so she will be spayed in early June. At that time she will also have some teeth extracted due to broken teeth. Tia has let us clip her nails and give her a long bath. She is a beautiful little girl.  

Tia has had a lot of new experiences in just the 2 ½ weeks she has been with us. She meet our resident goldens with no issue. In fact, she brightened up. They are her security and teachers. She is almost always found next to one of them or in one of her 4 safe places. During the first week our resident golden went in her crate many times to just lay by her. She spent her first week close to her crate. She’d go in her crate throughout the day, but not for long times. If there is an unfamiliar noise she will retreat to her crate, but now spends most of her time outside her crate with the other dogs and near us. The other dogs will take her puppy toy, I think to get her to play, but when she doesn't move they drop it and go about what they were doing. She hasn’t wanted to “play” yet, but does take toys into her crate. The Easter bunny brought some new treats for the Kong, so we will try those out this week.

Tia is very curious and likes to investigate around the house. She used the stairs last week. She did great!  

The first week Tia was with us she didn't want to follow us outside and needed to be carried, but once outside she did really well. She's picked one spot in the yard to do her business and keeps returning to it. She sticks close to us or one of the dogs in the back yard. She loves to run around the garage and play hide and seek. She always comes around the corner to peek and eventually comes out to be with us. On her one week anniversary with us she got up in the morning and ran right to the door and went outside. Now she’ll follow the other dogs or us outside. She still trails a 30 ft. lead when outside for safety. We haven't taken her out of the fenced yard yet. We’re thinking we may try a walk around the block this week.

She is eating 2 meals a day with the other dogs now. She used to just eat at night when she thought we were sleeping. She eats all of her meals and treats in her crate. She drinks water out of the same bowl as the other dogs. She will not eat anything out of our hand yet. She's eating dry food with some soft food mixed in. I think her teeth may prefer the soft food. Her coat seems to feel softer already.  

Tia doesn’t seem to know her name. Her tail is usually down by legs. She won’t come to us, but allows us to come to her. She seems to enjoy our hugs. She looks at us right in the eyes. She's never tried to move away.  She’s never growled. She doesn’t shake anymore. She let's herself relax now :) In just the few weeks we have known her she has begun to trust us and in turn we have seen little pieces of her personality...sweet, curious, sweet!  As her confidence grows, we'll get to know her better. I already know she'll make a wonderful member to a RAGOM family :)

Tia won’t be ready for adoption until after she has been spayed.