Sarrah 10-036 [1]

Welcome to our lovely senior Sarrah.  Sarrah was found running as a stray with another golden about 65 miles of Sioux Falls, SD.  They were brought up here to the shelter.  Since their stay at the shelter, the other dog, who was much younger, was adopted out .  Thankfully Sarrah is now in Ragom’s safety and we are lucky to have her as a foster. She was not doing the best at the shelter!  Sarrah is now UTD completely.  Negative for HW.  She is not spayed (will be very soon) and we are assuming a breeder girl.  Sarrah’s teeth are not bad but are worn down somewhat leading us to believe she is perhaps 7.5 yrs old or up.  Sarrah is also microchipped.  Some basics on our girl:

Sarrah is a smaller PB GR, about 54# or so.  She has medium dark golden hair with the distinct frosted ‘coon eye” look.  Nice shorter muzzle.  Very nice coat and will be even better after the groomer today.  Her tail is thin, and a thought on that is probably from constant wagging in a crate/kennel or too narrow of one.  Something I am sure will grow back in time.  She does like to be brushed.  Her ears are not bad, just need basic cleaning and will be fine.  This is one beautiful girl.

Sarrah is currently in a foster home where we have 3 other adult residents, seniors, and 3 cats.  At this point, she is totally fine with cats and ignores them.  Bonus points.  Sarrah does very well with the entire pack.  She has no aggressions or guarding whatsoever.  She has a gentle ‘bark’.  The story about hearing her bark is: the room she is staying in has a floor length mirror (will send photo) and she sees her other ‘buddy’ in there so she barked!  So cute.  I have seen her ‘spin’ slightly as a breeder dog would.  Not bad at all though.  She of course, is learning her name, has no clue at this point.  She crates well.

Sarrah is learning potty training well.  I am going to assume she is not housebroken nor been in a house much, if at all.  She accepts new sounds great.  She makes some ‘sounds’ of her own at night, snoring (ever so little….).  It is wonderful to see her when she is totally relaxed.  She is very much a typical golden retriever.  Pet, pet and pet some more, follow you where you go and lay by you.  Her back end is not real strong so as far as jumping up, she probably has never really done that.  She really needs help getting into a vehicle to transport.  We do not think Sarrah really knows a vehicle.  Once in and turns around a few times, then she will lay down.  No drooling or anything.  Again we feel she was a breeder girl and has had no exposure to jumping, travel, inside, etc.

Sarrah is so gentle.  She is so incredibly lovely and nice.  Just a delightful senior girl.  I think she is truly relieved to be in a home and is very trusting of us.  She has a good appetite and occasionally burps too.  She is going to make someone/family just a lovely golden home.  Just the right size, temperament and all the great qualities of a golden retriever.  Just adorable