Taylor 06-323 [1]

This is Taylor, a 72.4 pound girl, two to three years old, who is UTD on meds and passed her wellness check with flying colors - negative in all respects!  She is now on Heartguard and Frontline.       Taylor was taken in by RAGOM about a year ago from South Dakota.  She was abandoned at a night depository shelter along with one of her puppies.  They were both crammed in a crate, skinny and under fed, matted, and who knows what else.  The puppy went to foster first as she was in the worst shape and Taylor went to a wonderful foster in Minnesota, where she started to learn to be loved and treated as a Golden should.  She was then adopted to a nice home where she was well fed and taken care of.     Her adopted home was using an invisible fence to contain her and it didn't pan out, as she would go right through it.  She also got into a tiff with the neighbor's Samoyeds and that didn't go over well either (for the Samoyeds that is).  No one knows what triggered this except Taylor.  Her adopters felt it was best to return her to RAGOM where she would find a home with a physically fenced in yard.  She gets along well with our resident and foster dogs, loves to swim and go for walks.      I have had her for eight days now and have exposed her to several different situations regarding other dogs and all have gone well.  Taylor is strong minded girl and alpha dog.  She needs to be introduced slowly to other dogs and there is no problem.  When she met my resident male there was a lot of posturing from him (he can be a jerk sometimes) and she handled it well.  They are now best of buddies.  I have a ten month old foster who just adores Taylor and the feeling is mutual.  The puppy pulls on her ears, jumps all over her, barks, goes into the play position, and she takes it all in stride.  The pup follows her around like a shadow and I think Taylor loves it.  I took her to the K-9 beauty parlor where she was fluffed and buffed and had her nails done.  She really liked that and what a beautiful girl she is.  She met several dogs there and the resident cat.  She got along well with all concerned and totally ignored the cat.  At the vet's office she met several more dogs and all those greetings went well.  I also took her to the local shelter and walked her through a room of loose cats and she couldn't have cared less (of course, the cats scattered all over the place).  We then walked through the dog kennel area and met all the guests.  The meetings went well enough.  With all the barking and chaos not a peep was heard from Taylor and no posturing.     So this girl is ready for that new forever home.  One that has a fenced yard, another dog for her to bond with, and yes lots of exercise.  If possible, lots of swimming as she loves the water.  She loves chasing the resident ducks all over the place and also likes laying in ambush on the deck waiting for those pesky little chipmunks and red squirrels that frequent the bird feeder.  I think that is what she is doing in this picture.  In fact, a squirrel just bolted by my walkout door with a 72 pound Golden hot on its tail.     This is one beautiful girl, who is gentle and loving and won't last long on the adoption page.  Remember, a tired dog is a well behaved dog :)