Golden Retriever, 1 yo, spayed, shots, good with kids (belton)
Date: 2011-04-28, 9:52AM CDT
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1 Year Old Golden Retriever, Female, Spayed, complete Vet check-up & shots done 2 weeks ago, AWESOME dog for kids!!! Very loving & is a pleaser. Must have fenced in back yard.
We got Sadie off CraigsList about 6 weeks ago. We are her 3rd family. The family before us also had her for just 6 weeks... I must admit, the shedding hair is much more than I bargained for! For this reason alone I think she needs to go to a home with a fenced in back yard so that she can be an outside dog.
When we first got her we were told she was house trained, but we did not find that to be the case...
Sadie loves to be with people. If we have her on her chain & she can't reach us, she will yelp & bark... She is very mild mannered around people, but I have seen her be dominant & maybe a tad aggressive when a new dog comes in our yard.
When we first got her she was kind of nervous & chewed things... We keep a pretty close eye on her in terms of not letting her roam. She comes back having rolled in things & we can't have that as an inside dog.
She HATES the garage & will go frantic if you put her in one. She scratches the door to pieces & chews the doorknob. The second time we tried it she actually opened the door to the house with her teeth & was waiting inside when we got home. We immediately bought a 6'X8" kennel which we have in our basement & leave her there when we must leave. (We decided to put the kennel in the house rather than the back yard because we weren't sure if she'd bark & be obnoxious to the neighbors.)
We were also unprepared for how expensive a dog is on the outset...
I edited this way down for space, but this just...
Didn't they realize dogs bark, chew, and cost money? It sounds like they don't have a yard... so what were they thinking getting a 1 year old Golden Retriever!? And they just want to pass her on, after she has already been in 3 homes, twice for only 6 weeks.