Sandy

 

 

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Sandy's foster family brought her to Gulfport Sunday afternoon to seek her forever home. Sandy explored the house and the yard with joy and anticipation. It went smoothly so she stayed. On Thursday, I returned to take some pictures and found a very happy woman with an equally happy dog. Here are some photos:

Name: Sandy

Gender: Female

Age: 7 yrs

Spayed: yes

Vaccinations: 12/19/08

Heartworm status: Positive, but treated in December 2008

Meet Sandy. Sandy is a 7 year old female golden mix (maybe golden/spaniel?). Sandy comes to us after her owner passed away. If you are looking for a dog that is a bit smaller than a golden, she may be the one for you. She has a very silky medium gold coat. She has been both a house pet and a yard dog since her owner passed. It has been reported that she will dig if left out on her own. It has also been reported that she is afraid during storms and will hide. Her bottom front teeth are worn. She is nervous and appears to have been raised with a heavy hand.

My girls love her and she's taken to them, she really wants to stay with them at night. She does not bother with the cat or my other dog for that matter and has not barked at all. My house can be chaotic at times with children in and out and she's fine, she does not run up to them, but does warm up after she realizes no one is coming for her. She's spooked by loud noises, large men or people (my husband ) even though by the end of the day she's fine with him. I rolled up a small bathroom carpet to wash after she ran into our shower to be with one of the girls and "cleaned" her feet on her way out when she realized it was a bit wet. She went in several times though. She backed away from the rolled up carpet...hmmm.

She's mostly house broken but has had an accident in the house. She does not immediately go when let out in the AM like my other pets (the cat and dog - my cat is just like a dog), I have to stay with her until she does. I think she's still a bit nervous about being left out. Yesterday, I did leave her out for about 20-30 minutes and she didn't bark or do anything destructive at all. She was just fine.

She stays in her kennel well, I do have to physically place her in it when I leave and at night, but the funny thing is, she goes in there on her own and sleeps with the door open pretty much all day! She went in there on her own last night before we all went to bed. We gave her a stuffed animal of her own and it's the only thing she picks up, good manners! She seems to adapt to rules / structure pretty quickly.