Kate, now called Dusty, is a 3-year-old Golden mix who was sprung from Pima Animal Care and Control. Kate is part of Charlie’s Angels and is believed to be the mom to 17-028 Farrah and 17-029 Jaclyn. Kate is a petite girl who had her spay surgery at the shelter and embarked on her journey to the Valley by the transport angels. She received her vetting, but her lab work reported the unfortunate diagnosis of tick fever that required a month-long regimen of doxycycline. Thankfully, the valley fever titre was negative! Her adopters wrote:

We lost both of our Goldens (ages 11½ and 15) within 6 weeks of each other last year. Although the silence was deafening, we decided to take a break and see what it was like to be empty nesters… we were miserable. We had always gone through a breeder to get our pups but both of our children have adopted their dogs and convinced us to give it a try. We went to an adoption event, talked with Deb, got information and sent in our application. Before we knew it, we got the call on Easter! A three-year-old mom with two 8-month old pups had been brought up from Tucson. Would we be interested? The next day we met Dusty (formerly Kate) and were greeted with kisses and a face so sweet we couldn’t possibly say, “No.” Little did we know Dusty was very sick. Within a few days she quit eating (we tried 12 different types of dog food—seriously!) and was quite lethargic. We took her to Four Legged Friends at Connie’s suggestion and were horrified to find out she had a temperature of 106º! They iced her down, gave her tons of fluids and got her back down to normal. This was the first of four visits during the next month. Blood work eventually showed she had tick fever. With stronger medication, she recovered and is no longer acting like a geriatric dog. She loves praise, obeys commands (most of the time) and provides warm kisses throughout the day. We feel she needed us as much as we needed her and can’t imagine our household without her. Thank you so much, Arizona Golden Rescue!

Dusty has recovered and is receiving much tender loving care from her adopters!