Arizona Golden Rescue

15-097 Faith and her brother, 15-096 Ford, came to us as a pair in late December. They had been kenneled together in a backyard run their whole lives. Neither had been sterilized, and both were about 10 months old. When they came into Rescue, Faith did not appear to be pregnant, but on the off chance that she was she went to Deb’s house in case puppies were on the horizon. Lo and behold, Faith was pregnant and delivered eight puppies much sooner than Deb had thought possible. But Deb is set up for puppies and took on the task of taking care of these kids (with help from many volunteers). Unfortunately, three of the pups died within the first couple of weeks. An adoptive couple were anxious to adopt Faith once the pups had been weaned, and finally took her home at the end of February 2016 and renamed her Casey. Needless to say, a spay was in Faith’s future once the pups had left! Faith and her brother, Ford, even had a reunion with their kids and everyone had a great time. Thanks to Rescue, Faith and her puppies were born into a world where they will know only love. Had they been born in the back yard of their previous home, the pups certainly would have perished in the cold weather. We were so excited to get an update on Faith:

Faith (now Casey) has been a source of amusement and sometimes distress since joining our family. She loves to play with her Nylabones®, balls, the cat’s tennis balls... in short, all toys belong to Casey. Casey and Chance [our first rescue from AGR, their fourth rescue in 2009] have become the best of friends and play nonstop until they both have to call a time out and take a nap, and then it’s back to vigorous play. Casey and the cats (2) have reached a truce and now tolerate each other. We continue to be amazed by how adept Casey is with her front paws. She takes toys and maneuvers them with her front paws to where she wants them and if she should drop the toy she picks it up with her front paws and places it in her mouth the way she wants it. Hard to explain – you have to see to appreciate. Casey went through a period of losing all of her fur when she first joined us. We figured out that she may be allergic to chicken and moved her over to Solid Gold food. Her fur has grown back in very nicely and now she is a gorgeous girl. We love her to pieces and are very happy to have her in her forever home.

Hurray – no more puppies and a great forever home that isn’t in a back yard for this very deserving dog!