22-051 Lars  is an 8-month-old neutered English Cream Golden who was surrendered because the older resident dog was being aggressive towards  Lars  . The owner recently got married and her husband already had the aggressive dog that was found on the reservation.  Lars  gets along with all dogs, cats and kids. He goes to doggy daycare and loves it.  He is described as calm for an 8-month-old puppy. He originally   came from a breeder in North Carolina that breeds her dogs to be therapy dogs. The owner described  Lars  as very intelligent and a quick learner. When we transported him to an adoptive couple in Chandler, it amounted to going from the frying pan into the fire at first, as the resident dog,  Lucky , made it known quickly that he did not like the new kid on the block.  Lucky  finally settled down after about a half hour.  Lars  needed all his vaccines updated and tests for valley fever and heartworm. He also had an issue with one of his eyes, as well as an ear infection. He was treated for both. The  adopter recently told us: 

We are very grateful that we had the opportunity to adopt  Lars . He has been a wonderful addition to our family. After a few days of getting to know him, we decided to rename him  Ollie . We thought that name  Ollie  matched his big gest personality trait, which is, undoubtedly, being goofy. It took  Ollie  and our other dog,  Lucky , a few days to feel each other out, but they have been inseparable ever since.  Ollie  and  Lucky  play for hours and hours and hours every day with occasional short naps in between.  Ollie  loves to play tug-of-war, to fetch a ball, and to steal whatever toy  Lucky  is currently playing with.  Ollie  is a very sweet, loving dog, who has no idea  how big he is, and he thinks he is a lap dog. He  loves to be close (very, very close) to his family,  and he especially loves belly rubs. When he’s  not playing,  Ollie  likes to watch soccer and golf  on TV. He likes to bring in large rocks from the  backyard. We are forever grateful to  Arizona  Golden Rescue  for giving us the opportunity to  adopt him.  Ollie  has added a lot of smiles and  joy to our family. 

In addition to smiles and joy,  Ollie  brought with him some undesirable puppy  behaviors, so we referred the family to behaviorist Sharon McKenzie, who will help them work through and, hopefully, eliminate these behaviors .