Arizona Golden Rescue

22-058 Charlie  was the last of our 3 rd -quarter 2022 adoption finalizations. He was 7 months old at intake. The surrendering owner claimed her husband, her sister and her dogs did not like the puppy. They also had two Chihuahuas, two poodles and two huskies, as well as four children under the age of 6 – too much commotion! The sister was actually the original owner. She kept  Charlie  crated for 10-1⁄2 hours per day. Finally realizing the confinement was not good for a growing Golden, she turned him over to the family that already had too many dogs and too many kids to pay much attention to  Charlie . Since the resident dogs were being mean to  Charlie , within just a couple of days, they called us to come get him. He was placed with an adoptive couple in Phoenix . They live in a walk-up apartment with a park nearby and have a cat, who right away let  Charlie  know who was boss. She works for a vet and often takes  Charlie  to work with her. He developed a rash on his abdomen and tested positive for Giardia, so her boss kindly gave her the employee discount rate for treating the dog. We reimbursed her for the expense, so we are grateful for the vet’s consideration. Everything seems to be going well and the cat has declared a truce with the puppy. The family has been given an adoption addendum for  Charlie’s  neuter when he is about a year old .