Arizona Golden Rescue

23-092 Bruno  is a one-year-old gold-colored Goldendoodle. He was found as a stray, but he was micro-chipped so the owner was located. The owner said he did not want the dog as he was getting deployed and wrote a note saying he was giving him to the finder. Finder could not keep him but was worried about his safety so took him but needed to surrender. She bought him a crate,  toys, food and had the vet give him shots and did a heartworm test. She had him just a couple days so did not know much about him except he is a friendly, peaceful, scared dog. He is scared to get in a car and will flatten himself to the ground but rides well once in the car. He also seems scared to be left alone and will cry if he doesn't see his human. He will see his new humans, an adoptive couple in Wittmann, a lot, as they are both retired. At their home,  Bruno , who has been renamed  Theo , will have a menagerie for companionship: a 12-and-1⁄2-year-old Labradoodle female, a 9-year-old Labradoodle male, 4 indoor cats, an African Grey Parrot, a horse and 3 goats! The couple became acquainted with  AGR  when their daughter’s family fostered  Ivy , who had 6 puppies. The adopter started him in obedience lessons within a couple days of his arrival. She reported: 

He is doing better with sit, down, and stay, but still really pulls on the leash – will get better I'm sure. Getting better with the kitties, too. Not doing bad for only 4 days with us, but is a little too rough for the older dogs. He loves toys and goes out to visit the livestock. He self-exercises in the big back area. Runs laps round and round then comes in and takes a nap wherever I am, which is right here as I write this.