Jared - turning 6yr old Golden Retriever -


When my mom and I moved to town we had to give up most of our pets ,at the time 2 dogs,9 cats (we kept 2) , the 2 dogs killed our goats so no worries there that was one of the reasons we got rid of them because we found out they not only killed the goats but were getting out and running deer and chasing horses around the area.) I was devastated because I had never ever in my life been without a dog. I begged and begged and begged for another dog. Well the chance came a friend rescued a golden retriverxGSDxafgan mix. Her collar had cut deeply into her neck and she was around 60lbs underweight. The people kept her until her neck was fulled healed then gave her to us. Nikki was wonderful until she turned neurotic.... She got into my closet dug the floor out and peed all over , refused to go outside because she was worried that we would leave her there. Those are just two of the hundreds of problems we had with her. We took her to the vet and asked is there any type of natural remedy that would help her calm down some. The vet recommended drugs.... serious people type drugs that were going to cost us 175$ a month. Sadly we felt it would be best to find her a new home that could afford that. Funny enough she went to a therapist that works with nervous behaviors in people heh! Once again my heart was ripped out because I'd bonded with my psycho dog. Once again the begging began. Finally my mothers current boyfriend talked her into it. She picked me up from school and stared driving. I kept asking where are we going? After about 40 minutes of her ignoring my questions we pulled down this long gravel driveway and I saw a huge grown golden retriever. She looked at me and said "You can pick a puppy but the breeder is only giving us a deal on the males so you have to pick one of those." I scrambled out of the car and ran to the door of the house. The lady took me around back to the yard and there were 8 wiggly fluffy fat balls of gold! I just sat down in the middle of them and let them all play around me. I actually wanted a female that tried to play with me non-stop but I had to pick a male. Finally one came over and sat in my lap and looked up at me with dark chocolate eyes and I knew I was in LOVE!!! We took him home and hes my best friend


Ask my some day why I neutered him.