In an effort to fill our house with the pitter patter of little canine feet, we made an appointment to meet a few more dogs at Delaware Valley Golden Retriever Rescue.
We were formally scheduled to meet three though, as we entered, we walked past a door that opened to a room where four smallish dogs were playing. Our host told us that any of those four dogs were available to us. When we started to warm up to one of them...he amended his offer and said, "But not her." That one, they determined, needs to go to a home where there is a mentor dog, that is, a dog that can model how to be a pet in a human home.
So, we passed an went on to meet the dogs we had arranged to meet.
The staff people we met were clear that they wanted us to choose one particular dog, and we were willing to oblige. However, she didn't seem very interested in us.
We met two others, both of whom we loved. However, the third of the three we met, a dog who'd been found as a stray in Puerto Rico after the hurricane, fit us best.
One of the reasons we're getting a dog is so my mom can have a dog in her life. Of the three, the Puerto Rican dog, they'd named Snoop was, by far, most mom- appropriate.
He's four years old and a Golden mix, probably with a collie. His temperament is very Golden. Every stranger is, to him, simply a friend he hasn't made yet.
After trying four names in four days, it seems we'll call him Laddie.
He's settling in fairly well.
He's got some health issues that we hope we can work through and literal scars from abuse from some point in his past.
We'll see how it goes but we adopted him. This is not a foster situation.
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