4/13/10-UPDATE: Anna was in a foster home for awhile, then we brought her back here so Steve could work with her and we could try to create "new situations" for her, to help her learn how to deal with them. Anna is such a sweet girl.....she is wonderful with other dogs, she loves to cuddle, but as she was kept cooped up for so long, she does not know how to cope when you change her routine. When she meets new people, she is very jumpy and will nip - not to hurt you, but in excitement. She also needs work on her leash manners. Anna has alot of potential....she just needs someone who will work with her, and socialize her.......LOTS. Anna would benefit from a home that can provide her with good exercise and help build her confidence. Her adoption fee will include a couple of sessions with Steve, so her new owners can continue to work with Anna, using the same techniques that Steve has worked with her on.

Meet Ally and Anna - two very cute 4 year old siblings, who have had it rough for quite some time.  They came to CGRR from an owner, who had injured herself awhile back and realized she could no longer care for these girls.  They moved here about a year ago and had been living in an apartment, spending way too much time in crates.  Many times these girls were not even taken out to go potty......they had to use their crate.  When they first came to us, it became obvious that a towel or blanket in a crate was not to lay on - it was to relieve themselves on.   Anna was able to go right into a foster home, and we kept Ally here.  Ally only weighed 38 pounds, and we wanted to make sure everything was okay with her.  We feel she was thin due to the stress of her previous environment.  It only took a couple of days for Ally to get the routine down, and realize she was not being left in her crate for hours on end.  We were told that the owners had moved to Utah about a year ago, but we feel these two have been kept pretty isolated for longer than that, as they are  nervous of about anything that is new.   They need work on the leash, and both need to be socialized - alot.  Anna has done well in her foster home - she is  housetrained, good with other dogs, fine with cats......but when she goes out  for a walk, she is frightened of many things, so right now it has been difficult for her to enjoy her walks like a normal dog.  Anna is the dominant of the two, but she is slowly learning from a couple of other dogs that she doesn't need to control who  comes in and out of the house.  Interesting though, if another dog stands up to her, she will turn and walk away - it's  like she is all talk!   Ally has done very well here......she shares a bigger kennel with another dog and the two get along great.  There is no food/treat aggression, they cuddle together, and she has had no accidents since about the third  day she was here.   We are not looking to place these two together - in fact we feel it would be better to split them up. These girls need to learn how to be a dog - so if each could go to a home with another dog, that would be great.  It is pretty obvious that no one has worked with either of these two, as they are very jumpy.  We feel they would do better in homes with older or no children, as they do not understand the difference between a toddler and an adult - they will jump on either.   These two are about as sweet as can be....they just need some direction and guidance.  The adoption fee will include a couple of training sessions with Steve - at your home.  We want to be sure these girls get off to a good  start in their new homes!

Contact Steve and Debbie Belcher
Email: utgoldentails@cs.com

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