Arizona Golden Rescue

Olivia is a 16-week-old female, unspayed Goldendoodle with wavy hair. Her owner worked two jobs and was gone up to 10 hours a day. She rightly felt that it was not fair for Olivia to live in a crate, and she found she just didn’t have time or energy for Olivia she got home. Olivia already had rabies vaccine and at least one set of DHPP when surrendered, but we had her given a booster DHPP and the leptospirosis vaccine during her check-up at one of our wonderful partner veterinarians. She had a history of loose stools, so the vet started her on probiotics and metronidazole; fecal was negative for parasites. She will be spayed when she is around a year old, and even though her adoption will have been finalized, AGR will pay for the spay. She was placed with an adoptive couple. Olivia, a name being kept by the adopters, slept in bed with Mandy and the two resident dogs. Went out to potty in morning and had good stools. The dogs are getting along well with minimal growling. Olivia inhales food, so the adopter used a ball and only fed smaller portions at a time. AGR suggested slow feeder. So far, so good. Olivia has some food aggression issues, but the adopters felt they could work with those. I recently spoke with Olivia’s adopted mom; she said they are working with a trainer to help Olivia learn how to properly interact with the two small dogs in the household. Olivia doesn’t realize how big she is, nor how much energy she has (a lot), and overwhelms the small dogs at times. She is very smart, though, and learning well. The adopter said: She is a delight and we’re happy to have her.