Arizona Golden Rescue

23-025 Charlie  is a 2-year-old neutered Golden/SharPei mix. The owner had Charlie  for 6 months, having adopted him from a private owner who was moving out of state. But the adopter developed health problems and because she lives in a trailer, was unable to exercise and walk him like she had been doing. She told us  Charlie  likes to chew on rubber Kong Toys, and soft toys that he chews off parts. She described him as a sweet, loving dog who likes to cuddle on the couch.  Charlie  was fostered for two weeks by a foster volunteer in Phoenix, one of our regular fosters. On the second day  Charlie  was with her, her son’s dogs came over and  Charlie  went into attack mode. After that, any time the foster mom knew another dog was coming over, she put a muzzle on  Charlie . She said he was the most loving dog she’s ever fostered and thought that given time and supervised exposure to other dogs,  Charlie  would get over whatever was driving his bad behavior – Fear? Anxiety? Lack of confidence? Lack of socialization? Who knows? The foster was right –  Charlie  did come around and became trustworthy with other dogs. Based on the foster's assessment, we placed  Charlie  with an adoptive family in Chandler, who have another dog. The two dogs immediately started running around the yard together and playing nicely – until one of them found a ball the other one wanted, so there was a scuffle. But transporter Connie observed the fracas and just suggested that all toys and bones be put away for a week or so until the two dogs got to know each other. No other incidents ensued as far as we know. They changed his name to  Honeyduke , and everything seems to be going well.