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Miles -- rescued
at age 12
now age 17
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Every
year across the United States, nearly 10,000 Golden Retrievers
are taken in by GRCA Rescue organizations. Reasons might be
that a family has a new baby; moved to a new house, apartment
or retirement home; or encountered medical problems, death,
divorce or allergies. Sometimes a home isn't truly prepared
to meet a dog's needs for exercise, training and care. Families,
unable to pay bills, may abandon a dog at a veterinary clinic,
boarding establishment or animal shelter. These are not necessarily
problem dogs and may have ended up in rescue through no fault
of their own. Others may have been rescued from puppy mill
raids, are strays off the street or were dumped at an animal
pound.
Most
rescue organizations screen their intakes carefully for health,
temperament and training issues and devotedly work to match
their charges with 'forever' homes. Adopting your Golden Retriever
from Rescue can be mutually beneficial. An abandoned Golden
Retriever finds a loving 'forever' home and you may receive
a devoted companion with known habits, personality and training,
all at a nominal cost to support rescue efforts. You might
wish to read, "Reasons
to Adopt a Golden Retriever Rescue."
Rescue organizations also have senior goldens who have been
abandoned because of advanced age or a death in the family.
If you feel you cannot take on a 10-12 year puppy committment,
but would enjoy a devoted, slower-moving companion for several
months to several years, please consider reading about adopting
a Golden
Oldie.
Sometimes, conscientious breeders keep a puppy to see how
it will mature, but decide at six months to three years that
it will not be bred and would be happiest in a home where it
is a beloved pet. Inquire among breeders, if they might have
such a Golden Retriever, and if it's received housebreaking
and household manners training. |
