Zeke (renamed Asher) is a two-year-old male, purebred Golden who was the product of a divorce. The wife took off with the cats and a small dog and left the husband with two small children and a sweet but untrained Golden. The husband held out for a couple months, as the kids really loved the Golden, but he finally realized he could not handle it all while working full time. We certainly got the best of that situation. He was already neutered and microchipped, but he needed the basic vet check with vaccines, heartworm test and valley fever test. Long-time founding members adopted him and wrote:

Asher was with us for only a week before we started him in weekly training classes at Partners Dog Training in Cave Creek. He has done well and has finished Level One. He now knows heel, left turns, right turns, about turns, sit (and sits automatically when we stop walking), down and direct-to-down from walking, stay and come. Yes, they cover a lot in Level One! Duffy and Vin were both in a blue funk after losing both Mufasa and Dallas last November. When Asher arrived in January 2021, he energized everyone. All the boys, even Duffy, play a lot now – run-and-chase, tug, mouth wars, wrestling, etc. He has fit into his niche in the pack as if he’d been with us since puppyhood. The pack now feels complete again, and we are grateful to be allowed to adopt this wonderful boy.