Riley is a beautiful 5-year-old purebred Golden. A homeless couple walked up to a kind stranger at a gas station and asked him to take their dog and give her a good home as they could not keep her. An attempt was made to track down the owners through the microchip, but no response was received. Unfortunately, the recipient of this wonderful girl could not keep her and contacted AGR to find her the perfect home. She received her vetting at one of our wonderful veterinary partners and got “the works” since there were no vet records. She received all the necessary vaccines and was tested for valley fever and heartworm. Also, spay surgery has now been completed. Everything looks good for this girl except a Grade 2 heart murmur. She loves spending time with her foster family playing ball and swimming, and her foster parents loved her. In fact, they were so smitten with her they adopted her! Riley is enjoying the good life with her adopters and the many foster dogs that pass through their doors! The adopters relayed:

Our Riley came to us when we really needed to have another Golden in our home. We had lost all five of our precious seniors over a period of 18 months, and we thought that maybe we would just foster for a while so we could recover emotionally and financially. That was not to be, as this ball-obsessed little spitfire stole our hearts immediately. She was overweight and very obnoxious when meeting new dogs, but with strict dieting and frequent socializing, she is a whole new dog. She is still feisty when meeting dogs, but she is learning to control herself better. Our sixth AGR dog, Riley is definitely the queen bee of the house and is really learning to enjoy and behave at Meet-and-Greets and other AGR events.” Just love this happy ending!