23-038 Navy  was 8 months old when surrendered to  AGR  in early June 2023. She is a Golden/Cocker mix and was already spayed and up to date on vaccinations, so we just had tests for valley fever and heartworm done. The owner was overwhelmed by this puppy, as she has 5 daughters who are all involved in sports so she did not have time to do any puppy-training. She found the puppy  to be very energetic, jumped on the kids with her nails leaving scratches, would eat toilet paper, counter-surfed and was able to get food off the counter.  Navy  would get up on the couch and when the owner would try to get her off she started doing zoomies and kept getting on the couch – what a game to a puppy, but the owner wasn’t amused.  Navy  was placed with an adoptive couple in Phoenix . They have an unfenced pool and two daughters but no pets. They thought they wanted a 2-5-year old purebred, but accepted an 8-month-old mix and they adore her. They renamed her  Pennie . From the adopter: 

We just love her! She's fitting in very well with our  family. She loves car rides, playing fetch and tug-of-war. She is so funny when she plays fetch she lets everyone take a couple turns throwing the ball for her and then she goes to the next person. She runs to the freezer any time she hears someone getting ice so she can get a cube! She wasn't very social when she came to us, so she is learning how to play with other dogs and is now BFF with my mom's English Golden and our next door neighbor's dog. She is not fond of the pool, so she will just wait for us to get done swimming. We are still working on training and have found someone to help us work with her cuteness and sass! Every once in a while the Cocker Spaniel comes out! We lost our Golden after 12-1⁄2 years in 2021 and  Pennie  is definitely helping us with our loss. Thank you  for letting us adopt her!