Georgia

#12-113 Georgia Peach, age 2

Weight: 65 pounds

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It’s second time around for Georgia Peach! She first came to GRR late this summer, and a wonderful family soon adopted her. She lived with them for several months (and now answers to her new name, “Maddie”), but at Thanksgiving time they got in touch with us. “As bad as it makes us feel, I think we need to return her to you.” They’d decided that their schedules just weren’t working out to Peach’s best advantage; and one thing we’ve also decided is that she needs another friendly dog in the home to make her feel secure.

This pretty 2-year-old is now back with her initial foster family, and things are going fine. “She is a fabulous dog! Heavy boned, long & tall, purely Golden in personality and temperament.  Very pretty light gold fur, deep brown eyes & a black nose.”

Peach gets along great with the other three Goldens in her home, and 4-year-old Libby is her best pal and napping partner. She plays well and likes to “just hang out,” too.

She doesn’t like crates (they really stress her out) but does do OK baby-gated, but after a few weeks back in foster care she has earned free roam of the house when nobody is home. Her adoptive family did have issues with housebreaking; since coming back to GRR about a month ago, Peach has had just a couple of pee accidents, and “both on an old sheet for wiping paws that we keep near the backdoor,” says her foster mom. “We removed the sheet, and no events since then. So I’d say that so far it doesn’t seem to be a big issue, but I’d still recommend she go to a dog-savvy family who understands that accidents happen—one with the attitude of Life is Messy, Clean It Up! Not for a fussy homemaker.”

Peach takes treats gently. She initially jumped up, but that has stopped, and foster mom thinks it was more nerves than anything else. She’s a good car rider and a good walker; pulls some on the lead and then settles. “She was a little nervous with some thunder that rolled though a week or so ago; like the other dogs, wanted to be close to me upstairs bedroom.”

Foster mom says, “She is just getting better as time goes on; she’s more relaxed, seems less anxious.  She definitely bonds to people but really does need another dog her size to hang out with. She’ll play by herself by tossing a ball up in the air and chasing it when it comes down—this is very cute, and it tells me that she is settling in! Her new family will need to be patient with her for a few weeks and give her as much time as she needs to get acclimated. Given an understanding home with relaxed people and a friendly dog or two around, she will make someone the best dog ever.”

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