Re: Exciting Rescue News

[Gin Laughery <gin@pacifier.com>]

Hi all, Thank you Leigh and Renee for sharing the wonderful story of Torrey
and Maple. The two goldens at our house will be trained by "Spike" our 13
year old cat.  He has experience (growing up with two goldens) we will keep
you posted as our "family" blends together.  Gin










> From: "J. Renee Brooks" <jrbrooks@cs.utah.edu>
> Organization: EPA
> Reply-To: brierpups@fast.cs.utah.edu
> Date: Sat, 03 Feb 2001 21:10:34 -0800
> To: brierpups@fast.cs.utah.edu
> Subject: Re: Exciting Rescue News
> 
> 
> 
> Gina Heitz wrote:
>> 
>> Congregations to Bill and Gin,
>> 
>> Gin just informed me she and Bill have also been approved by RAGofAZ  and
>> are now awaiting the arrival of not just one but two new house companions,
>> Emma from us and ??? from RAGofAZ!
>> 
>> Hey Leigh and Renee do you get any kind of a warm fuzzy feeling from
>> this?  Any Nostalgia?  Any notes to pass on???
> 
> Hi All, Oh Yes, Gina, it brings back a lot of wonder feelings, but I
> get that warm fuzzy feeling every time I look in Torrey's eyes.
> Congratulations to the new rescue parents!! For those of you who don't
> know, Torrey is another rescue boy that Gina took into her heart.
> You can read the whole story and see pictures of Torrey at:
> http://www.cs.utah.edu/~stoller/torrey/
> I am so amazed at Torrey and the resiliance these wonderful dogs
> have.  He's such a sweet boy.  He also turned out to be a real
> blessing in helping us raise our puppy, Maple.  He has been very
> gentle with her and entertains her by playing tug-of-war.  They play
> chase all around the house - in fact they are starting another round
> right now. 
> When Torrey first came to us, he definitely had some issues.  Gina
> had helped him a lot before we got him, but he was still desperate for
> love and assurance, and afraid of a lot of people.  He would wake me
> up three or four times a night just wanting to be pet and reassured.
> He would just go off barking like mad at some people, and that was
> hard because most people don't expect that of goldens.  But with time
> (we've had him just over a year), that has gone away.  I think Maple
> helped with that because she would be happy to see people and they
> would pet her, so Torrey wanted to be pet as well.
> So Gin and Bill, I really think getting a rescue and a puppy at
> nearly the same time was a really good thing to do.  Torrey helped
> entertain and train Maple, and Maple helped Torrey relax and open up
> to other people.  Luckily, Torrey was extremely well behaved in the
> house and never chewed anything but his toys.  Maple usually just
> wanted the toys that Torrey had.  Maple is definitely the dominant dog
> even at 10 months old, she has all the confidence in the world,
> whereas Torrey's still a little insecure.  He does put her in her
> place now and then, but not very often.  They are both wonderful dogs
> and they do adore each other.
> I will never understand how anyone could not have loved Torrey, or
> why they gave him up and it makes me close to tears to think of that
> time for him.  Some people just are not meant to have dogs, and I'm so
> glad that through Gina, Torrey made it to us.
> 
> Good luck with your new dogs!!
> Renee and Leigh
>