Fw: Fwd: our golden retrievers

["Bill & Patti Oftedal" <boftedal@alaska.net>]

I want to cry.!!!
Patti.
----- Original Message -----
From: "Deb & Boyd McFail" <bdmcfail@alaska.net>
To: <brierpups@fast.cs.utah.edu>
Sent: Friday, February 23, 2001 5:52 AM
Subject: Re: Fwd: our golden retrievers


> Makes me want to just scream.
> Deb
>
> ----------
> >From: Gina Heitz <brier@oregonsbest.com>
> >To: brierpups@fast.cs.utah.edu
> >Subject: Fwd: our golden retrievers
> >Date: Thu, Feb 22, 2001, 9:53 PM
> >
>
> > Hello All,
> >
> > Some of the names in this story have been changed to provide privacy but
> > this is a very typical rescue call...  I wanted to share this with you
all
> > so you too can know the damage a golden can do left to his or her own
> > devices...  Some puppies on this list are about the same age as M&M, how
> > sad huh? Judy and I will both respond to this and it's quite possible we
> > may have two 11 month old GR's to place...
> >
> > Sigh,
> >
> > Gina
> >
> >>Hello Gina,
> >>My wife, XXX, and I have two 11 month old goldens, brother and sister.
> >>I got your e-mail address off the web.  We haven't made a final
decision,
> >>but are seriously considering looking for another family that might want
> >>to adopt M and M.  It is hard for us to even consider this, but we
> >>are having so much trouble doing a good job raising them because of the
> >>fact that we both work outside the home and our kids are now out on
their
> >>own.  Consequently, Mand M are alone during the day.  We put in a
> >>dog door so they could go from the garage into the backyard and they
have
> >>pretty much destroyed our backyard.  They chew on the trees, chew holes
> >>in the walls of the garage, dig holes, etc.  When we are with them they
> >>are wonderful and well behaved.  But when they are alone they think up
> >>all sorts of mischief to get into.  And I think they give each other
> >>ideas.  Before M and M we had a half golden for her entire life of
> >>15 years and that experience did not seem anywhere near as difficult as
> >>this one.  But the difference was that B grew up with our 2
> >>children, and so B did not have to spend very much time alone.  And
> >>B was our only dog.
> >>
> >>If we follow through with the idea of finding another home for them, we
> >>want to be reasonably assured that it is an appropriate placement into a
> >>loving home.  We won't do this unless that is the case.  So, that
> >>explains why I am writing to someone who is into goldens.  Do you folks
> >>have any ideas as to how we might go about finding a good placement?
> >>
> >>Another idea I am considering is whether there is a place where we could
> >>place M and M temporarily, perhaps several months, until we sell
> >>our present home and move into another home.  Our present home has a
very
> >>small backyard which experience tells me is clearly not large enough for
> >>M and M.  We are looking to move from Hillsxxx to Corxxxxxx and
> >>we are trying to find a home with a much larger yard in which we might
be
> >>able to build a fenced area just for M and M.  That way they
> >>wouldn't destroy the rest of the yard.  But with our present
arrangement,
> >>it is hard to even keep our yard in decent condition and this impairs
our
> >>ability to sell the house.
> >>
> >>Please let me know if you know how we might find either a permanent or
> >>temporary placement.  Thank you very much for your time.  Would you mind
> >>replying to me at this address and my work: XXX
> >>This address is XXX
> >>
> >>Thanks again for your time and any words of encouragement you can
> >>provide.
> >>AXXX GXXXX
> >
>