Daisy II Daisy II will be 6 this month and came to GRR with her pal Duke III.  D & D came from owners who no longer had time to give them all the time and attention they needed.  Daisy II is also housebroken, great with kids, plays ball and appears to know basic commands.   She needs to lose about 20 pounds as well and is perfectly healthy other than that.  Watch for more as we get to know this pretty red gal better!

Daisy is making a great adjustment to her new foster home.  Running around with the 2 other GR's should be great for her diet and exercise program. She has her own way of playing and is attempting to teach the other GR's in her foster home.   Daisy is very sweet, affectionate and loves attention.  She is terrific with children and enjoys being brushed by one of the older kids.  Daisy needs a lot of brushing because her coat is a gorgeous, thick, luxurious red.  Daisy loves to chase tennis balls and is amazingly fast.  Even the younger dogs have a hard time keeping up!! 

An update on Daisy:  

From the moment Daisy entered our house she was relaxed and easy to get along with.  We've been exercising her nightly and she's already lost a few pounds.  When we read her biography we were expecting a big red whale to waddle into our home, but she is a very active dog and loves to chase tennis balls.  She is better at giving them up than our other dogs so she gets more than her fair share.  

She really enjoys being with the people (what a surprise for a Golden...), but isn't quite as pestersome as our other two dogs and will lay at your feet for hours.  She makes the same purring sound as our Angus when her head is petted and it is really funny to hear the two of them grunting their approval with their eyes closed.   

She likes to play with all the neighborhood dogs on our nightly walks and her attempts to get them to play by bowing down and barking is perhaps her only annoying habit because her bark is very loud.  At home she will bark when our female ringleader starts up, but otherwise doesn't ever make much noise.  She does not bark to go out but instead will come get your attention.  Likewise, when she's ready to come in she will stand at the back door and stare at it till you let her in.    

We think she is a bit of a counter shopper, although the five pounds of homemade egg noodles drying on the counter could have been stolen by robbers.   This dog certainly wouldn't have stopped them.  In fact, she loves everyone who comes to the house, and that's usually quite a crowd.

The small cut on her foreleg has healed completely and she is the most healthy of all the GRR dogs we've seen here.  She stays right with us when we are outdoors and won't bolt out an open door or leave the house without permission.   She does not get into our pool (unlike our hairy male) and she doesn't seem to dig or roll in the yard at all.  She has a gentle mouth and will give up chew toys or food on command.

All in all I think this is an excellent second dog for someone since she fit in so quickly with our herd.  I think she would be fine as a single pet too as she is not over active but can handle a mile walk with ease.  She likes kids and crowds and seems very adaptable to change.   She goes to bed at nine, sleeps in the same spot all night and shows no sign of being a couch/bed climber.   She seems quite intelligent and handles well on a leash with a training collar although she will still tug with a regular collar for some reason.     

This is a lovable dog that we need to get adopted before she burrows into our hearts too deeply.  She's laying beside me now, the closest of the three sleeping dogs.   In a minute I'll try to sneak past them without causing a petting fest.  I think anyone who kept this dog in their home for 24 hours would never let her go and I'm so glad that GRR was an option for this great dog.

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