ADOPTED

Jewel...

 She will nibble at your clothing, climb onto your lap, kiss you if you let her, and wiggle all over the place. Her name is “Jewel,” and it fits—we have watched her shine in the two short weeks she’s been in our house. Her owners turned her in to Gold Ribbon Rescue—“escape artist,” they said. She was left alone in the yard for long periods, and she kept escaping through their wrought iron fence and gate. All of us who know Goldens know that she was just looking for companionship, and if digging out of a lonesome yard was her only chance, she would take it! She’s a strawberry blonde two-year old, and a bit on the small side—about 58 pounds of wiggly, happy, friendly girl. She’s a teenager and is having a fun time. She didn’t quite have the housebreaking thing down at first, but it only took a day or two for her to figure it out, and since then we’ve been accident-free.

Jewel is a lover girl who wants to be with—or on!—us at all times. She is a play girl, trying to get our two older Golden boys involved in some kind of game every chance she gets. She’s not aggressive or pushy with them, just playful. She can be mellow too, and when she finds that no one will play, she’ll just crash at your feet and relax. She sleeps through the night on the floor of our bedroom without any problem.

Jewel seems especially attracted to younger children, although toddlers may get bowled over by her exuberance. She loves everyone, but she’s shy of some things. She cowers at barking dogs we encounter on walks, and is timid with new things at first. We don’t know how she’d do with kitty brothers or sisters, but she’s very interested in the cats she sees on walks. She’s just a kid, and hasn’t seen very much, so we understand! We laugh at her habit of picking up anything to bring to you when you enter a room, or when you come home. Sometimes we wish she’d not bring us shoes that were left on the floor, or pillows from the furniture—but she doesn’t chew them, just likes to have a “gift” in her mouth when she greets you. She likes to chew on loose edges of the small carpet remnants in her crate, but not when she’s in the crate; just when she’s bored and is lying next to it in the kitchen. She hasn’t chewed anything else.

She’s fine in the crate and has stayed there with no problems for up to 5 hours at a stretch. She doesn’t have much interest in swimming, but wades into shallow areas to fetch tennis balls. She will learn to swim if her family helps her, we feel. She walks well on a leash and occasionally likes to be in front until she’s reminded to stay close. Her ideal family will be someone who has another dog for her to play with, or children who will give her lots of fun, or who can make sure she has lots of activities. She still has puppy attitudes and will mature soon to be a fantastic, easy-going family dog. For right now, she’s the wiggly, friendly, older puppy-girl that everyone will love! And she’ll sparkle like a Jewel!

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