Adopted
Annie...
Remember the “Name Game” tune
from decades ago? It sounded like, “Annie Annie Bo Bannie, Banana-Bana-Fo-Fannie,
Fee-Fi-Mo-Mannie, Annie!” (Music here… “Dunh Dunh!”) Well, our little Miss Annie
doesn’t remember it either, because she’s only 18 weeks old, and her Name Game
name is bigger than she is, but she’s all heart, spunk, and smile!
Annie
is a curious, fun, smart, adventurous little strawberry blonde who came to Gold
Ribbon Rescue from a breeder… who gave her to somebody who wasn’t quite in the
market for a puppy. She hadn’t had any shots yet, and she needed a check-up. We
whisked her to the vet, where she was declared a perfectly healthy little girl
and got her first set of vaccinations. She’s all set to have her second round of
shots and spay surgery in late September.
She’s so smart, we marvel at what she’s learned in only a couple of weeks in our
home. We’ve fostered lots of dogs, and Annie is one of the few puppies we’ve
had—but she’s certainly in the top five percent in brains. She’s learned to sit,
comes to us quickly when we call her back from the end of the leash or the
“extremities” of the backyard, and has even solved the puzzle of how to increase
her reach for counter surfing. She stands on our 10-year old Golden’s elevated
dog dish and, with this handy “step-stool,” can reach almost all the way across
the kitchen counter. She was particularly happy to snare, pull down, and “test”
a brand new Earl Campbell summer sausage last weekend before the big football
game!
Annie’s smile is contagious. People who meet her on walks love to pet her and
she smiles at them as they do. She wriggles a lot too, but doesn’t jump up on
them. She’s convinced our usually slow-moving two 10-year-old Golden boys that
playing isn’t a lost art, and they romp and play with her as if they were
puppies, too. Annie’s been a good influence on them. But when the playtime is
over, she settles right down and will relax on a convenient lap, or next to your
feet on the floor. She likes showers, and will chase after the spray from the
garden hose. She likes to be brushed, too.
We put her in her crate when we leave the house for over an hour, and she is
perfectly content to wait for our return. She sometimes goes into the crate on
her own, too, when it’s nap time. When it’s time for bed, she relaxes on the
floor or on a dog bed in the master bedroom, and sleeps through the night. She
sometimes gets up too early for us—as soon as she hears the kitchen coffee pot
start its brewing cycle—but we could always set the timer to start later! We
suspect Annie could re-set it if we asked her to!
Annie’s got a cute curl on the tip of her tail. It adds to her character, and
she could run for Little Miss Golden America. If she did, she’d win Miss
Congeniality! Sometimes she acts like a BIG guard dog when she barks at people
or dogs passing by in front of the house.
Annie Fanny has lots of typical puppy traits: she likes to chew vegetation and
small twigs, she counter surfs, and she can be a Live Wire. She is almost
housebroken. She’s a gourmet in training because she loves vegetables and fruit.
But most of all she loves life. And best of all, she’s learning that she loves
being a Golden girl who can make people happy!