Then Came Lexi…
We lost Skye in January just days shy of her thirteenth birthday. She was special. We knew she was irreplaceable. Should we get another dog? If so what breed? We had owned a Cock-a-poo (Henri), English Setters (Annie and Nicky), another Golden (Daisy) and a Scottish Terrier (MacDougal). And Erin had owned two Golden Retrievers. We would not get another Golden we decided. What then? And should we get a puppy or rescue a dog. We decided to wait until fall.
Waiting didn’t happen! Soon we began to look for Golden-Doodle puppies since friends had them and liked them. On the other hand rescued dogs were appealing. Abner, Erin and Danny’s Golden, was a rescue dog. I shoot sporting clays with a friend (Richard) who has a rescued Blue-Heeler (Sugar). Both these rescue dogs were smart and eager to please. It was obvious Sugar and Abner knew they had been saved.
Well, to shorten the story (only slightly), South Lake Animal League had an abandoned litter of puppies, eight in all. The bitch was a Golden and the sire was an Australian Shepard. The pups were about twelve weeks old. We look at them on their website. We were smitten. We drove to Groveland to check them out. Alexis was one of the females. We wanted a female. After playing with her and holding her, it was a done deal.
We brought her home, Lexi, our little compromise, a rescue puppy. We shortened her name from Alexis to Lexi. We studied the book, The Art of Raising a Puppy by the Monks of New Skete, got the crate out, the bowls, toys and other doggie paraphernalia….Oops, we had forgotten about house training. However, that soon passed and she has proven to be easy to train. The Golden Retriever in her comes out most of the day, calm and laid back. But around four or five o’clock the wild Aussie shows up. I have failed to wear this part of her out. All in all she is a wonderful new addition. Here is how the first few months have gone…ENJOY!
Remembering Skye Once More…