Gus Arrives at Golden Pines!

It's now the end of a whirlwind week and I wanted to thank all of you who said such kind things after the unexpected loss of my boy Shadow.  Kind words really do go a long way to help with the healing process and I will always be grateful to you for them and for your friendship.

As we were settling into a new routine without Shadow, the rescue contacted me and asked if we would be available to 'temp foster' a dog for a family who was going on vacation.  I will admit to being more than a little surprised that I was being asked again to take on a new dog, but of course I agreed -- And this afternoon we welcomed a handsome boy named "Gus" to Golden Pines.  

Gus came into the rescue last week via a rural shelter in Virginia where he had been taken SIX times after he'd been found wandering in traffic.  The last time a shelter worker found Gus tied to the door of the shelter when arriving for work.  When his owners never came to claim him (they were probably the ones who left him there), he was turned over to the rescue.  Unfortunately Gus has an arms length of health issues, and advanced degenerative myelopathy is at the top of the list. Today Gus is unable to stand on his own, and after a long discussion with the vet and the rescue, we're going to try tweaking his medication in hopes it'll ease the symptoms of the ataxia.

The plan is for Gus to stay with us for a couple of weeks until the foster-family returns from their vacation. But the hope is, that he will settle in with us, get along with the other dogs, and become part of Golden Pines.