Golden Bond Rescue of Oregon

Adopted February 5, 2012

Kaylie's Available Story

Hi, I’m Kaylie (#1133), and I’m 8 years old. I’m part Golden Retriever and part Border Collie. This is my second trip through Golden Bond Rescue and thank goodness GBR is here to take care of me! My first time through I was only about 13 months old and I’d been living with a female dog that really, really didn’t like me. She bit me often and the people who owned her couldn’t make her stop!  I tried to take care of myself but she always won. The people asked Golden Bond to find a new home for me and they did.

A very nice family adopted me. My new mom really loved me a lot. She said that I was a Border Collie in a Golden Retriever outfit. It’s true, too! I want to keep strange dogs and unknown people away from my yard. Those strangers got scared of my fierce barking and they always walked right on by. Sadly, my new mom died, so I came back to Golden Bond Rescue.

I like people and NICE dogs (ones that don’t get in my face and make me afraid that they will bite me). It just takes me awhile to figure out that strangers (dogs and people) are not interested in hurting me. Little kids are so quick and unpredictable that I’m pretty nervous around them, too. I wouldn’t be happy living with little kids or babies.

Remember that “Border Collie in a Golden Retriever” outfit thing? It’s really true. I have the brains and the traits of a Border Collie - I’m really smart. When I get excited I might try to grab your hand. I don’t let my new foster brother and sisters get very excited in play. I stop it right away. It makes me nervous and they just shouldn’t act that way! I really want to please my foster mom. I try very hard to remember how she wants me to act. I’m learning not to dart around and yank her arm when we go for a walk. I’m learning not to bark at people and dogs when they walk past our house (unless I’m outside and I don’t spend time much time alone outside, except to toilet). I don’t bark at other dogs when we’re out for a walk unless they get much too close (because they might want to bite me). Foster Mom and I attend a class for Reactive Dogs. This is so embarrassing – it’s because I’m scared of strange dogs. It’s helping me stay calmer than I used to be.

I like living here but I would love to live with a family with teenagers, or a couple, or a single woman. I would like to chase squirrels and birds. My foster mom thinks that I probably should not live with cats. I like her nice mellow dogs but would never want to live with another aggressive dog, an in-my-face dog, a very active or strong-willed dog. I really like life to be low-key.  It’s safer that way.

Mom says that my house manners are perfect; however, she seldom leaves home for more than three hours and I have the other dogs for company. I like to be wherever she is when she’s home. I would be unhappy if my people were gone for hours and hours at a time.

I'm really healthy. I broke my right front foot two summers ago and sometimes it hurts me ‘cause it didn’t mend right. I hope you'll give me a chance to show you how really nice I am.