Adopted 3/21/14!!!
Beautiful Brinkley is a 4-year-old purebred Golden girl who has a few goals in life. One of them is to trim down in time for swimsuit season! But the most important thing on Brinkley’s list is to fall in love again and be loved in a forever home. Brinkley was purchased as a puppy from a breeder in Costa Rica and she lived there quite happily with her family for several years. When the Coast Guard transferred her owner back to the US, the family had to move to a location that did not allow dogs. Brinkley stayed with her elderly “grandma” who did the best she could for her. But Brinkley was a fed a low quality food and got very little exercise. And thus, Brinkley developed hot spots and became nearly 40 pounds overweight at 91 pounds.
Seeing Brinkley’s health decline, the family felt it was best to find a new home for Brinkley. They posted her on Craigslist where she was adopted by a kind woman who then sought out the help of SGRR to find a loving home for this buxom beauty. Brinkley is now in a wonderful foster home in AL where she is being fed a metabolic weight loss dog food and has already dropped 6 pounds.
In true Golden style, Brinkley has a sweet, gentle, people-pleasing personality. She is house-trained, walks well on a leash, and gets along with other dogs. (Her history with children and cats is presently unknown.) She also rides nicely in a car but with her extra pounds, she needs some help getting in and out right now. With a healthy diet and gradually introduced exercise, Brinkley will trim down and be an absolute knockout!
Brinkley is spayed, heartworm negative, up-to-date on vaccinations, and micro-chipped. Her hot spots are being treated and are healing up nicely. She can come north from AL to her forever home in mid-to-late March.
If you have already been approved for adoption through SGRR, please contact
Donna to be considered to adopt Brinkley.
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About Our Rescue
Before being approved to adopt, all potential adopters need to complete our online application and participate in our pre-adoption review process. The process includes the completion of an online application, a reference from the applicants' vet, a phone interview, and a visit to the applicants' home. The application process helps us determine what type of Golden would be best suited for the applicants' life style. In some cases, the specific dog you are interested in may have found a home before this process is complete or further assessment may find that this dog is not the right match for your family. We are regularly getting new Goldens in need of a home, so we encourage you to apply and get approved so that when the right dog comes along you will be ready.
A contract is signed the day of adoption. Under the terms of the contract, all adopters are required to bring the rescue to a vet within 7 business days. The dogs receive basic veterinary care prior to adoption. If your vet identifies an illness that an adopter is not willing to treat, then the dog is returned and a full refund is provided.
The information provided on each dog is based on observations of our vets, volunteers, fosters and when available, trainers. While we do our best to report any and all issues, SGRR does not make any guarantees as to the health or temperament of any dog. Dogs evolve differently in different environments and we cannot predict with any certainty how the dog you adopt will act in your home.
Many of our dogs are fostered in private homes and we do not have a facility to visit. We are committed to our dogs before, during, and after adoption! The rescue retains title to the dog and can never be released or sold. Should the adopters no longer be able to keep the dog, SGRR must be notified so that we can take the dog back into rescue and place it into another home. We reserve the right to remove a dog at any time should we find the adopter is no longer caring for their Golden in a way we see fit. Adopters then have to agree to follow up visits as needed.
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