Monty
Exactly one month ago, I wrote of our heartbreaking
news of losing Sandi. Even though I still shed tears
about that, we have opened our hearts and home to
someone else that needed us. His name is Monty
and he is about 2 to 2 1/2 years old. He is a yellow
lab who is VERY overweight. He is starting Labrador
version of Jenny Craig this week.
We adopted him thru Arizona Labrador and Large Breed Rescue. I really wanted to
go thru a rescue rather than adopting straight from the county shelter since our son
is so small. I wanted to be very careful what dog we brought home. He was
rescued by them from the Apache Junction animal control where he was picked
up as a stray (though he couldn't have been stray for long as he clearly hasn't missd
many meals). He is a sweetheart though who loves the boys. He loves to play fetch
and tug of war with our older son. He hasn't figured out what to do with the baby so
he just licks him. He loves to swim and is hilarious as his big body displaces alot of
water with his version of a cannonball. He was delighted to take his first swim today
with Kevin.
Bogart seems to think he is pretty okay. There is a little bit of pouting but so far no
flair up of the stomach problems he has been having the last few weeks due to
depression and the stress of losing Sandi. Monty was a good boy left alone in the
house today with Bogart for an hour and a half. We tried putting him into a kennel
and he was barking quite a bit (so much for crate training). He mastered the doggie
door in less than a minute ( I was shocked that he fit thru our doggie door as he is
so fat!). So, we are going to try to see how he does tomorrow with Bogart and I will
come home at lunch to check on them- please pray that I find them both sleeping the
day away!!! Monty knows sit and down but needs to learn leash manners. It is
very luxurious to have a lab now that likes other dogs and I don't have to be afraid to
walk him in public! Though, with it being 115 today, he will stick to swimming for
now.
Monty's Forever Family
Please visit our Adoption page to learn about what to expect during ALGBR's
adoption process.
A moment to rescue…. A lifetime of love
*Non profit 501(c)3 status - donations are tax deductible
Copyright © 2006 Arizona Labrador & Giant Breed Rescue, Inc. All rights reserved.
news of losing Sandi. Even though I still shed tears
about that, we have opened our hearts and home to
someone else that needed us. His name is Monty
and he is about 2 to 2 1/2 years old. He is a yellow
lab who is VERY overweight. He is starting Labrador
version of Jenny Craig this week.
We adopted him thru Arizona Labrador and Large Breed Rescue. I really wanted to
go thru a rescue rather than adopting straight from the county shelter since our son
is so small. I wanted to be very careful what dog we brought home. He was
rescued by them from the Apache Junction animal control where he was picked
up as a stray (though he couldn't have been stray for long as he clearly hasn't missd
many meals). He is a sweetheart though who loves the boys. He loves to play fetch
and tug of war with our older son. He hasn't figured out what to do with the baby so
he just licks him. He loves to swim and is hilarious as his big body displaces alot of
water with his version of a cannonball. He was delighted to take his first swim today
with Kevin.
Bogart seems to think he is pretty okay. There is a little bit of pouting but so far no
flair up of the stomach problems he has been having the last few weeks due to
depression and the stress of losing Sandi. Monty was a good boy left alone in the
house today with Bogart for an hour and a half. We tried putting him into a kennel
and he was barking quite a bit (so much for crate training). He mastered the doggie
door in less than a minute ( I was shocked that he fit thru our doggie door as he is
so fat!). So, we are going to try to see how he does tomorrow with Bogart and I will
come home at lunch to check on them- please pray that I find them both sleeping the
day away!!! Monty knows sit and down but needs to learn leash manners. It is
very luxurious to have a lab now that likes other dogs and I don't have to be afraid to
walk him in public! Though, with it being 115 today, he will stick to swimming for
now.
Monty's Forever Family
Please visit our Adoption page to learn about what to expect during ALGBR's
adoption process.
A moment to rescue…. A lifetime of love
*Non profit 501(c)3 status - donations are tax deductible
Copyright © 2006 Arizona Labrador & Giant Breed Rescue, Inc. All rights reserved.
