Rue Anji’s Success Story

Woof about doubling one family’s forever paw-leasure!

Rue’s forever family received a call from GRRMF saying that two dogs were being surrendered and would they be interested in meeting them. Of course, they said YES! Especially since their golden retriever Honey had recently passed away. They fostered Rue and her brother Ralphie for one month before finalizing the adoption. Then, because they hadn’t been leash walked much in their “prior” life, the family hired a trainer to teach them to be calmer when walked on a leash.

Since their parents’ two sons are older and living on their own, Rue and Ralphie rule the house, and the family’s schedules are set based on feeding and walking them. Rue, according to her mom, is sweet but she can be a bit bossy. She has a fear of missing out on things and will happily insist – with lots of love and kisses — on inserting herself whenever two or more people are engaged in a discussion or an embrace. She also gets very excited when she’s told that the family’s going in the pool or in the car, jumping up and down like a little kid! She LOVES going for car rides, sticking her head out the window and feeling the breeze. She even wears goggles to enjoy the breeze longer.

Rue’s favorite toys are a lamb stuffed animal for indoors and a green pool disc for playing in the pool, and the silliest thing she does is sleep on her back with her legs in the air.

Although the family hasn’t taken any trips, they drive Rue and Ralphie to various parks where they enjoy sniffing around and meeting new people and dogs.