MACARONI -STANDARD GOLDENDOODLE (STANDARD POODLE/GOLDEN RETRIEVER)

State: NH
Age: 4 years
DOB: unknown
Weight: 77 lbs
Sex: Female
Neutered/UTD: Yes/Yes
Coat Color: golden
Children under 4: no (no history)
Children over 4: Yes
Seperation Anxiety: no
Other dogs: Yes
Cats: yes
Crate Trained: yes
House Trained: yes
Obedience Trained: No
Leash Trained: yes
MICROCHIP: Yes
ADOPTION FEE:  $675

3/22/23-Macaroni learned to play! Today I saw her playing with my dog out the window! It was so exciting! She still won’t play around me but  she did try to snag a treat from me. I know those sound like naughty behaviors but the fact that she is trying to take something out of my hand is new and shows she is beginning to learn how to behave like a dog! 

3/17/23-Macaroni has been spayed for almost two weeks now and appears to be fully healed. She is really starting to behave more and more like a dog! During the recent snow storms I saw her running in the yard and she was even super interested in a dog friend who came over for a play date! She still likes to be in her crate but will come out for a treat and will now take treats from my hand. No more accidents in the house either! She is super sweet and has stopped running away when she sees a human come into the room. She did great for a week at another foster home when I was out of town. Just a sweet girl ready to go home!
 
3/2/23-Macaroni continues to settle in here. She barked for the first time that I heard today. She spends most of her time laying in her crate even though the crate is open. She likes to have toys but doesn’t play much with them yet. She is starting to be more aware of the other dog in the house and the cat but is extremely docile with both of them. She will just stand still while a dog play bows to her. She is eating regularly but does prefer to have water added to her food to eat. We have had a few accidents this week but they seemed to be more behavioral than anything. For example, she was left with her crate open while I was not in the room (but she could get to me) and the other dog came to me, leaving her alone, and she pooped on the floor. Also she doesn’t like stairs. I got her down them once but she was very nervous about them. I am sure with practice she could get good at them without a problem. Macaroni is being spayed on Monday 3/6 & will be ready to go home soon after.
 
2/23/23-I was finally able to weigh Macaroni yesterday and she weighs 80 pounds! She’s a big sweet girl.  I also got her on a leash again yesterday and she was good, very attentive and just wants to make sure you are still there the whole time. Still trying to find a vet for her spay, hopefully soon.
 
2/21/23-Here is an update on Macaroni. 

1-Cats-indifferent. I have a cat and she does not seem to care that he is there.
2-Other Dogs-she will sniff them politely but does not want to play with them or engage much with them yet. She does take correction from my dog when she is doing something he believes she shouldn’t do.
3-Crate Trained- yes she loves her crate. I leave it open when I am home and she spends most of her time there, although she is starting to venture out. Today I was in my office and came back to the room that her crate is in and found that she had grabbed a bone and brought it back to her crate and was chewing on it. She also prefers to eat there. Right now I close the crate when she eats just to keep my dog from eating her food and his, but when there is food left in his bowl she will grab some and bring it back to the crate.
4-House Trained-Yes very much so. No accidents in the last 4 days.
5-Leash trained- only a little bit on this but so far so good. If it stops snowing I will get them out for a short walk to see how she does. However, when I got her home she was on a leash while she met my dog and she did not pull. She did the same at the groomer and while she met my next door neighbor.

Overall, she is slowly learning how to be a dog. She has started coming out of her crate just so that I can love on her. She makes this cute teeth chattering sound (similar to a cat’s purr) when she is happy while I love on her. She also has started pushing my hand off of my dog if I am not petting her at the same time. She is getting better about going outside. At the beginning she needed to be pushed out. She is starting to realize that she needs to go even if she doesn’t want to.

She is eating well now. I first started adding plain greek yogurt to her food to get her interested in her food. That worked so I tested shifting to adding water to her food and that worked really well too. At first she wasn’t eating much and was very nervous. Now she is eating every meal.  She was so badly matted from life of neglect at the puppy mill that she had to go to groomer to be shaved down. She likes & feels like a new girl!  We are still trying to find a vet nearby that can do her spay in a reasonable amount of time (most are booked out 3-6 months!). Once we get Macaroni spayed she can be matched to her new home & start her new life. 

 2/15/23-Macaroni is a beautiful 4 year old female Standard Goldendoodle (Standard poodle/Golden Retriever). She was saved from being killed by a puppy mill as they were just done breeding her. She arrived safely into rescue tonight thanks to her transport & overnight volunteers. We are working on getting her an appointment to be spayed. Once we get to know her better & she is spayed then she can be matched to her new home.  More updates from her foster home soon!