| NEUTRON'S (KNUTE'S) PAGE |
Neutron (Knute) was living happily in Phoenix when his family decided, for whatever reason, to move to Lake Havasu City. After the move, Knute developed some allergies and the family thought it would be best for him to return to Phoenix, in hopes that his allergies would go away, so they called Rescue A Golden of Arizona to surrender him. I was the one to pick up the transport and met the family in Quartzsite and brought Neutron to a foster family in Glendale. During the ride home, and while I was at the Foster home, Knute won my heart over. I could have brought him home right then, but decided to let the process take it's natural course and left him with the foster family, but made it known that if he didn't work out in that home, he could come live with me. Well, to make a long story short, it didn't work out, and a couple weeks after first rescuing him, he came to live with me. I guess I could say he's the son I never had. He adapted quickly to his new home, and just in time because he only stayed with me for a week or so before I went on a 3-week vacation. When I returned home, he was happy to see me. |
| Neutron's mug shot at the Vet on Oct. 16, 2011 |
| Neutron at the Rescue A Golden of Arizona annual membership meeting. Oct. 2011 |
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| Oh, I forgot to mention that while staying in his foster home, and while playing catch, he broke a toe on his rear leg, so when I got him, he was in a cast up to his knee. Before the cast would be removed for good, he broke the cast twice and was finally confined to a kennel until the broken toe mended. The cast was finally removed on October 24, 2011, the cast was finally removed. Two weeks later another set of X-Rays were taken and Knute was cleared to resume a normal life, which, for him, involves playing ball 24/7. Knute's allergies seem to be subsiding a bit, but still haven't gone away completely, so it appears that he may have been allergic to something indiginous to the Lake Havasu area, although I can't rule out other things as being the culprit. Knute is also on thyroid medication, which could cause allergy-like symptoms, and the vet thinks he may have a fungal infection, and that, too, is being treated. Somewhere amongst all this, his scratching has subsided almost completely. So, I guess we'll wait and see. Did I mention that this dog lives to play with his tennis balls. He'll keep putting them on your lap, in your hand, at your feet, or even stuff it in your face, just so you'll keep throwing them for him. However, he does listen pretty well when you tell him NO! He also knows his basic commands, but doesn't do so well on a leash. We've been taking walks and he's gotten a little better at not tugging on the leash. All he needs it a little more time and a lot more patience. I haven't got a whole lot of pictures of him yet, and I'll try to keep this page pretty current, so, for now, here are some of the pictures I do have to share. ENJOY! Ed |
| Neutron with one of his favorite tennis balls (the soggy, shredded, chewed on) Nov. 11, 2011 |
| Just a good picture of Knute Nov. 11, 2011 |
| Knute visited a school as a representative of Rescue A Golden of Arizona and knocked down the president of RAGofAZ chasing a ball. Oct. 31, 2011 |
| Knute in action Oct. 31, 2011 |