Molly's Story Part 1

Hello Everyone!

So...I have really never blogged before and I am still learning to do it so be patient! I am going to blog about my dog Molly for the next few week/months. She is a 6 year old Golden Retriever who we got at 8 months old FREE on craigslist. Now....WHY did I get her you wonder? Well..this is going to be my blog of our journey! Before Molly came along, we had 2 other Goldens Rufus and Amber and we had a big rottie/lab mix named Buck. Buck was the oldest and in what we thought was pretty good health! He was 9 yrs old and on a Sunday in January he got sick, just out of nowhere. He could not stand up, he refused to get out of his crate.....I was freaking out! I took him into work and they did ultrasound and other test to tell me he was bleeding internally and likely from the spleen...I then put him in the car and drove him to the Pet ER. This eerie feeling came about me, that I cannot explain but I know now that It was that feeling that I knew that he was not going to live through the rest of the day. 

When we got to the ER, they took him back and pretty much told me that it was Hemangiosarcoma and that he was going to need a blood transfusion and that it wasnt even a 20% chance he would make it through the night and then to face surgery to remove the spleen. At that moment, as he lay on the table unable to do anything...he gave me a kiss and I knew, at that moment that he was asking me to let him go.

I went through horrible grief for the next few weeks following.  I am glad I had Amber and Rufus to come home too and see their cute fuzzy faces.

So.....as the weeks went on, I though that since its always been a 3 dog household that maybe I would look to adopt a 3rd dog! I looked around and I came across this ad on craigslist that said  8 month old female Golden Retriever FREE to good home. I looked at it and thought...now, Why would someone want to give away a young dog like this. I was obviously NOT thinking clearly and you will find out soon enough!

I then emailed the person and asked if the dog was still available and was there something "wrong" with her that you want to just give her away and this is the response I get.

here is nothing wrong with her.
She is a female named Miley, she is not fixed.
She is alittle behind on her shots.
She has not had obedience training, but I'm sure with the right
discipline she would be wonderful.
The only reason I am giving her away to a good family is because, I can no longer care & give her the attention she
needs.  My mother used to care for her during the day, but she became ill
andpassed away in December.  I have tried to keep and care for her, but with
two kids and working full time I am not able to give her the attention she
needs.
She is a sweet girl but due to my present circumstances I must let
her go.
She would love to be around other dogs, however she is in heat right now, do you have males?  It looks as though it is tapering off.

After seeing this I tell Elvie that there is this GR that I want to get and she is FREE! I do still remember the look Elvie gave me and why didnt I take that as a "warning" ?

So we get into the car and met this woman in a church parking lot! YIKES!!!!

There is how we got Molly...her former name was Miley Cyrus and well, that wasnt happening so we went with the next closest thing! Here she is at 6 months old! They sent me a few pics and I just melted when I saw those floppy ears!