Why would anyone need to rescue a Golden Retriever?
The most common reason for the surrender is, “I don’t have time for the dog.” Families also give up their dogs because of allergies, death, and, sometimes, because they did not understand the activity level and time commitment that a Golden Retriever requires. Some are given up because of divorce or relocation to a home where a dog cannot be kept. Occasionally, when a new human member is added to a family, the parents find they do not have time to properly care for the dog. A dog may be given up because it has a medical condition that will be expensive to treat.
The most common reason for the surrender is, “I don’t have time for the dog.” Families also give up their dogs because of allergies, death, and, sometimes, because they did not understand the activity level and time commitment that a Golden Retriever requires. Some are given up because of divorce or relocation to a home where a dog cannot be kept. Occasionally, when a new human member is added to a family, the parents find they do not have time to properly care for the dog. A dog may be given up because it has a medical condition that will be expensive to treat. We have also heard families say they think the dog is “too big”, “too rambunctious”, “too expensive to feed and maintain”, “too hard to train”, “it sheds too much”, “it digs up my backyard when I leave it tied outside”, “it gets nervous during thunderstorms”, or just that “it’s too old.
