As pretty as a picture, this delightful girl is ready to enchant your heart with her sweet and tender demeanor.
A young man showed up at the Elmore County Shelter in AL with Mia Lucia and her brother, Hanky, in a wooden trailer. The shelter told him they were filled to capacity but he did not care and simply left the two pups behind. We got lucky to be able to take them into our rescue because they are such amazing pups!
Mia is a fuzzy-wuzzy Golden mix who, like Hanky, is going to be a large dog when full grown. At 8-9 months, she weighs about 70 lb. Mia has a lovely golden coat with a blaze of white on her chest. Her paws are tipped in white, making it look like she stepped in paint.
Mia is as sweet as she can be but is a little timid when she very first meets someone new. But she comes around very quickly. If you raise your arms up, she ducks as if someone might have been unkind to her in the past. She also has an area on her neck where it seems a collar wore into her neck, like she was pulling or trying to free herself from a chain. Mia will run after a ball or toy but she hasn't gotten the hang of bringing it back to you yet!
Mia will look for Hanky and will lick him through the kennel gate. She walks pretty well on the leash, keeps her kennel spotless, and does not chew her bedding, blankets, or toys. She is good with other dogs and can be adopted individually or with her brother, Hanky. Both Hank and Mia are trained on invisible fencing and crate-trained as well.
Mia is up-to-date on vaccinations, spayed, micro-chipped, and heartworm negative. She will be ready to come north to be directly adopted in early April.
Rescued dogs come with a range of needs - from behavioral to emotional to medical. When approved applicants adopt such dogs, they agree to become an important, forever part of their life journey by continuing the rehabilitation we have begun.
If you would like to be part of Mia Lucia's rescue story and are already approved to adopt through SGRR, please contact
Cheryl Kewley to be considered to adopt Mia Lucia.
If not yet approved for adoption, please visit our website to lean more and to submit an online application.
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About Our Rescue
Before being approved to adopt, all potential adopters need to complete our online application and participate in our pre-adoption review process. The process includes the completion of an online application, a reference from the applicants' vet, a phone interview, and a visit to the applicants' home. The application process helps us determine what type of Golden would be best suited for the applicants' life style. In some cases, the specific dog you are interested in may have found a home before this process is complete or further assessment may find that this dog is not the right match for your family. We are regularly getting new Goldens in need of a home, so we encourage you to apply and get approved so that when the right dog comes along you will be ready.
The information provided on each dog is based on observations of our vets, volunteers, fosters and when available, trainers. While we do our best to report any and all issues, SGRR does not make any guarantees as to the health or temperament of any dog. Dogs evolve differently in different environments and we cannot predict with any certainty how the dog you adopt will act in your home.
SGRR ADOPTION FEES - Effective May 1, 2020 (subject to change)
$750 Puppy - up to 6 months
$650 Young 6 months - 6 years
$550 Senior 7 - 9 years
$450 Senior 10 years and older
$550 Young Special Needs
$400 Senior 7+ Special Needs
$1000 Young Bonded Pair
$900 Senior 7+ Bonded Pair
A contract is signed the day of adoption. Under the terms of the contract, all adopters are required to bring the rescue to a vet within 7 business days. The dogs receive basic veterinary care prior to adoption. If your vet identifies an illness that an adopter is not willing to treat, then the dog is returned and a full refund is provided.
Many of our dogs are fostered in private homes and we do not have a facility to visit. We are committed to our dogs before, during, and after adoption! The rescue retains title to the dog and can never be released or sold. Should the adopters no longer be able to keep the dog, SGRR must be notified so that we can take the dog back into rescue and place it into another home. We reserve the right to remove a dog at any time should we find the adopter is no longer caring for their Golden in a way we see fit. Adopters then have to agree to follow up visits as needed.
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Mia Lucia.
