I currently own two dogs from Ragom. Finnegan was adopted in 2006 at eight months old. He was too wild for his original owners. I adopted another dog in February 2014. At that time there were no middle-aged Golden Retrievers available and that was fine with me. Jackson is a red lab. He was tied to a shelter gate in Iowa before Christmas 2013 along with another dog. A note was attached to them. He is about five years old now. While I have always owned Goldens, I was actually looking for a non-golden. I was hoping I wouldn't have to deal with some of the health issues that goldens have. Jackson has a different energy than my goldens, and that is just fine with me.
While neither of my dogs cost Ragom much money, my last foster dog cost them a small fortune. I had Liberty 13-231 for two years. She came from a mill and had four large tumors that needed to be removed. She also needed to be spayed. The tumors were too big to be removed in one surgery, so she had two surgeries that first year....one removed the two largest tumors, and the next one removed the other two tumors and spayed her. She also had ear infections that took three doses of medication to get rid of. She wasn't adopted because of her lack of socialization so when we went back the next year, she had more mammary tumors that needed to be removed. She was just adopted after almost two years in foster care.
Goldzilla—RAGOM's annual Fun Fair and Walk for Rescue—supports our mission of rescuing and rehoming Golden Retrievers and Golden mixes of all ages. Your donation will provide RAGOM dogs with veterinary and foster care on their way to finding adoptive homes. So donate today and join us at Goldzilla to meet the many dogs you help!
Prefer to donate by check? Enter the name of the person you're pledging in the memo line and mail to: RAGOM, 5800 Baker Road, Suite 120, Minnetonka, MN 55345. NOTE: For pledges to be reflected on a walker's fundraising page, checks must be received by Thursday, September 10.
| Supporters | |||
| Name | Date | Amount | Comments |
| Rebecca Lindstrom | 09/10/2015 | $25.00 | You go girl! | Bobbi Stahl | 09/10/2015 | $50.00 | Paula Leonhart | 09/08/2015 | $20.00 | Cheryl, In loving memory of your father, Lee Doucette. | Anonymous Friend | 09/08/2015 | $20.00 | Donating in honor of Cheryl Doucette's father, Rev. Dr. Lee F. Doucette. | Charlie Wensman | 09/07/2015 | $50.00 | Diane Riegert | 09/07/2015 | $50.00 | Appreciate all you do for dogs and dog lovers | Cindy Stevens | 09/06/2015 | $100.00 | For all our beloved goldens past and present that have touched our lives | Ken Hall | 09/05/2015 | $50.00 | Cheryl, this is donated in memory and your Father, and in support and gratitude for all the wonderful things you have done for our dogs. Thank you. | Jan Shaw-Flamm | 09/01/2015 | $25.00 | In memory of Lee Doucette, Cheryl's father, who enjoyed the dogs she helps. | Joan Corbett | 09/01/2015 | $25.00 | Best of luck in your fundraising efforts! | Mark Valgemae | 09/01/2015 | $400.00 | Thank you, Cheryl, for all that you do. | Karen Helfand | 08/30/2015 | $30.00 | Thank you to Cheryl and all the love she showed Willow. She is a dedicated volunteer and the world needs more people like her. |
| Total | $845.00 | ||