Guest Post: Olive

Every now and then, this blog will introduce its readers to some pretty cool dogs who are not Charlie. The first one is Olive, whose human is Bobbie.

Olive was born on February 20, 2019.  Her mommy’s name is Daisy Mae and her father is called Maverick.  Daisy Mae’s litter was very small for a Golden Retriever. In fact, it was just Olive and one sister! Some Golden Retriever litters have 9 or 12 or even more puppies!  When she was two months old, like her sister, Olive was adopted by a family who wanted to be her “forever home”. 

Unfortunately for the family, but fortunately for Bobbie, the family decided that they couldn’t give Olive the life she deserved.  Because the mom and dad both worked outside the home and the two girls were very busy with school and sports and other activities, Olive spent most of her time at home alone in a small space called the “mud room”.   Although the family loved Olive very much, when she was 10 and 1/2 months old, the family decided it was time to give Olive a chance to have a more active life where she could spend more time with “her people”.  The family called Sandy, Daisy Mae and Maverick’s owner, to help them find a better “forever family” for her.  Sandy called Bobbie and Bobbie brought Olive home the very next day!

Olive and Bobbie are now a “forever family” and she is a very happy dog!  She loves to take long walks, play with her friends Gracie and Penny (more about Penny another time), chew on toys and sticks, watch the birds and squirrels in the backyard, and cuddle on the couch.  She also loves to dig in the dirt and can get very muddy as you can see from this picture!  Bobbie feels very lucky that she and Olive found each other.  She thinks Olive feels lucky too.