Harvey is a neutered golden retriever approximately two year's old and was fostered by Jane and her family.

FIRST REPORT

Malcolm arrived back at 3am after collecting Harvey off the transport. I was greeted with a great big bear hug and pinned against the wall!!!!!! He is a gorgeous big boy with a massive head, absolutely adorable and knows it. He is very laid back and loves all the attention especially being groomed. He likes to jump up at you to give you a cuddle if he’s allowed of course.

He is house trained and can be left all night and so far has been left for a few hours in the day. He sits under duress and is quite stubborn to obey commands but will give you a paw when he feels like it. He pulls like a steam train on the lead but on a halti won’t budge but we are working on that one!!



He has met other dogs and has shown no interest in any of them but 'oh' he does like our elderly cats but just wants to play with them. He enjoys his food as you can tell and is a bit on the portly side; he could do with losing a little weight (couldn't we all!!).

SECOND REPORT

Harvey has really settled in well, it's as if he has always lived here! He's brilliant in the house and has been left up to 4 hours in the day and has been fine. When you come back he's always very pleased to see you tail wagging and trying to jump up and to give you a bear hug, then 2 minutes later he’s on the floor fast asleep snoring!!



So far this week he has come face to face with horses and loads of children munching and hugging him and he has not batted an eyelid, bless him. Harvey enjoys getting out in the car and will quite happily stay in the boot lying down and will lift his head occasionally to have a nose around. He knows his name and his recall is virtually 100% unless he gets side tracked. He will sit, lie down, stay and give you his paw - most of the time!

Harvey gets on great with our own dog Tess and they certainly enjoys a rough and tumble in the garden. He very rarely bothers with our two cats except to pinch their food!
He will sit and wait for you to put his food on the floor and won’t go near Tess while she is eating hers. We have sat with food on our laps and he doesn’t bother either.



He is a wonderful dog, larger than life character and a ‘nearly perfect gentleman’. We are all definitely going to miss him when he goes to his forever home.

UPDATE JULY 09

It’s still on going with the lead, as Harvey is very strong but he is getting better on a halti. We have been letting him run around on a long line but he often gets side tracked and will just bolt and he is so strong so there is no way you can hold him back. He will eventually come back when he is ready! He is absolutely perfect in the house but outside it is still work in progress.

We have had Harvey for such a long time now and he is a larger than life character that we cannot bear to let him go so we have now joined IRR’s long ranks of failed fosterers!

MERRY CHRISTMAS FROM HARVEY

...................or NOT so merry??

Jane says "Harvey is sulking at the moment as he has just had a bath. He LOVES water but only DIRTY water, lol !!! He looks and smells lovely but much to his disgust."

6.01.10

Party time in the garden for Tess & Harvey. They had a brilliant time !!!!!