Jack Ramsay

Sad News 18 November 2022

Jack’s mum wrote, “It is with a broken heart that I have to say that our beautiful, loyal, loving, lovable big darling IRR boy Jack has gone to heaven. We’re absolutely heartbroken. It happened so suddenly and was totally unexpected, but it turned out that our brave boy had been soldiering on with an illness that hid itself well. We had to make the hardest decision, and we did what was the kindest thing for Jack. My god, our hearts are sore, and every fibre of our beings wanted not to make that call, but he’s loved us so dearly… we couldn’t let him be in pain.

Goodnight darling Jack, Jackieboy, Stinker, our boy. We will love you for all of our lives, and we’ll be looking for you when the time comes.

Thank you to all at IRR for giving us the opportunity to love and be loved by our darling boy. He really was very special… I’ve lost my shadow.

Grief is the price of love, and we loved Jack so very much.”

History

Tucker (now Jack) is a stunning 3 year old pure bred, neutered male Golden Retriever with a rich golden coloured coat. He has been groomed and has been given the necessary vaccinations needed to travel to the U.K. and is very healthy. Kathryn says “He is, without doubt, one of the most beautiful Golden Retrievers I have ever seen. He is absolutely stunning. He is a powerful and very large boy with large paws that remind you of a lion”.

HISTORY

Irish Retriever Rescue were contacted about Tucker through our good friends D.A.W.G, a rescue, in Cork in Ireland. Tucker was relinquished because of a change in family circumstances. We assured our friends in D.A.W.G that IRR would fulfil our promise to them and make sure that Tucker had everything he needed and more and that his future would be bright and happy. Tucker needs lots of love and understanding. He is probably a little depressed because he is missing his ‘family’ and can’t understand why they don’t want him but Kathryn has spent time trying to reassure him that she will find ‘the best family ever and he will never ever feel unwanted again. She told him “Your life is going to be wonderful – remember you are part of the IRR family now – and that is special”.
He came to the UK and went into foster in Scotland.

PERSONALITY
He is quite shy but a very happy lad. On the whole, he is a lovely affectionate boy who is eager to please. This boy is quite a complex character and can also be very worried, highly strung and excitable.

SOCIAL LEARNING
BASIC TRAINING: He has had no basic training at all and does not sit, down, stay or come.
TRAVEL: He travels well in the car, enjoying the air breeze ripple over his coat as he looks out the window and is interested only in licking you when you stop the car.
HOUSETRAINING: I don’t think he has actually lived in a house before as he has had a couple of house training accidents.
RESOURCE GUARDING: Lynn says “He is delighted to see you and brings a toy or blanket which he now gives you. However, initially, he was not happy to give you the item so that had to be addressed and could be an ongoing training issue. I have seen no food aggression”.
SEPARATION ANXIETY: He has displayed no signs of separation anxiety
LEADWALKING: Initially, he was strong on the lead but he adjusted very quickly (after about 5 minutes) with Kathryn, walking to heel. He walks quite well on a slip lead and on a harness .
ADULTS: He is very friendly with adults but unknown with children and cats.
DOGS: He is worried by other dogs but naturally reactionary and will flee rather than fight. He has, however, displayed possessive aggressive behaviour over people towards other dogs and over items he has picked up. He wants the person’s attention exclusively and if another dog is too close he will have a “go”.

Lynn reports “He is being socialized with other dogs and has come on leaps and bounds in the last couple of days. The major steps forward are that he will now mix in with my guys without growling or panicking. He is better if he has a stuffed toy in his mouth as this gives him something to do and he parades around with it. He can cope fine unless a dog comes very close to him and then he worries and growls.

There have been no further incidences of resource guarding and he now gives me his toy/blanket/whatever he has in his mouth. He also takes a biscuit gently now.

He is not ready to mix with any of the dogs in my daycare centre as it would be too overwhelming for him at this stage. He is a work in progress but he is coming on really well. He can now “sit” 70% of the time and his recall is 60% However when out walking and you call him back he is quite happy to body slam you and knock you over!!”

TUCKER’S DREAM HOME
Tucker will definitely need ongoing training so an experienced owner is a must. He would probably be very happy as an only dog with people who have a lot of time for him and are around most of the time but, equally, a gentle, well behaved, slightly older dog would probably help to build his confidence and teach him good manners.

NOVEMBER 2016

Tucker has gone to his Forever Home in Scotland and is now called Jack