Hi, everyone. My name is Hutch. Everyone kept calling me “the perfect family dog”. Now I have the perfect family! I had a rough road on my way there, though. I started out life with owners that loved me, but for some reason brought me to the Animal Shelter. After a few days up for adoption, I was prepared to be adopted by a man who was very interested in me. After they ran some tests, the doctor said that I had heartworm, and would need to be treated. Off I went to a clinic that specialized in helping dogs with that condition. When I returned to the shelter, I found out that the man had waited for me to finish treatment to adopt me! Woo Hoo! I thought that this was a happy-ending-in-the-making, but I was returned to the shelter after a couple of weeks. I heard the man tell the staff that he couldn’t get me housetrained. All I knew is that I was never given a routine and was left alone for many hours. I was very sad to have the accidents, but I couldn’t help it. The shelter staff re-evaluated me (and gave me a clean bill of health and temperament – even housetrained) – and I was placed back up for adoption. The good people at GRRIN saw me, and sprung me again. I made my way into a great foster home with Greg, Cathie, their 2 daughters, a GoldenDoodle, and a LabraDoodle. Too many doodles! My personality immediately meshed with everyone. Greg especially liked having me around because the doodles wouldn’t come when you called them, but I did! And then of course the doodles followed me to make sure they didn’t miss anything important. One day I met a family – Matt the Dad, Melanie the Mom, Cameron the older sister, Paige the younger sister, and Wrigley, the resident Golden Retriever. I pushed the Hutch-Charm-Button, and we all knew that this had the makings of a perfect family with a perfect family dog. Now I’m living a great life – I get to play with Wrigley, play dressup with the girls (don’t tell anyone, but it’s kind of cool), follow Melanie around the house, and much more! I love to go swimming at the lake (Wrigley just watches from the shore). OH – and I’ve worked hard to rid the back yard of any birds and bunnies that happen to take up residence there. Don’t you agree that this is the PERFECT life? 
