Swizzle

Swizzle, formerly named Shannon, is a member of the Golden Ratio, having joined the squad in a surprise adoption announcement on November 9, 2019. Swizzle made a guest appearance in the snaps on October 26 as part of a GRREAT fundraiser walk with GR Mom, Hops, and Venk. She demonstrated her superior intelligence on Day 1 by figuring out the mysteries of the magnetic screen door and seems to have made friends with a small teddy bear.

Since she was originally known as Shannon, her Twitter account reflected her name's Irish roots. When GR Mom and Dad decided to rename her to Swizzle, they kept her Irish last name, hence "Swizzle O' Dog".

Physical Appearance
Swizzle is both the smallest and oldest current member of the squad. Her fur is almost entirely a reddish-brown tint with patches of white on her face. Her coloration is similar to Jasmine's, making her known as "Mini Jasmine"!

Song: "It's the Swizz, it's the Swizz, my teeny tiny brown dog named the Swizz, It's so clear how good she is, my teeny tiny brown dog named the Swizz!"

Personality
Despite being very elderly for a Golden, Swizzle seems to be wholly unaware of this fact, and has a level of energy and fitness of dogs merely half her age. This is most evident in the daily breakfast and dinner snaps, where she is seen excitedly dancing with Venkman in anticipation of the food, showing off her impressive agility.

Similar to Venk, she is very food driven and requires a special bowl to slow down her eating. This large appetite has made her the resident Team Thief of the squad, where she has been shown to occasionally steal snacks. In June 2020, Swizzle attempted to share a birthday photo alongside her fellow June babies, Venk and CB, but the event descended into chaos when Swiz devoured her piece of cake - complete with a lit candle - in one bite. Thankfully she only got a few singed whiskers from it.

History
Although she's settled into her new home and family well, Swiz has been struggling with anxiety. GR Mom and Dad are helping her with this through the use of anti-depressants, a thunder shirt, and individual attention to help with her food anxiety. Despite this, she is a mostly happy dog who can usually be seen with a big smile on her face.

Swiz has been suffering from frequent nose bleeds but has since started taking medication for these which has helped her a lot. She also had a bad health scare in July 2020 but thankfully was found to have no major issues. She was found to be anemic and the vet thought she might have an ulcer or reflux, as well as dementia, which her anxiety might be related to. She’s also started on medicine to help her with these.

In August, her nose bleeds came back, but she took some vitamin K to treat them. She developed many tumors and had an enlarged spleen, and due to health complications from old age, she passed away on the 19th of August, 2020.