OMG! I almost didn’t get it! I went to the nearby Poke stop to finish my research for today (make 5 nice throws). There were 3 Pokemon. One of them was Growlithe. I tapped on it and it was shiny
!!! I used golden razz berry and then the game lagged and the spinning circle wouldn’t stop. Then it said network error. I tried to catch it without the golden razz berry, I used ultra ball, the screen froze, then the map reappeared but without Growlithe and there was a message: Error, this item couldn’t be used here. I checked my inventory, but Growlithe wasn’t there. My heart sank. I restarted the game and Growlithe was still there! I immediately caught it! Phew, that was close!