First I cried … and then I got mad

For some weeks now, I have attempted to draw attention to a powerful story that not only recognizes the importance of canines in our lives, but draws attention to the current real life effects of a seemingly never ending war. Unfortunately, the solitary newspaper article in the San Antonio Express-News (noted below) failed to be [...]

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Golden Benson Survives … with a little help from his dog friend

PET DOGS ARE BLOOD B-RUFFERS
Daily Record and Sunday Mail Ltd
A MUCH-LOVED pet is on the road to recovery after another dog saved its life – with a blood transfusion.
Golden retriever Benson needed surgery for a ruptured spleen but was given only a 25 per cent chance of surviving the op.
And things looked bleak when [...]

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Confusion reigns when guide dogs get together

Confusion reigns when guide dogs get together
By Glenda Sanders, Daily Sun
THE VILLAGES — The chaos was as organized as it can be when seven large puppies are assembled in a single room. “It’s psycho dogs time,” said Jody Peterson of Fruitland Park. Peterson was attached to the leash of a half-grown black Labrador retriever, Mayo, [...]

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New Golden Wares Discovery — & a 15% off Coupon too!

I’ve been running a couple of Yahoo email lists (Land of PureGold Newsletter & Golden Finds) for several years now. Due to spammers, I’ve had to limit messaging that goes on and I need to approve everything that is sent to me which doesn’t encourage much interaction. But, one of my groups’ posters did provide [...]

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If only I wasn’t on a diet lol …..

This is just such a cool deal. The fabulous auction right now for the Golden Retriever Club Greater Los Angeles Rescue (GRCGLA) has just added these adorable Hamish cookie tins. They are a huge 8″ by 2.5″ in diameter. You can get one for free, filled with delicious cookies (uh oh), and have it [...]

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Dave the Math Dog making the Rounds

Letterman gives Dave the math dog two paws up
By Herb Meeker, Journal Gazette and Times-Courier Staff Writer
Dave the Math Dog may not be at the top of the list of animal acts yet but he certainly was a hit on national television last week. The 7-year-old golden retriever, owned and trained by Frank Ferris of [...]

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All is Well …. Thankfully

Family safe, grateful and warm — A father, his four girls, his girlfriend and two dogs recuperate after mountain ordeal
By Holley Gilbert, Oregon Live
VANCOUVER — Randy Kellems had taken his boots off for the night when he awoke late Sunday to a noise and saw headlights in the rearview mirror of his truck, where he, [...]

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Golden Josh — What a Sniffer!

Dogs Sniff Out Vineyard Pests
KGO By Wayne Freedman

Once again, California wine country is challenged by a nasty little threat to its enormous success. It’s a tiny little bug with a talent for destroying vineyards whole. Now one of man’s favorite beverages is getting help from man’s best friend.
Now for the oddest of sites — no, [...]

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Golden Dave: The Math Dog UPDATED!

Last week I had the following story about the Wednesday night David Letterman Show. He was doing Stupid Dog Tricks, which are really not stupid at all, but that is the tag he gives this features. He had on Golden Dave, a smart dude From Illinois.
Well, yesterday I received this unbelievable email from Golden lover [...]

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Way Cool Golden Rescue Auction – UPDATED!

I recently received an email from Barbara Davis, “shamelessly stumping for homeless Goldens” for Golden Retriever Club Greater Los Angeles Rescue (GRCGLA). This is what she had to say
In addition to some neat dog items, we have autographed books, Susan Dey’s own personal Laurie Partridge lunch box (complete with a letter from Susan authenticating the [...]

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Golden Rainier on the Job

Pets make hospital rounds, bring ‘therapeutic touch’ to patients
By Susan Phinney, Seattle Post-Intelligencer Reporter
They may not have medical degrees, but in some places they have staff name tags and status that entitles them to breaks, beds, toys and water bowls. Rainier the rehab dog has a station in the medical rehabilitation gym on the fourth [...]

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Golden Lilli Going to the Ball

PAWS volunteers acted as pup-arazzi as guests — including Lilli, the golden retriever, escorted by owners Aaron and Nichole Charfoos — arrived on the red carpet.
Society: PAWS Chicago Fur Ball
By Mary Cameron Frey, Chicago Business/Crain Publications
They circled one another cautiously, waiting to be introduced. They checked out what everyone else was wearing — especially the [...]

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Golden Teachers

Dog training helps the teachers, too
By Mark Agee, Star-Telegram Staff Writer
Stephanie Deacon of Sanger and her son, Daniel, 7, work on training their 5-year-old golden retriever, Diana, during a class at the dog park in Denton.
Jonny and Pennie Beckett’s 1-year-old terrier Sadie was pulling on her leash and not coming when she was called. [...]

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Andy, a Golden Confidence Builder

Rescued from an area puppy mill, golden retriever finds new life as a service dog
By Alissa Eaton & Mark Nance, Sun-Gazette
Charles B. Miller of DuBoistown enjoys a “lick down” from his service dog Andy after a swim Monday at the YWCA’s warm water pool. Miller, who is wheelchair-bound, takes Andy with him everywhere, including the [...]

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From Baghdad, With Love: A Marine, the War, and a Dog Named Lava

A good dog pal just turned me on to this new book, From Baghdad, With Love: A Marine, the War, and a Dog Named Lava.
When Marines enter an abandoned house in Fallujah, Iraq and hear a suspicious noise, they clench their weapons, edge around the corner and prepare to open fire.
What they find during the [...]

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Golden Bailey’s New Leash on Life

Trainer gives dog new leash on life
By Philip Gailey, ScrippsNews
With an unseemly election behind us and the holiday season just beginning, I thought this would be a good time for a progress report on Bailey, the young golden retriever we adopted last March. After being dragged through months of gutter politics, it’s worth remembering that [...]

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Sleepy Pups

Do you like my Golden babies masthead above? It comes from one of my most favorite photos that I took of a 3-pupper litter. Boy, were those guys butterballs.

You can support our Foundation and its blog (at which I am working so hard at and updating a few times a day with informative and fun [...]

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Golden Basil’s Cure — Hope for Many More

In Trials for New Cancer Drugs, Family Pets Are Benefiting, Too
By Andrew Pollack, The New York Times
This is Basil, with Alan P. Wilber, his owner, who was found to have bone cancer in 2001. Basil is cancer-free now, but had to have a leg removed.
Dogs have long been used for medical research, usually to the [...]

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Beating Cancer — Dogs Leading the Way for us all

Dogs May Help Find Genes That Cause Cancer
By Andrew Pollack, The New York Times
About half of all Bernese mountain dogs are prone to an unusual blood cancer called malignant histiocytosis. Boxers are four times more likely to get lymphomas than dogs in general, while Pomeranians are 10 times less likely. Cocker spaniels are more likely [...]

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Some People Need to Get a Life

Family with service dogs ticketed — A neighbor complains about too many canines, but a judge cites federal law on disabilities and takes the side of ailing owners in Worth
By Wendy E. Normandy, Special to the Chicago Tribune
Stitches, Brooklyn and Skittles may bark, play and look like average pets, but the three dogs hold vital [...]

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Art Helping Animals

Newbury Park woman’s paintings help homeless pets
By Nicole D’Amore, Ventura County Star Correspondent
Through her art, Stella Violano helps homeless animals find better lives. Her oil paintings show the animals in appealing surroundings. A little dachshund mix that couldn’t walk is pictured on a sofa surrounded by children. There is Jack, a pit bull, standing at [...]

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A Man and his Dog

Greenville man, 77, and dog rescued after night in woods
By Diana Bowley, Bangor Daily News
GREENVILLE — An older man who spent the night huddled in the woods with his dog was found by searchers Thursday morning in a swampy area about three-quarters of a mile from his home. Robert Fenn, 77, was cold, stiff and [...]

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Therapy Golden Dickens Honored

Golden Dickens, Therapy Category Award
New Jersey Veterinary Medical Association Animal Hall of Fame
Five-year-old Golden Retriever Dickens is a value assistant to the psychiatric staff at the Holy Name Hospital. Dickens’ weekly visits to patients with mental illness,, mood disorders, Alzheimer’s and other illnesses give them a positive, loving experience to anticipate. Dickens’ patient, outgoing manner [...]

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Have a Happy & Healthy Thanksgiving!

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A “Golden” Turkey Day

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Golden Travis Enjoying the Good Life

Our Golden Alfie sits on his haunches like Travis, here. It is always a crowd-pleaser lol.

A Chef Singing For Your Supper — A Philadelphia Songwriter Combines Two Talents, Musical and Culinary, To Create Memorable Meals
CBS News
Philadelphia native Phil Roy has been playing his soulful songs in places across the country for more than two decades, [...]

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A Golden Happy Ending Nonetheless

A strange twist of fate
Trentonian Staff Report
EWING — It’s going to be a happy Thanksgiving at the home of Alfonso Adams on Estates Boulevard. The 49-year-old’s beautiful frisky puppy, a one-year-old golden retriever named Damien Callahan Adams, is finally back home, rescued from Pet Rescue of Mercer County — rescued from the very people who [...]

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Golden Billy, Constant Companion

Loyal donors retrieve help-dog agency from brink of oblivion
By Jeff Holubitsky, The Edmonton Journal
EDMONTON – Billy quivers with anticipation as Danny Ennett balances a treat on the stump of his left arm. “Sit, Billy, sit,” Danny orders the affable golden retriever. Billy does as he’s told. “Down,” Danny says in the same no-nonsense tone of [...]

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Golden Sage: Facility Therapy Dog in-training

Sage – Facility Therapy Dog in-training
Sage was kindly donated to CWAC in the Fall of 2005. He is a gentle dog with a kind soul and a special sensitivity with those who have special needs. Sage is undergoing training to become a Facility Dog. He will be eventually placed with a handler that works in [...]

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Golden Abbie — Life Helper

Faith and Abbie help SFA student through life
By Judy Mayer, The Daily Sentinel

“Amazing” would describe Danielle Trevino, 22-year-old SFA junior — almost a senior — English major from Katy. Some might question her upbeat attitude because Danielle was born blind, but she said, “God has had his hand too much in my life not to [...]

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Is Golden Shelby a fan too?

Couple enjoy friendly rivalry
By Sandra M. Klepach, News-Herald

He’s a Buckeye fan … she is a Michigan grad .They married on Oct. 7, 2005 – a Friday during football season. The Concord Township pair did it because they didn’t want their ceremony to lapse an Ohio State game against Pennsylvania State. And [...]

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Golden Brewster has Lymphoma …..

Brewster
By Nancy Freedman-Smith, A Dog’s Life
Brewster has lymphoma. I found out today when his owner called me from Massachusetts to see if Brew could come and stay with me for a while when they go away.
His vet gave him 2-6 months to live and he is at the 6 month mark. They didn’t feel right [...]

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Good Golden listeners, soft Golden ears

Good listeners, soft ears
By Lara Gerrits, The Tri-City News
In a world where a family member’s face can be a question mark and visitors may be few and far between, every smile is precious. But at Hawthorne Senior Care Community in Port Coquitlam, the smiles come every Monday.
“Oh, I love dogs,” gushes 90-year-old Gladys Putland, [...]

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Golden Lee is Scout Troop Member

Scout troop enlists first ever canine member
By Aileen Mulhall, Waterford News & Star
The first ever canine member of the 3rd De La Salle Scout Troop is Lee, a gorgeous golden retriever, who joined the ranks of the troop at its recent annual investiture and achievement awards at the WYTEC Centre in Waterford.

A TRAINEE guide [...]

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Golden Kramer Inspires Valley Fever Campaign

Dog’s death inspires valley fever campaign
By Mike Walbert, The Arizona Republic
Marta Saint-James and Curt Fonger lost Kramer, their treasured 12-year-old golden retriever, almost two years ago due to complications from valley fever. That’s why the Gold Canyon husband-and-wife team continues to educate the public about the disease that afflicts canines as well as humans.
“We suffered [...]

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