Kennedy AND his dogs … Grieving all the way around

I got to meet two of Senator Kennedy’s dogs three years ago during a second tour at the White House with my Senate pal, Patty Kennedy. I had originally visited the US Senate in 2000, helping Patty with the publicity of her incredible book, Bailey Bymyside: Golden Lessons for Life (to see some of the [...]

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Sunbear Squad Watch Tip of the Week: August 30th

The Sunbear Squad has resolved to make a difference for neglected and abused companion animals. They are transforming animal lovers into animal welfare defenders — with knowledge, tools, and inspiration. Watch Tip: Watch for lost dogs and cats around the Labor Day holiday weekend. Dogs and cats traveling with their families sometimes take fright and [...]

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Public Option: Tedicare for All! – Updated

I saw Phoenix Woman’s blog post, Public Option: Tedicare for All, and knew I wanted to create a compelling image to go with the idea. So, now that we’ve established that what Max Baucus and his insurance-industry buddies want is not what Teddy Kennedy wanted, the question is: What did Teddy Want? We’ve already established [...]

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G-D And DoG by WJ Francisco

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A very sad day . . . Dog Loving Senator Ted Kennedy has died.

I hear that the Obama family fell in love with Senator Kennedy’s Porties, so inspiring their bringing Bo into the family. I got to meet two of Senator Kennedy’s dogs three years ago during a second tour at the White House with my Senate pal, Patty Kennedy. I had originally visited the US Senate in [...]

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America’s Got Talent: We LOVE Pam Martin & Spy – Updated

It was wonderful on July 1st to see Pam Martin, of Top Dog Dallas Dog Training, performing with her Viva on America’s Got Talent. Pam is a close friend of famous freestyler Carolyn Scott, as they have worked together for several years, and can be seen in our upcoming documentary, Gotta Dance. Well, Pam made [...]

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Golden Retriever Rescue Sam . . . The continuing saga

August 20 to 23, 2009 Update (23rd) Sam is doing great!! His energy is increasing daily!! He is eating better since we switched his food to something he likes! We went on a short walk today and he got to see his four puppy friends! It was very difficult to keep him calm through that [...]

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A Big Little Life: Dean Koontz’s Memoir of his Joyful Golden Trixie

A Big Little Life: A Memoir of a Joyful Dog, is Dean Koontz’s new book about life with his beloved Golden Retriever, Trixie (you can read an excerpt here). “Trixie was joyful, affectionate, comical, intelligent, remarkably well behaved. She was also more self-possessed and dignified than I had ever realized a dog could be,” says [...]

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Pilots N Paws . . . Pilots Donating Time to Rescue Dogs

What an incredible thing this is! It is often very tough to get rescues from one area in the country to another, so that they can get to the places where there will be homes waiting. Pilots N Paws is intended to be a meeting place for those who rescue, shelter or foster animals, and [...]

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Animal Hospice: An important part of your pet’s lifeplan

While folks make light about Twitter (you can see my Tweets here), it is amazing the folks you can meet and the information that you can learn there. It was actually Twitter that allowed me to meet Dr. Jaime Glasser Merrifield and learn about the emerging and incredibly important veterinary field of animal hospice. Dr. [...]

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Golden Service Pup-in-training . . . oh my

What is it about Golden pups in assistance dog vests that is so irresistible? Watch 12-week-old Kirby training. He is a  Georgia Canines for Independence pup learning how to work with the wheelchair in public. Georgia Canines for Independence is a 501-c-3 nonprofit that provides animal therapy and trained service dogs to make life more [...]

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“the journey is more important than the destination”

A promising North Star Foundation Golden Retriever service dog named Rory travels to Washington D.C. on the day of Barack Obama’s inauguration.

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But, where was Bo?

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Sunbear Squad Watch Tip of the Week: August 23rd

The Sunbear Squad has resolved to make a difference for neglected and abused companion animals. They are transforming animal lovers into animal welfare defenders — with knowledge, tools, and inspiration. Watch Tip: Listen and watch for trapped or lost pets in student housing neighborhoods. Back-to-school time is very high-risk for student-owned dogs and cats, because [...]

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Patrick & Golden Retriever Ricochet ‘Ricki’ Ride the Waves . . .

The video below shows Golden Retriever Richochet ‘Rip Curl Ricki’ and Patrick in a August 20, 2009 CBS News clip. They were practicing in Del Mar for their big debut, and it was looking like the dog days of summer — the dog surfing days, anyway. Golden Ricki This newest project for Ricochet, however, presented [...]

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Golden Gardeners Photo Contest: Winners announced!

We have just selected the winners in our Golden Gardeners Contest. Folks needed to submit their best Golden Retriever ‘gardening’ photos and complete the following sentence: “This is my Golden’s idea of gardening . . .” Below, you can see our 1st place winner, a wonderful trio of photos submitted by Donna Johnson. To see [...]

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Bark Buckle Up . . . . Golden Retriever Style

Some Golden Retriever kids (Jack, Jill, Kona and Harley) appeared on Fox 5 yesterday, helping with a feature from the organization, Bark Buckle UP. Golden Mom Sue was mighty, mighty proud. Do check their listing of the Top 10 Dog Safe Vehicles that make driving with dogs safer and more convenient. Ninety-eight percent of dogs [...]

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Love that doggie body language

No words necessary here. But English Golden Retriever Toby sure does let Spaniel pupper Skipper know he’s not gonna react to too much craziness. Just love all the play bows.

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Golden Retriever Rosie raises kittens like they’re her own

Island Cat Resources and Adoption is an all volunteer non-profit organization dedicated to reducing the suffering of abandoned and feral (wild) cats and to educating and empowering the local community to relieve them from their plight. It is because of their provision of foster care for tame or socialized rescue kittens/cats until they can be [...]

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New finds from a Master Woodcarver

In 1987 Master Woodcarver, Michael Park, opened his own studio in Pennsylvania—instilling his love of dogs in all of his work. And, there, he carves among the company of his four dogs and a team of craftspeople to create beautiful renditions of countless breeds. For close to 100 breeds, he has items such as bookends, [...]

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Rep. Barney Frank OMG – 1st Honest (but so, so funny) Politician

THIS IS A MUST SEE!

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Love the I *Heart* Obama leash

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Meet Judy Fridono, Golden Lover & Trainer Extraordinaire

Judy Fridono, who I’ve featured at my Agricultural Golden Retriever Scent Detection Dog page and on a post with the adorable Halloween costumed Golden Rina, wanted me to publicize a fundraiser in which her Golden would be riding the waves tandem with Patrick Ivison, a 15-year-old spinal cord injured adaptive surfer. Well, that would be [...]

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Bald Penquin gets a wetsuit . . . to prevent sunburn

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Sunbear Squad Watch Tip of the Week: August 16th

The Sunbear Squad has resolved to make a difference for neglected and abused companion animals. They are transforming animal lovers into animal welfare defenders — with knowledge, tools, and inspiration. Watch Tip: Watch for dogs and cats that are near or on railroad tracks, which like roads are very dangerous to animals. They might not [...]

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