Happy Endings
Cody Comes
to Stay! We had been proud parents of two wonderful Goldens until a
couple of months ago when Butler, our oldest and rescued at age 2 years,
passed away quietly in his sleep at age 12 ½ years. Brinkley, now our
oldest at age 9, came to us as a puppy and had never known a day without
her life long companion Butler. She obviously missed him and visibly
mourned him. The morning Butler passed we took him to his Veterinarian
to have him prepared for his last journey. On that very day for the
first time a representative of Evergreen Golden Retriever Rescue stopped
by
their office with a stack of flyers. The Vet’s Assistant and our puppy
sitter thought it was too much of a coincidence and brought us a flyer.
After about a month of looking at the brochure on our desk and watching
Brinkley mope around we decided to fill out the forms. It was a couple
more weeks before we actually mailed them in. Then came the call! A
young Golden boy was found wandering the streets of Puyallup a couple of months
ago dragging a leash but no identification. His foster parents named
him Cody. It was love at first sight for us, and just what Brinkley
needed. After the first week of
the “getting to know you” rituals which included grunting and snorting,
tumbling and rolling with no one getting hurt, Cody and Brinkley are
rapidly becoming the best of friends with lots of playing and nonstop
running. That’s Cody on the left, isn’t he handsome? He is so expressive
we think he can even make Brinkley laugh. What a wonderful gift for
us all!
Carmel is a joyful,
happy girl and our "Velcro" dog.
Even though her favorite time of day is meal time, with her strict
diet she's lost 19 pounds. She only has about ten more pounds to lose
to get to her ideal weight. There is improvement in her mobility every
day and she can even play chase with her two Australian Shepherd "sisters". Next to rides in the car her favorite game is "catch" with the bright red ball she carries with her everywhere. It's hard to imagine
what our family was like before she became a part of it. We seldom
go anywhere without our "babies" and Carmel
is a perfect lady wherever she goes. She smiles all the time. I guess she knows she has a forever home. And
we're smiling, too.
This
is Tucker, one of the puppies from Carmel's litter.
He is ten months old in this photo, weights about 70 pounds and
is still growing. He is the sweetest and happiest dog ever, a fast learner,
knows all his basic commands and works for praise. He's so good at "leave
it" he can do that silly trick where he balances a treat on his nose until he gets an "okay" and
snaps it up. He did it perfectly on the first try! I'm a self-employed
artist so we get to spend almost every moment together. We're both very
happy and
really thankful for all the great folks at Evergreen Golden Retriever
Rescue.
