A New "Baby" At Our House

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We registered with Good As Gold Rescue and told them we were interested in adopting if a dog came along. Friday, we got an email that they had a year old Golden Retriever female available if we were interested. It said we could wait until after the holidays if we preferred. We preferred to be in the car at 7 the next morning and headed for Chicago. Tiffany came from Puerto Rico and is very small for her age. She is a typical Goldie and likes to play and be with her family. We took a walk to the park this AM and she enjoyed that. She had been living in a small apt in the city and was left alone every working day. She won't be alone much here. We thought this was going to be our first Christmas in 40 years without a Golden. My wife was sad as she got out the ornaments for the tree and so many were dog related. This was a wonderful Christmas present for all of us.

 

[16thVACav]

Good for you, and good for her!

 

[pawngal]

Goldens are wonderful & beautiful dogs, my kids grew up with one.
And great that you were able to take her as a rescue.

I know what you mean about the Christmas ornaments, have lots of Goldens, Yellow Lab & Black Lab ones. They invoke lots of memories.

 

[shouldazagged]

I'm very happy for you, your wife, and especially Tiffany, who is now getting the kind of love and care she missed.

 

[stonehorses]

Congratulations!
Looks like Santa made an early delivery to the max household. Please post some pics.
Here's one of our Golden mix. Gotta love 'em.

 

[Papa32129]

Congrats, I loved my golden too. What a great breed.


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[rwsmith]

Welcome.....

Welcome the new addition to the family!

 

[gaf]

We lost our golden last year at Christmas. Gonna start looking after April for a new pal.

 

[kff41]

tiffany

Congrats on new baby Are you passing out chew toys as a proud PAPA We have a house full of rescues 3 dogs [Choc Lab Black lab and a Black lab/Border Collie who works at least 3 days a week at a nursing home playing ball till he can't walk but will always fetch 1 more time for the residents Izzy works way harder than I do and mops all day that he doesn't get to go And lest I forget the other component of my every other day vacuuming 4 cats And YES they all get along as I am the Alpha animal in the house Can't think about NOT having a pet or 2 in my life Pity the nursing home residents without one Congrats again and thank you for going the rescue route Best Keith

 

[Ranger514]

Congratulations on your latest addition. I'm sure you're new girl will love her forever family. We lost our Yellow Lab, Rodeo, the first week in December 2013 to cancer. At just about this time last year, my wife found a five year old Black Lab online at our local shelter. Sam has been with us for a year now, and has taken the pain out of our loss. He and Derby, a female lab/retriever mix, are family. Rescues make the best pets. Merry Christmas!

 

[webley green]

Congrats on the new pup. Our second rescue dog was a Golden/Brittany mix. We lost her a number of years ago to canine leukemia. Great dogs, wonderful joyous personality.

 

[glenncal1]

Santa came early to your house, pay it forward

 

[galena]

GOD spelled backward is DOG. She is a beauty.

 

[3dots]

Congratulations and thanks for rescuing her, she's a real cutie!

 

[Kinman]

Good for you and your rescue, more people should rescue dogs rather than high bred pedigrees...JMHO.
My son has owned a part golden/pit female that he took from the owner that had wired her mouth shut with baling wire. The wire had cut into her nose below her eyes as she grew. As my son was taking the wire off her he asked the moron why he wired her mouth shut, he said "She barked too much." The guy must have known my son would have beaten him if he put up a fuss and let him take her home. To this day she still has the scars where the wire cut her, she is one of the sweetest dogs I've ever been around. I've never played rough with her like my son has, I just love her. Whenever I'm over at his house the dog is usually at my feet, he's always said that I'm the only person that she would probably go home with if I asked her, I tell him she wouldn't leave him but she'd think about it. My son's ex-wife named her Mixie, because she thought it was cute being that she was a mixed breed. My son was goofing around with the puppy and when she barked she sort of made a Mooing sound, he hung Moo on her and she's been Mixie Moo ever since or just plain Moo.

 

[J. R. WEEMS]

Looks like she has settled right in!! CONGRATS!!!

 

[pawncop]

How fitting that your gift came in the greatest season for gifts. I know she will receive the gift of love from your family.

Merry Christmas to you and yours.

 

[chief38]

CODY SAYS........... "PRETTY HOT CHICK"!

Enjoy - they are the best! Cody was a Rescue and he is our 5th Golden in 40 years.

 

[M29since14]

Thanks for being there for her when she needed you. Your home will no doubt be especially joyous this holiday!

 

[Engine 21]

Congrats and now for that Merry Christmas you thought would be kinda empty!

No woof???? as my son said "Dad -Are you crazy?"