The video below details a memorial speed painting by Dave Larks of his sweet Golden Retriever Chester, who was taken from his family due to cancer, at a mere 18 months of age.
It is horrifying that he was only 8 months old when the cancer showed up. Chester spent his life with his family and [...]

First Lady Michelle Obama, along with daughters Malia and Sasha, delivered some Christmas cheer to the Children’s National Medical Center Tuesday. But Bo, the family dog, stole the show.

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A GOLDEN XMAS UPDATE
Bo definitely knew that there was something not right about that large Santa creature. Our Golden Alfie was also not too keen on this [...]

You don’t have to travel to Oz to find this unique trio. A new exhibit at Noah’s Ark in Locust Grove, GA includes an African lion named Leo, a striped tiger named Shere Khan and a black bear named Baloo. The three animals came to Henry County as a family eight years ago. Just fuzzy [...]

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Since Hanukkah begins tomorrow night at sundown, we’ve been providing lots of holiday fun for our Jewish pals. This is Adam Sandler’s song now covered by Neil Diamond. I like this fun animated version.

A Golden Retriever inspired Hanukkah can be found at my Light One Candle (Peter, Paul & Mary) page.
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This is a pretty bizarre story:
‘Eight Days of Hanukkah’ — How Orrin Hatch came to write a Hanukkah song for Tablet Magazine
Ten years ago, I visited Orrin Hatch, the senior senator from Utah and a prominent member of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, on Capitol Hill. I was writing for The New [...]

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Since the doggie surf season has ended, Golden Retriever Ricki has traded her life jacket for a Santa jacket, and transformed herself into a Surfin’ Santa Paws! Her newest fundraiser is a toy drive for the holidays! She adores children and couldn’t think of a better way to combine her love for kids and the [...]

I’ve often posted about my special Golden puppy raiser pal, Pat Lawson, a Golden lover after my own heart. She has raised over 20 puppies for various service dog organizations. Pat is shown here with her second CCI puppy “Bear” who graduated as a Skilled Companion in August of 2005.
Pat has a mini-grove of organically [...]

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Yesterday, Dr. Papidies won $1,000,000 in the Cutest Dog Competition. EVERY CENT is going to The Dumb Friends League & the Max Fund, Colorado’s No Kill Shelter.
His rescue adoptive mom, Leslie Capin, MD, is the medical director of Cara Mia Medical Day Spa and Dermatology Associates of Colorado.
Papidies is three years old and has Addison’s [...]

I’ve posted about Al Franken here, here ,here, & here and continue to be so impressed by what he is trying to do in truly making a difference for his constituents. He is a dog lover, of course, as one would expect him to be. A Labrador Retriever guy, in fact. We love that his [...]

It all started in September 2005. This was the day (now) Captain Andrew Schmidt came back from Kandahar. It turns out Golden Retriever Gracie had been in an Alexandria, VA shelter for 4 months and was literally days away from being euthanized when the Schmidt family adopted her.

The video got renewed hits after a remembrance [...]

Check out Golden Retriever Ricochet’s (Rip Curl Ricki’s) journey from service dog training to fundraising, to tandem surfing with quadriplegic surfer, Patrick Ivison.

Visit her site at http://www.ripcurlricki.com. and click here to learn more about Golden Surfing.
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A crack team of PhD-trained golden retrievers illustrate the structure of atoms – the particles that make up everything around you. They also show how atoms are weirder than you might think.

Pets Teach Science aims to demonstrate tricky scientific concepts ranging from quantum physics to chemical structure – with the help of man’s best friend [...]

About a year ago I blogged about The Bumpass Hounds (and Kitties), shown above.
I continue to be in awe of Bill Stevens, the dude in charge of this bunch. As of Nov 11, 2009, the bunch is as follows:  Homer J.,12-year-old rescued Golden Retriever; the senior member of the pack. Jubal, 10-year-old Golden; JEB, 9-year-old [...]