Old Goldnever
thought about it before we got one of our own. Old Gold would be 18 karat jewelry to
menot a wise bundle of old fur. We just recently had to put down our 14 year old Kiani dog. The one
that was there for so many Air Force moves and had inserted her training abilities into
two human boys that grew up under her watchful eyes. We were devastatedhad never
been through anything like it before. We had been a one dog family for so many yearsonly to come across
a little ball of red fur named Morgan who thought Kiani was his mother. We were hooked!
Discovered the local Rescue a Golden group (RAGofAZ) and there we go againadopted a
female Golden, Kelly. This one was a real handfulso her middle name became PITA
(stands for pain-in-the-xxx)but what a lovely dog she is. Gives us all a bit of
sunshine each day by keeping us on our toes. Oklets try fostering. Had a wonderful guy named Tucker for
our first foster. But we only had him for 13 daysjust long enough for him to make
our hearts beat faster before he was whisked away to the most deserving home that could
have ever been found. Aches. Okno more for awhilethat hurt too much.
Besideswe have a ton of people showing up for the weekendthere will only be
floor space availableAnd so it wentwe got the call to take in an emergency
situation of Old Gold that weekend. My tears flowedwe cant do thishe is too much
like our old Kiani girl. But we couldnt turn this guy away could we. Surprise! Two months later and Old Gold Jake is now adopted by us
the empty nest is filling up with big red dogs. Jake is getting stronger each day
from when he originally arrivedwearing his life vest to help keep him happily
swimming along in the pool that he considers was meant for him 24 hours a day. And the young dogs are wondering if they will have so much fun in their
old age . . . . so do we . . . . .
Entry written by Diana Stark, Mesa, Arizona Rescue A Golden of Arizona Affiliation