Diana Stark only got to share six months with this special guy,
Jan 13, 2001 being his last day. But, the memories will last a lifetime.

Old Gold (or We Were Warned)

Old Gold — never thought about it before we got one of our own. Old Gold would be 18 karat jewelry to me — not 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 devastated—had never been through anything like it before.
   
We had been a one dog family for so many years — only 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 again — adopted a female Golden, Kelly. This one was a real handful—so 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.
   
Ok — let’s try fostering. Had a wonderful guy named Tucker for our first foster. But we only had him for 13 days — just 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. Ok — no more for awhile — that hurt too much. Besides — we have a ton of people showing up for the weekend — there will only be floor space available — And so it went — we got the call to take in an emergency situation of Old Gold that weekend.
   
My tears flowed — we can’t do this — he is too much like our old Kiani girl. But we couldn’t 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 arrived — wearing 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 . . . . .