When The Wife and I first got together back around '95 She had Sophie the Golden, I had Dottie the Dalmation/Lab mix, and we rescued/adopted Gretchen the Husky. Here they are.
We lost Dot first, then about a year later Gretch had a stroke. Poor old Soph was about 13 then, and the losses just devastated her. She was an only dog for the first time in her life. That's when we decided to get Ginger snap. Here is Sophie giving Ginger a life lesson.
6 months later we lost Soph. We knew we were never going to be without a Golden Retriever, but Ginger was still only 6 months old. Since I work at home, the training fell mostly to me and we decided to wait until Ginger Snap was a little more under control before adding Gracie Sue to our pack. Here is Princess Grace ruling over her domain.
Then we heard about a Lab rescue up in Michigan that needed a foster home for two Labs that they were going to try to keep together. We fostered Vinnie and Shirley Ann, found a home for sweet boy Vinnie within a week(Great family with 2 boys that LOVE him pieces!) That was when we discovered we are TERRIBLE foster parents because we fall in love and keep the critters.
Let me introduce Shirley Ann.
The whole crew. Shirley is standing, Ginger is beside her on the floor and The Swamp Collie, aka The Princess, aka Gracie Sue is down in front.
This is John Boy, a Black and Tan I rescued this past fall. Starved and had the bark beaten out of him, he was still the sweetest dog and very tough for us to rehome, but he went to friends so we have lifetime visitation rights with him!!
Finding his voice again!!
The day he went to his forever home.........
