Alen is the consummate Golden Retriever Believer. As past president of The Golden Retriever Club of Canada, Alen has loved and cared for Goldens for over 35 years. With 10 of those years volunteering for Golden Rescue, Alen is a valued and integral part of the GR family. He has also trained all breeds for over 40 years taking many...
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Posted: March 22, 2018
Cindy and her husband Ian started to work with Golden Rescue not long after their Collie/Shepherd, Rusty, crossed the Rainbow Bridge. Their home felt empty but they decided to wait for a while before getting another dog and to fill the void, they decided to volunteer for Golden Rescue and they literally threw themselves into helping Goldens. To use Cindy’s...
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Posted: March 22, 2018
Cheryl-Anne and her better half John volunteered to become foster parents in December of 2009 and before they knew it, they had their first foster. Their fosters have quickly become part of the family as they almost instantly sense the palpable compassion of the Grahams. Whether short-term or long-term special needs Goldens, Cheryl-Anne and John have worked tirelessly to ensure...
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Posted: March 22, 2018
Cyndi and Ross connected with GR in 2008 when they adopted Hayley to keep their Golden Drambuie company. These two angels are tireless supporters of GR and they both help GR in numerous ways, including manning booths (Sportsman’s Show to Pickering Markets). They have fostered many Goldens since 2010 and Cyndi spend some time as a valuable member of the...
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Posted: March 22, 2018
Many years ago, after adopting a second Golden from Golden Rescue, Dale began volunteering at Golden Rescue booths at various community events. This led to more involvement with Golden Rescue through the years. Currently Dale, along with support from her husband Richard, volunteers in three areas of Golden Rescue ~ as a member of the Intake Team, as the Vet...
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Posted: March 22, 2018
Jennifer and Jamie have loved dogs all their life. One day, on a visit to the humane society, their children saw a Golden in her pen with a sign that said “Caution: hyper”. She looked so pathetic that they begged their parents to foster her so, with a huge leap of faith, they did. It was the best thing they...
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Posted: March 22, 2018
Kelly started volunteering for GR in 2005. Not long after that, she adopted a wonderful bonded pair ~ George #682 and Murphy #683. A few years later, Kelly met Mike and this new family became the four musketeers and avid fans and volunteers for Golden Rescue. Mike also caught ‘golden fever’ and the two have manned our GR booth at...
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Posted: March 22, 2018
Joan and John are long-time supporters of Golden Rescue. After losing two of their four Goldens after almost 13 years, the household got a bit quiet, despite still having three cats and a horse. So, Joan and John decided to foster and they have taken on a couple of special needs Goldens as well. “We are so impressed with the...
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Posted: March 22, 2018
Mia might be described as one of our more humble supporters who doesn’t think she does as much as she could so we keep asking Mia to do more and more for our Goldens…and she always says ‘yes’ willingly. Mia has basically helped us with almost everything. Living with three senior Goldens (16, 15, and 14) Mia had the idea...
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Posted: March 22, 2018