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Golden Angels Janet Whitty

Janet was looking for a way to express her love of Goldens after suffering the loss of her beautiful senior Golden. She found it by volunteering for Golden Rescue. Janet has been Golden Rescue’s database administrator since 2018, entering a wide array of data and creating reports. Her volunteering, however, doesn’t stop there. She also fosters and supports literally all of our activities and is a monthly donor. Janet is a busy girl and...

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Posted: February 8, 2022

Golden Angels Bob & Elizabeth Cameron

Bob and Elizabeth started off as fosters and when they adopted one of their fosters, Shona #2231, they considered themselves as foster failures 😊 so they started to help on the transport team ~ short and long distances. And occasionally, they’ve hosted Goldens in emergency situations. The transport team considers them to be superstars as they are always ready and willing to help. They have seen it all ~ Goldens throwing up and pooping in...

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Posted: February 8, 2022

Golden Angels Terri-Lynn Bohnert

Terri-Lynn is a retired teacher and she wanted to become a foster with GR since she had time to devote to her passion of helping Goldens. Terri-Lynn had experience with another rescue group fostering a mother with six puppies and this gave her a unique set of qualifications. In August, we reached out to Terri-Lynn to see if, given her previous experience, she could help with a serious issue we had. …

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Posted: February 8, 2022

Cathy Wiese

Cathy has always been a Golden lover. In 2019, one week prior to her 14th birthday, her beloved Golden Chloe crossed the Rainbow Bridge. Her work with Golden Rescue, which she started in 2018, helped fill the hole that Chloe left in her heart. Cathy started doing home visits and transports and a couple of years ago she joined the placement team, which she has taken on with great fervor. In 2019, Cathy and her husband adopted Charlie #3074. …

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Posted: September 25, 2021

Anastassia Duncan

Anastassia and her husband, Chris, have been volunteering with Golden Rescue since 2016. They have always been Golden lovers and their first Golden, Sundae, is a therapy dog who helps children and dementia patients. Last April they adopted Ruby #3333 from Cairo, who arrived as a weak, small, fearful puppy and is now a beautiful and confident Canadian who brings...

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Posted: September 25, 2021

Golden Angels Kristal Davis

Kristal first met Golden Rescue when she submitted an adoption application. Luckily for us, Kristal was impressed with the process and the volunteers she met while adopting Charlie #3517 from Cairo. Before and after Charlie’s adoption, Kristal had lots of questions so she got to know a number of volunteers, who helped her through this brand-new experience. She loved seeing...

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Posted: September 25, 2021

Golden Angels Hycinth Gomez

Hycinth grew up in India where strays abounded on every street corner ~ some fighting, some looking for food, some hurt or physically abused. It was such a normal sight to her that she and her family became immune to it. Her family adopted Tulo #2273 two years ago and ‘Tulo’ stands for Trusting, Unconditional, Love, Overflowing. Getting to know...

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Posted: August 14, 2021

Golden Angels Debbie Browning

Debbie has been a Golden angel for almost 25 years. With her first Golden, Monaco, and her successor, Chablis, Debbie has volunteered extensively at GR events including The Sportsman Show, Royal Winter Fair, Woofstock, Dog Days of Scugog…to name just a few. As well as spreading the word on responsible pet ownership whenever she can, Debbie also helped sell Wishbone...

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Posted: August 14, 2021

Golden Angels Nancy Boggis

After her daughter moved out and got married, Nancy was looking for something worthwhile to occupy some of her new-found time. She was already busy with her volunteer work with CNIB and her guide dog training but started doing research to find an altruistic organization that centered around dogs and, lucky for us, she found Golden Rescue. Nancy started on...

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Posted: August 14, 2021