Been busy at the house with the new baby!
What are Ickey and Michelle going to think about the baby?
Ickey: I’m babysitting the baby.
Heidi: I don’t really know what to make of the baby so I’m just going to groom my paws.
Baby has Arrived
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Pardon the Dust
The house is a mess. Postings will resume in a week.
Idea behind Goldens.com
The idea behind Goldens.com was to tell a simple story about a unique moment in time where my wife and I found something other than sadness when our golden retriever, P, passed away.
The gist of the story goes something like this —
During our grieving period, a good friend of ours, a former neighbor, who has two golden retrievers, found two golden retrievers, Ickey and Michelle, living in a backyard. He lived in a guard gated golf course so it was rather strange that there would be two abandoned goldens living in his neighborhood.
He contacted us about Ickey and Michelle. My wife was struggling at the time with the loss of P so I thought that taking care of the two goldens would be good distraction for her.
I convinced my wife that we should go look at the two abandoned golden retrievers. When we arrived at the house with the abandoned goldens, we bumped into a nice couple with a young boy. They were the next door neighbors, who informed us that they been looking after Ickey and Michelle by giving them food and water. Unfortunately, they couldn’t foster or adopt them because they already have a dog and having three dogs is too many.
We decided to foster Ickey and Michelle since the house that they were living in was in foreclosure.
A couple of days later, we went to the vet to pickup P’s ashes. We chatted with a nurse who loved P. She told us that she cried when she saw P’s name on the ashes.
We started talking and we told her about how we are currently fostering two golden retrievers that were abandoned in a golf course. We talked about how the two goldens couldn’t be separated.
The nurse said, “That story seems awfully familiar” and calls her mom.
As it turns out, the Nurse’s mom babysits for the nice couple with the young boy. She also been giving Ickey and Michelle food and water.
After this incident, we decided to adopt Ickey and Michelle. In ours minds, while P is gone, he is still looking after Ickey and Michelle.
Hiatus
Next blog post about P- should come out in 2 weeks.
I proclaimed, “Give me a place to dig and I will move the earth”
Prep Talk with Bruce
After living with us for one year, Bruce finally found a forever home. Before he left, we sat him down and gave him a little prep talk:
So you be a good boy now. Remember not to scare your new forever family away. If your ears hurt, don’t scratch them with your paws, it would only hurt more.
Your new family seems really nice. I think you will like your new family. You will be an only dog. I know that you don’t really like other dogs.
If you get bored at your new home, play with your tomato. We knew that you liked this toy so Beanpole got you a new one. It’s more plushy than the one at home. Ickey and Michelle would be jealous if they saw you with this toy.
if you get hungry, we packed some teddy grahams. We put it in your teddy graham jar. Do you remember this jar?
If you get sad or lonely, knock over your teddy graham jar and pretend that it was filled with water. Try to remember that day when you knocked over the bucket, which was filled with water, at our house. Remember how mad beanpole was when she had to mop up all the water. You were smiling the whole time.
We will always love you. You will not be returned to a shelter. If it doesn’t work out, you will come back and live with us. So don’t be afraid.