Tuesday, December 15, 2015

A Golden moment.


So the other night, my human went to a Christmas open house at the home of some of her “dog friends.”  These are people that she had the good fortune of meeting and sharing fun with over the years – because of their common love of dogs.  Dog people bond together.  In clubs.  At shows.  In parks.  It’s a crazy kind of cult.  Anyway, despite the fact that this was a party put on by dog people, we dogs were not invited.  Go figure.  Humans get together and talk about us, and show pictures and rave about our accomplishments – and WE don’t get to go!  Mind you, it WOULD BE a bit chaotic if we did.  Actually, more than a BIT.



The home that my human visited has very well behaved dogs.  No stealing food off the tables, no raucous behavior when people came in or went out – basically well- mannered.  Perhaps that is why WE didn’t go.  But I have to tell you, when my human came home, we were all over her.  She smelled like Golden Retrievers.  We sniffed and sniffed our human’s pants.  And of course, we were NOT happy that we didn’t get to go.  Maybe some OTHER time.



And speaking of Goldens, there was just a story on the news the other day about Goldens in Turkey.  Apparently, people in Turkey LOVE Golden puppies.  They LOVE them.  But when those puppies grow up – well they don’t love them so much any more.  So they “release them” to the wilds.  And while other strays can often fend for themselves, apparently Goldens are not quite so good at it.  So a kind woman has worked hard to place the Goldens with a rescue organization in the US. Check this out:



That woman is DEFINITELY a special person.  Really – all those folks who work to rescue dogs – no matter whether they are Goldens or Cocka-schnauza-laba-husky-doodles  are really earth angels. 



This story made me REALLY appreciate just how good I have it.  I have a roof over my head, food in my bowl, fresh water, toys to play with – pretty good if you ask me.  Not all dogs are as lucky.  So maybe I’ll take that goat off the Christmas list and ask Santa for homes for dogs who are in need of rescue.  And really, THAT would be a truly golden moment!



©  Linda Wozniak

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