Rainier: The Update
by Ogee
Everyone needs a guardian angel. The first Homeward Bound volunteer that set eyes on Rainier was his. Alex, a long time volunteer, transported Rainier from the shelter to us. His story inspired so many of you – thanks in large part to the team at Freshly Pressed who spread his tale far and wide, and all of you who so kindly reblogged the story, shining a light on The True Meaning of Rescue. Rainier saw the vet; his lumps and […]
Categories: Homeward Bound Golden Retriever Rescue • Tags: dog rescue, Dogs, Homeward Bound Golden Retriever Rescue, Inspiring, Rainier
Guests of the garden
by Ogee
We have a lake view! The rice fields that surround Homeward Bound Golden Retriever Rescue have been flooded with water surrounding our eight acres of rescue paradise. With the arrival of the water we have new visitors to the garden – most welcome. The birds were everywhere this weekend, squabbling over territory and even feeding on our bees. This particular creature is less welcome. I’m pretty sure he is a water snake. I’m very sure he needs to return there […]
Categories: Gardening, Homeward Bound Golden Retriever Rescue • Tags: Birds, dog rescue, Dogs, Garden, Homeward Bound Golden Retriever Rescue, Nature, Photography, Puppies, Water Snake
When less is more
by Ogee
You can do more damage to a plant by overfeeding than underfeeding. Like kids with candy, plants will scarf up all the food they can find – especially nitrogen and phosphorus. Over-application of plant foods – organic or not – can be deadly. Leaves turn a very dark green at first, then light green fading to yellow. The leaves struggle to keep their shape, and the stems lose their ability to bend and bounce back. Over production of flowers is […]
Categories: Homeward Bound Golden Retriever Rescue • Tags: dog rescue, Dogs, Dogs swimming, Homeward Bound Golden Retriever Rescue, Overweight dogs, Pets, Photography
Wordless Wednesday: Dodger
by Ogee
Categories: Homeward Bound Golden Retriever Rescue • Tags: dog rescue, Dogs, Homeward Bound Golden Retriever Rescue, Pets, Photography
Vignettes from the Garden: May 2013
by Ogee
“Our life is an apprenticeship to the truth that around every circle another can be drawn; that there is no end in nature, but every end is a beginning, and under every deep a lower deep opens.” – Ralph Waldo Emerson “Until one has loved an animal, a part of one’s soul remains unawakened.” ~ Anatole France
Categories: Gardening, Homeward Bound Golden Retriever Rescue • Tags: dog rescue, Dogs, Gardens, Homeward Bound Memorial Garden, Mourning doves, Nature, Photography, Puppy, Ralph Waldo Emerson
Shaping
by Ogee
When fellow gardener Maria is not showing off her magnificent sunflowers in the Memorial Garden, you will find her at home tending to her beautiful bonsai. Bonsai is the art of shaping a plant to find the miniaturized tree within. Bonsai is a long-term commitment; a labor of love to create and care for. As a living thing, they are never truly “finished” – their true shape takes form and is reinforced over time. All around us at Homeward Bound, […]
Categories: Homeward Bound Golden Retriever Rescue • Tags: dog rescue, Homeward Bound Golden Retriever Rescue, Dog Training, Dog Adoption, Pets, Dogs, Reactive Dogs
The true meaning of rescue
by Ogee
When a dog arrives at Homeward Bound Golden Retriever Rescue, they are welcomed quietly and typically allowed to run or roam in one of the large yards to de-stress and acclimate to their new environment. Over the next couple of days, they spend some time with us for evaluation, are checked by the vet, and have their pictures taken when they are relaxed and feeling more comfortable with their new routine. This pup’s welcome was a little different with urgent […]
Categories: Homeward Bound Golden Retriever Rescue • Tags: dog rescue, Dogs, Homeward Bound Golden Retriever Rescue, Inspiring, Rainier
Of thorns
by Ogee
“Life is thickly sown with thorns, and I know no other remedy that to pass quickly through them. The longer we dwell on our misfortunes, the greater is their power to harm us.” ~ Voltaire We passed through more than a few thorns this weekend – literally and figuratively – beginning with the dreaded foxtails! Foxtails are nasty pointed grass clusters that lodge themselves into pets’ eyes, ears, noses, toes and fur, among other places. In long-haired dogs (we have […]
Categories: Gardening, Homeward Bound Golden Retriever Rescue • Tags: Clematis, Dog, dog rescue, Foxtails, Garden, Homeward Bound Golden Retriever Rescue, Homeward Bound Memorial Garden, Jerusalem Sage, Nature, Photography, thorns
common bonds
by Ogee
These are both Clematis vines. As different as they look, they are but two of some 300 species in the same genus. Like the Clematis, my sisters and I appear very unalike. We could not have begun on more different paths; but as we age mature, the roads have merged. Instilled in all four of us is a common passion for rescue. Rescue of different sorts, albeit; but rescue, nonetheless. Susan is a natural history biologist, dedicated to the rescue […]
Categories: Uncategorized • Tags: Blessing of Animal Companions, different paths, Robert Frost, sense of purpose, sisters
