Category Archives: Dogs
Nash’s Big Day
by Ogee
Nash, the furless wonder, arrived almost two years ago. At the age of eight, he had been left in a local shelter. He was listed as a Black Labrador, but he looked more like an exotic hairless dog – except for the smell. He was suffering from Malassezia pachydermatis – a yeast found on the skin and ears of dogs that can get out of control leading to greasiness, loss of hair, and “malodorous discharge from legions” – in other […]
Categories: Dog Rescue, Dogs, Homeward Bound Golden Retriever Rescue • Tags: Dog Adoption, dog rescue, Homeward Bound Golden Retriever Rescue, Inspirational, Labrador Retriever Rescue, Nash's Big Day
Follow Up Friday: Just Add Love
by Ogee
Taylor was the eighth dog of 2018. You may remember his arrival. At three years of age, this Golden Retriever weighed just 40.8 pounds. He was emaciated and scared, but he instantly clung to our people. Within minutes a tiny grin appeared. That was his true heart shining through. There was nothing medically wrong with Taylor. Why he was so thin is still a mystery to us. We know he was kept in a kennel during the day – which […]
Categories: Dog Rescue, Dogs, Homeward Bound Golden Retriever Rescue • Tags: Dog Photography, dog rescue, Gardens Golden Retriever, Golden Retriever Rescue Sacramento, Homeward Bound Golden Retriever Rescue
Follow-Up Friday: Journey Now Charli
by Ogee
My Yogi had a play date recently with our former foster and his protégé, Journey. Her name is now Charli – and it suits her, but I have a hard time re-training myself. She is forever Journey to me. She has grown, but not too much. She is loved (that can never be too much). But in one way, she has returned to her old self. It seems that our Journey Charli has fallen back into her old habits: greeting […]
Categories: Dog Rescue, Dogs • Tags: Dog Photography, Dog Play Style, Dogs playing, Journey, Yogi
A Girl Named Journey
by Ogee
How a garden is begun determines everything about how it grows. It starts with a solid foundation of good soil. It requires just the right amount of sunlight, water and nurturing until its roots are firmly planted to support its future brilliance. Maybe I am a gluten for punishment, or maybe I just love puppies. Either way, I find myself fostering another one. Her name is Journey. And like a new garden, she requires some nurturing to find her forever […]
Categories: Dog Rescue, Dogs, Homeward Bound Golden Retriever Rescue, Puppies • Tags: dog rescue, German Shepherd mix puppy, Homeward Bound Golden Retriever Rescue, Puppy corrections, puppy training
In Defense of My Summer Garden…Again
by Ogee
Despite a LONG hot summer, the garden fared pretty well – until August, that is. The heat is partly to blame. Deadheading doesn’t help when 100+ degree temperatures shrink new buds into tater-tot size flowers. And it was certainly too hot to plant annuals as we usually do to keep the color going in the garden in between perennial blooms. But there are eight tiny reason that the garden looks a bit ragged right now. They marched in with yet […]
Categories: Dog Rescue, Dogs, Homeward Bound Golden Retriever Rescue • Tags: dog rescue, Golden Retriever German Shepherd Mix Puppies, Homeward Bound Golden Retriever Rescue, Puppies
What I miss
by Ogee
What I miss… Your barking at dog photos I am editing on the computer or videos on TV. Chasing those TV dogs around the back of the set to see where they go. Not having to get up every five minutes to retrieve the tennis ball that my beloved retriever purposefully rolled under the furniture (fetch is for humans, too, I guess). Your schedule of demands beginning with breakfast barks and followed by lunch cookie barks, dinner barks, and bedtime […]
My Summer Boys
by Ogee
It is well over the century mark…again. My brain is too fried to write this week. So I bring you My Summer Boys. We finally have a dog in Yogi that loves to swim – and he taught Jackson, too! Who says you can’t teach an old dog new tricks??
Categories: Dogs • Tags: Dogs, Golden Retriever Pool, Golden Retrievers Swimming, Pets
