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A Memorial Garden to help honor and rescue Golden Retrievers.

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Look Up

May 17, 2020 by Ogee

My preference for a packed garden has led to some thuggery. I spent the day cutting back prized but overgrown California fuschias, cerinthe major (honeywort), and even California poppies to allow the verbascum, sea holly, and blazing star see the light of day. It’s a happy garden that grows so vigorously that it needs to be edited in May! Sometimes, gardeners get tunnel vision; all we see are the weeds and work. The same with rescue; the sad stories and […]

Categories: Dog Fostering, Dog Rescue, Dogs, Homeward Bound Golden Retriever Rescue, Pets, Puppies, Rescue • Tags: Dog Fostering, dog rescue, Foster puppies, gardening, Homeward Bound Golden Retriever Rescue, Look Up

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Shedding the Past

January 5, 2020 by Ogee

The garden was thick with fog this morning – too wet to do any real work in the ground. So I set about removing the last of the apples from our little orchard. This used to be the work of a dog named Bones. With lumps and bumps and infected ears that left him deaf, he was left tied to a tree and abandoned. When he was finally found, he was literally skin and bones. Rescued and made well again, […]

Categories: Dog Rescue, Homeward Bound Golden Retriever Rescue, Pets, Rescue • Tags: dog rescue, Dogs and Dementia, Dogs and Forgiveness

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The Rules of Engagement

May 26, 2019 by Ogee

Most of our foster puppies promise to remember us always and then quickly forget when they find their forever homes. How do I know? Many come back for class or reunions. I may get a passing hello, but they are much more interested in playtime with the dogs than visiting with me. An exception: Baby Sara – now named Jessie. You may recall from a past post, Jessie is the offspring of a Golden mom and a dad of many […]

Categories: Dog Fostering, Dog Rescue, Homeward Bound Golden Retriever Rescue, Pets, Puppies • Tags: Dog Fostering, Dog socialization, Foster puppies, Puppy socialization

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One Family Here

August 12, 2018 by Ogee

Our garden is a haven for hummingbirds. An all-day diner offering a smorgasbord of favorite foods… Agastache Cuphea Sunflowers Obedient Plant and more. There is no need to squabble – mosquitos, gnats, flies, and aphids abound when a protein craving strikes. Trees provide cover and shade and safe nesting sites. Convenient way stations provide an opportunity to eat while sitting! Now that’s energy saving. It doesn’t take all that much to help creatures thrive. A place to heal, to grow, […]

Categories: Dog Rescue, Homeward Bound Memorial Garden, Nature Photography, Pets • Tags: dog rescue, God's Creatures, Hummingbirds, Nature, Robert Browning Quote

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Cooper at Camp Yogi

August 5, 2018 by Ogee

Our most recent houseguest was a repeat caller named Cooper. He is one of Daisy’s litter. He stayed with us about a month ago while his people were away – right after his sister, Colleen’s stay until her people were ready to bring her home. This is a photo of the two of them before they found their furever homes. My husband mocks me for taking the puppy pen down…he thinks it might as well just stay up permanently. He’s […]

Categories: Dogs, Pets, Puppies • Tags: Camp Yogi, Cooper, Puppy Play

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Wordless Wednesday: Charla

July 18, 2018 by Ogee

Categories: Dog Rescue, Dogs, Pets • Tags: dog rescue, Homeward Bound Golden Retriever Rescue, Labrador Retriever

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What I miss

July 28, 2017 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 […]

Categories: Dogs, My Pups, Pets • Tags: Dog Loss, Pet Loss

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Rescue Begins at Home

December 11, 2016 by Ogee

Homeward Bound welcomed two new dogs from a Shanghai rescue this week. Say hello to Oscar… and Kenny. We’re working with a new group that we had heard does a wonderful job of giving street dogs a second chance, providing healthcare, vetting, and socialization before they come over to find forever homes. Like the Taiwan and Korea dogs before them, our rescue is happy to be in a position to assist dogs wherever there is a need. But we never […]

Categories: Dog Rescue, Pets • Tags: Dogs, Old Dogs, Senior Dog Rescue

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Remembered with Love

December 3, 2016 by Ogee

My friend, If I could, I would lift your double sorrow onto the wings of birds and ask them to fly away with it. Remembering with love: Ozzy – and Bear.

Categories: Dog Loss, Pets

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