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Golden Angels Sue Montgomery

Sue has been involved with rescue for many years in many different capacities.  Buddy is her current Golden, who follows in the footsteps of Bailey and Casey, her first two Goldens who have crossed the Rainbow Bridge.  Buddy shares his life with two siblings ~ a Bichon named Finnegan and Koffee, a Springer Spaniel.  Sue is an incredibly dedicated volunteer...

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Golden Angels Nancy Bourguet

Nancy is one of our newest volunteers in Quebec.  Nancy first encountered Golden Rescue when she was thinking of adopting.  The adoption didn’t happen so she decided to apply to become a foster.  As time passed, Nancy met some other volunteers and, at that point, she moved into high gear.  Nancy started to put her hand up for everything.  The...

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Golden Angels Karin Bauer & Bob Jean

Karin and Bob are two experienced foster angels.  They have had Goldens for over 20 years and know and love our goofy breed.  Over the years, they have become very proficient at training and providing the remedial work required to give our Goldens a second chance.  In fact, Karin previously had her own pet care business and has drawn on...

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Golden Angels Laura Wilkins

Laura has been helping Golden Rescue by fostering for almost 12 years.  Gracie #1546 was Laura’s first rescue and Barney #1920 was her second.  She has had Goldens all her adult life and now she fosters for GR and absolutely loves it.  Laura has fostered eight Goldens over the years including Lola, a heartworm pup.  Laura is in total sync...

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Golden Angels Jack Scott

Jack and his wife Elsie have had dogs most of their life…many of them rescues.  Through friends, who had Golden Oscar #1945, they were introduced to the gentle, loving Golden and they were sold.  Jack and Elsie now have sweet Libby, a wonderful, sweet girl.  Libby and Oscar join Jack and Ross at many GR events like The Pickering Markets...

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Golden Angels Wanetta Doucette-Goodman & Dan Botnick

Wanetta’s son fell in love with Goldens after watching Homeward Bound and on his 12th birthday, he received a Golden puppy, Shadow, who filled their home with joy for almost 14 years.  Wanetta discovered GR at The Pickering Markets and kept up with our activities on Facebook, but when the family lost Shadow, Wanetta and her husband Dan soon adopted...

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Cobi’s Long Journey…

We have now rescued over 3,000 Goldens in 29 years, there are many sad and bad stories but Cobi #2748’s story haunts us. This little girl came to us from a puppy mill and the best we can determine, she had no human interaction, love or kindness in her first six years of life except to be given food and...

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Categories: Healing & Hope

The light in his eyes was gone….

Every Golden story is different. Each Golden comes to us with their own unique circumstances. Some stories are unfortunate…some are downright tragic. We don’t know where Buddy came from and what his previous life was like, but we do know he had a difficult road back to health and happiness. This poor boy came to us with severe separation anxiety,...

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Categories: Healing & Hope

Golden Angels Dave Little

In 2015, Dave didn’t have a Golden and decided to get his Golden fix by volunteering for Golden Rescue. Dave is always ready, willing, and happy to jump in anywhere he is needed. He has also done many long transports picking up our precious cargo. He has also picked up Goldens at the Montreal airport and hosted a number of overnighters. Dave has had three beautiful Goldens...

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