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From Calamity to Camelot…

From Calamity to Camelot… If a picture’s worth a thousand words, this one is priceless. In what parallel universe could two suffering strangers surpass all expectations and not only survive but thrive as a pair of bonded and cuddling couch buddies? Merlin, named for the sage in Arthurian legend, was struck by two vehicles on the streets of Turkey and staved off foes in the nearby forest with his ferocious bark and ability to play dead.…

Categories: Healing & Hope

Posted: June 4, 2019

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 water. She was a puppy-making machine, kept in a cage, and the only canine interaction she had was when a male came into her pen for breeding.…

Categories: Healing & Hope

Posted: March 8, 2019

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, which resulted in very destructive behaviours. He was adopted twice and both times he was returned due to his destructiveness. …

Categories: Healing & Hope

Posted: March 8, 2019

International Mission of Love

Some people have asked us what the situation is in Egypt as it relates to dog rescue and how and why Golden Rescue got involved. We thought the best way to describe the Egypt dilemma is to give you a first-hand account of the journey to Cairo that we, Jane Riddell and Viive Tamm, Golden Rescue board members, took so we could understand what was going on and what, if anything, Golden Rescue could do to help. Before we relate our personal account of the trip, let us give you some general information on the situation in Egypt.

Categories: Rescue Mission of Love

Posted: February 26, 2019

Testimonials for Mission of Love

It is hard to describe the feeling you get when you rescue a Golden from the streets of Istanbul, Cairo or Mexico City. If you’ve been fortunate to join us at the airport when we let one of these grateful beauties out of their crate after their many ordeals, you would understand what we are talking about. People have described it as a life-changing moment. It’s even more difficult to relay what adopting an International Golden is like, so best that be left to the wonderful families who have adopted.

Click below to read comments from our adoptive families for a first-hand sense of what our ‘Mission of Love’ is all about and what rescue ‘feels like’. Of course, this is only a snapshot. There is so much more to tell, so much more to feel, and so much more gratitude to experience when you are part of one Golden’s journey to safety ~ a Golden who, until now, had no hope.

Categories: Rescue Mission of Love

Posted: January 22, 2019

Journey To Joy – Rescued Golden Retrievers, Including A Three-Month Old Blind Puppy, Arriving Monday, November 26th At Pearson Airport Direct From Cairo, Egypt

Twenty-four Golden Retrievers, being rescued from Cairo, Egypt will receive the best holiday gift ever when they land safely into the arms of their waiting adoptive families on Monday, November 26th at Pearson Airport, arriving via Egypt Air Flight #995 at 7:00 A.M. at Terminal 1. The excitement will be palpable as Goldens Laverne and Shirley, Lucy and Jacko, Bella and Cherry and Gameela, to name a few, will enjoy a new life far removed from the mistreatment, abandonment, fear, loneliness and neglect they have suffered.…

Categories: Media & Press

Posted: November 25, 2018

A letter to my darling Miss M. ~ Mischa #2638

I know you can’t hear me, but if you could, I would tell you that you are safe and you are loved. I can only show you every day with cues, signs, consistency, and patience ~ everything you’ve taught me ~ that your life is good and you’ve been rescued from fear, isolation, and loneliness. Mischa, I promised to care for you when you came into my life and here we are one year later, going strong, you with your quirks and me with mine, flourishing in silence ~ an inseparable pack of two.…

Categories: Healing & Hope

Posted: August 30, 2018

Jasper ~ with a heart as big as a national park

He arrived at Golden Rescue with little information about his previous life, as he was found wandering lost and alone in rural Ontario. He was an 11-year-old senior citizen who desperately needed a new home, as all efforts to locate his former family had gone cold. Typically senior dogs are sometimes looked over when adopters are searching for a new furry family member. It’s often heart-breaking for our fosters and placement teams when they struggle to find that perfect family who wants to wrap their arms around a Golden who is advanced in years.…

Categories: Healing & Hope

Posted: April 30, 2018