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...
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Posted: June 4, 2019
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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Posted: March 8, 2019
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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Posted: March 8, 2019
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...
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Posted: February 26, 2019
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...
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Posted: January 22, 2019
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...
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Posted: November 25, 2018
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...
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Posted: August 30, 2018
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...
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Posted: April 30, 2018
He lives in a world of darkness. He is not familiar with the people around him, the language they speak, the smells from his new home or the touch of those who care for him. He is a baby and he is blind. Every day is a learning experience that is not always easy, not always successful, filled with uncertainty...
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Posted: April 30, 2018