Well, the therapist is in anyway:) Kona is loving working at the hospital as a pet therapy dog. He helps stroke and brain trauma patients work on their motor skills by having them throw toys for him to retriever or by brushing and petting him. To work on their memories, patients try to remember things …
Celebration!
Kona is celebrating passing his Therapy Dog Inc testing… as you can see he’s pretty happy about it. He was already busy with his new job this week, visiting the hospital, where he is following in Spencer‘s footsteps working with brain trauma and stroke patients in rehab, as well as an afternoon visiting at a …
Saturday Smile
A Golden Kona smile to brighten your weekend…
Therapy Dog Test-Part 1
This past weekend Kona went for part 1 of his Therapy Dog Inc testing. It was evaluations, where potential dogs are put through many tests, which include handling, bite and stress tests, obedience and reaction to people and dogs. The boys practice some healing before Kona’s turn. In this part of the test, another dog …
Squirrel!
If you saw the movie “Up” you’ll know what this means…if you haven’t go rent it, it’s awesome. “Squirrel!” “Squirrel!” “Squirrel!” Kona’s girlfriend Chesa joined in the hunt. “Squirrel!”
Kona-East Canyon Hike
After a long work week, Kona’s big adventure this weekend was a hike up the East Canyon Trail in Santa Clarita’s Woodlands Park. Just north of Los Angeles, this is a 3.8 mile trail in the Santa Susana Mountains. The vegetation is lush and the trail winds though three species of oak, bay laurel, black …
Kona-Wacky Wednesday
Kona has a couple of new uses for a frisbee… Frisbee taco… Frisbee headrest… After that silliness we hope to get around to visit all our blog friends soon. Our schedule has been a little wacky and we haven’t been getting much time online these days so we apologize for not being around lately. We …
Kona-Birthday Hike
Kona sets out on his birthday hike at Wildwood Park in Ventura County. First part of the hike was up the Santa Rosa Trail to the summit of the hills. The view was pretty good even half way up and there were wildflowers and wild oats everywhere. Lots of water breaks, even on a partly …
Kona-Birthday Cake
Kona’s birthday cake. The sniff test. The preliminary tasting. A bigger taste. Nice teeth marks…every cake needs them. Enough with the formalities… getting the party started.
Kona – Birthday Boy!
Kona turns 7 today and he is taking the day off from work to celebrate, eat pupcakes and be spoiled rotten.
Raja-Remembering The Original Red Dog
In loving memory of Raja April 7, 1997 – March 1, 2006 Raja was an amazing Golden Retriever who taught me the most important things in life: play hard, love harder and enjoy the moment, each and every one of them. I have never met anyone who lived life better than Raja. Though thick and …
Run Kona, Run!
Yesterday we took an impromptu trip out to the desert to see if the wildflowers were blooming (they are but not in full force yet). Seeing as how we were in the middle of nowhere we decided to let Kona run free…and boy, did he run!! He ran up hill and down… Down an old …
Kona-Before & After
It is 7 months today since Kona came to us as a foster dog. He quickly became a big part of our family and his transformation has been a joy to watch. This is Kona today… This was Kona the day he came to us… He was terrified of people (men especially), he had no …
How To Save A Life…Including Your Dog’s.
While on a hike this past weekend, we had a lesson in how fast a good time can quickly turn to an emergency, when you least suspect it. After hiking to the summit of some local mountains, we gave Kona a cookie for a snack . Being a dog, he inhaled it as fast as …
Kona-Weekend Fun
A guide to a Golden weekend: Get up early and check the yard for squirrel activity… Brush your teeth after breakfast… Go for a hike and look for more squirrels, birds and maybe some rabbits… Crash out and dream of squirrels….