It is hard to believe a year ago, today, we lost Kona to cancer. Not a day goes by that I don’t remember him in some little way and with a smile. A lot of people ask us why we haven’t adopted another dog into our lives yet. Healing takes time. Some heal quickly, or …
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Pinup Pups-Part 5
These are the last set of photographs for the Golden Retriever Club of Greater Los Angeles Rescue‘s 2013 calendar. The calendar features rescue success stories and helps fund new rescues in finding their furever homes. Meet Penny and Hunter, a pair of gorgeous gorgeous red heads.
Puppy Power
And now for some smiles….. A friend brought her beautiful Goldens over for a visit this week and one of them is a darling puppy. Warning: Cute puppies may cause Puppy Amnesia. Symptoms include the inability to remember the following: chewing, digging, sharp little puppy teeth, bites, lack of sleep, house training, jumping, general spaziness …
To Have Loved….
“‘Tis better to have loved and lost Than never to have loved at all” -Alfred, Lord Tennyson In loving memory of Kona April 8, 2003- September 3, 2011 Yesterday, with great sorrow and many tears, we had to say our final goodbyes to our beloved Kona, who lost his battle with cancer. Kona passed peacefully …
Kona 13/30 – Stereo
Nikon D60 : 35mm : shutter 1/50 : aperture f /8 : ISO 200 : flash Kona demonstrates how much work pet therapy is…
Home Pet Therapy
This weekend Kona put his pet therapy skills to use at home, when S had a cooking mishap and ended up burning his had quite badly. Home from the emergency room, Kona checks out his new patient. He spent all afternoon right beside S on the couch, making sure he didn’t feel too bad. For …
Dogs For Soldiers
With our own Kona being a registered therapy dog, we have seen first hand what a difference these dogs can make to people working through physical rehabilitation and PTSD. All it takes is a click on your part to help get dogs to soldiers. Please click through to like their Facebook page. From the foundation: …
Pet Therapy Prep
Today Kona was very happy to get his new business cards. What? A dog with business cards you ask? Yes indeed, Kona uses them when he is on his pet therapy rounds. Here’s Kona, showing off some of his new cards. Close up… Kona got a selection of new cards. These are all of them… …
18/52 : Kona – Glamour Shot
Nikon D60 : 55mm : shutter 1/100: aperture f /5: ISO 400 Kona strikes a pose after his bath, pre-pet therapy rounds today. Promptly after I took this photo, he dug a massive hole under the lemon tree and sat in it. So much for clean:)
Speech Therapy
This was a busy week for Kona. First we visited a few nursing homes to spread some holiday cheer. Kona dressed as reindeer to get into the festive spirit. (Again there is all kinds of legal issues to take pictures with residents and patients so we can only post Kona:) And yesterday we were back …
A Well Deserved Nap
Kona taking a well deserved nap after a busy day volunteering at the hospital. Is there anything better than a squishy face:)
Trust
Learning to love again starts with trust. It’s almost one year since Kona came to stay with us, as a foster dog, and shortly afterward became part of our family. What a year it has been. We have seen Kona blossom into a loving, fun and most importantly, confident dog. Learning how to trust has …
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 …