So, you’ve been convinced to adopt (remember our Magnificent Moggy and Mutt Mania posts?). Tell me you do and that I managed to convince you to rush off and rescue an animal in need. Good! So, now you’re looking for just the right places to find just the right dog. Yes, today is about dogs – sorry cats, I love you all dearly but you’ll get your chance.
Cute enough to convince you to adopt – surely!
Right then, dogs it is and Golden Retrievers sound fabulous. So, if you’re in America, you need to get your derrière over to Homeward Bound Golden Retriever Rescue and Sanctuary. Yes, I know America is a big place but, even if you’re not in Northern California, it’s still worth the drive (of course, it’s not my derrière taking the punishment). This volunteer organisation rescues and heals displaced, abandoned and homeless Golden Retrievers and Golden / Labrador mixes, no matter their age or health.
OK, just to keep the cats happy, there is a cat in this photo
Some of you may already know Homeward Bound through Ogee’s blog Gardens for Goldens. The author of this blog joined them in November 2011. With a small army of volunteer gardeners, the restoration of the Memorial Garden, a place designed to serve as a tribute to rescued Goldens was revitalized into a place of peace and remembrance. Hop over to Gardens for Goldens to see what a fabulous job has been done.
How could anyone resist a Golden? They can’t even resist themselves!
Please note that all pictures on this post have been maliciously stolen off the above blog site. I couldn’t leave you without cute, gorgeous, aw moment photos to get the adoption juices flowing.
Don’t forget to hop onto the Homeward Bound website to see how you can help. Even if you can’t adopt, they have many ways you can make a difference. They rescue, provide medical care and find loving homes for over 700 dogs each year! That’s some awesome figures there!
Signing off – it’s time to sleep
Last request, please also pop over to Savannah’s site, where their “Real Rescue Cats Are Talking” interview is a story from Nylablue, who migrated to wordpress this year and has lost oodles of followers in the process. It would be wonderful if you could give them your support.
Long Life Cats and Dogs 
What beautiful dogs and what an amazing and successful job they do!
They really are doing a fantastic job. I’ve always loved Goldens – they always look like they’re smiling.
We rescued our two dogs, Nikita (two years ago) and Bella (three months ago) from the Cleveland APL. We are now blessed with two beautiful adopted dogs that we cherish every day. They get along together well and play with each other every day. Adopting a dog is such a wonderful act of kindness and it gives them their “forever home” with lots of love and happiness. Check out our blog at http://www.nikitaland.wordpress.com to see the beautiful adopted dogs that bring so much happiness into our home!
Just hopped over. So wonderful that you adopted Nikita and oh my, a newbie just 3 months ago – fantastic. So glad to hear they are getting on so well. You have done a great thing, providing them with a loving forever home. Just perfect!
Since Bella is still a puppy, the one thing that I am lacking in is…sleep. Those 2:30am and 4:30am pee runs are killing me! LOL What’s funny too, is when I’m outside with the puppy, Nikita is fast asleep on the bed on her back with her feet up in the air! It cracks me up when she sleeps like that!
Oh I so get the sleep deprivation. I’ve done the bottle feed from a week old, up every two hours day and night bit. At least it doesn’t last as long as with human babies 😀
Just love when dogs sleep all paws in the air style. Too cute. At least you get to see it regularly, albeit in the early hours of the morning 🙂
Soooooo happy that you have featured Homeward Bound! Beautiful humans doing beautiful things for beautiful dogs in a beautiful place. Beautiful!
It does seem to be a fantastic place and I simply had to feature them on the rescue reveal. What a wonderful place.
They are so beautiful,it’s hard to believe they are looking forever homes..I hate this world sometimes, well more than sometimes..off I go again so bye 🙂 lol xx00xx
Mollie and Alfie
At least they are in a wonderful place with beautiful gardens. I know the world can be horrible but then there are the people who dedicate their lives to helping these creatures – so there is plenty of good as well.
If we did not already have our two dogs (both from our local humane society), I would buzz on down there in a heartbeat. Ours are labs – well, okay, Bailey is lab/border collie, but Shasta is yellow lab – but I also love Goldens.
I adore labs and you’ve already done your bit, getting both of them from a shelter. Well done and I’m so glad they’ve got a great home now.
Lovely dogs. We two are rescues and we salute anyone that helps pets get a second chance. Have a terrific Tuesday.
Best wishes Molly
So glad you both found such a wonderful home. That’s what it’s all about. I agree, I support anyone who is going out of their way to help animals get a second chance.
wow what a wonderful site – thanks for the link – I can’t help myself…I MUST say it: AWWWWW!
Thanks Easy – we appreciate the AWWWW – it was kind of what we were going for there 😀
I wish we could have them! I want to adopt them all…. we would have to get a bigger boat though! They are beautiful!
Hmm, just a little bit bigger I should think 😀 I’m sure we all wish we could adopt them all but each one counts.
Great post!
Thanks my lovely Misaki
What a great post and so many pointers to so many fab groups/individuals. Courier M is so partial to Goldens 😉 Thanks
Thanks – really appreciate it. These guys are doing an awesome job.
Thanks so much for highlighting Homeward Bound and Gardens for Goldens. Totally fine with your photo “borrowing” – anything to bring attention to rescue 🙂 The Goldens have voted: You’re the best!!!
Aw Ogee – thank you – we appreciate the vote. Glad I’m not in trouble for “borrowing” the photos 😀
Thanks for sharing Homeward Bound. Goldens are great dogs and make very nice family members. Give them a home.
Thanks guys. Yes, Goldens are lovely but, then again, I think all dogs are lovely, so I’d probably count as biased 😀
Aww! Don’t those pics just make you melt! Beautiful photos 🙂
Hello my favourite Wolves, glad you liked the pics. Was kind of going for that “melting” moment – glad I got it right 🙂
Oh you definitely got it right! Spot on 🙂 It was a truly melting hopelessly moment! 🙂
Our 2 dogs are rescued dogs and their provide such joy and happiness in our everyday life we can only support rescuing !
Their are so many great dogs and cats waiting for forever familly !!
Thank you for this wonderful post.
Maïté (Echo & Link’s humom)
Hi guys – just popped over to your site and you are just beautiful! So glad you found a wonderful home. I’ve subscribed so I can keep up with you guys as you are just adorable.
Our grand-dog (Barney) is a Golden Retriever. He`s an old boy now but very lovely. We looked after him for the weekend recently – he is huge and has the knack of settling down in our small home just where it is most inconvenient. One good point though, he has enough sense not to get up as you step over him. After he left I think I hovered up enough hair to knit another Barney! They never stop shedding do they? Bless him.
🙂 Bless him indeed. Goldens are well known for making sure they are in the way – that way they can get far more attention. Glad he doesn’t stand up though 😀
Whee already follow them! If it weren’t for the fact whee are in England whee are pretty sure Mummy would want to rescue them all!
Nibbles, Nutty, Buddy & Basil
xxxx
Yip, I’m sure quite a few of you already follow them but they certainly deserved another plug. I’d have the same problem as your Mum if I went and visited them (probably come home with a couple hundred more dogs 😀 )
Goldens are so beautiful. It’s funny though, I’ve had many dogs over the years, all rescued and adopted except for Poppy. None was a golden retriever though I admire them. AND EVERYONE of my dogs took an instant dislike to goldens (including Pops who loves everybody). So strange as I don’t think I send out bad energy when I see them. Wordy comment to say I think these organizations that do breed specific rescues are wonderful. They know the breed and what kind of people do best with them, and so often have good success in placement. Sigh…it would take me a good 6 or 7 days of straight driving to get to California from Pennsylvania. 🙂
Thanks for the lovely photos.
Nanina and the Popster
Oh alright then, I guess 6-7 days worth of driving is taking it a bit too far 😀
I think you’ll find that the Goldens, like the Labs, are somewhat over-friendly with other dogs and often get misunderstood by the rather exuberant greeting methods.
yes! That makes sense. 😀
My nexxt rescue, one day, when I have a house that cansupport a big dog of course, will definetly be a golden!
They are gorgeous and I’m so glad to hear you would adopt, again! What a wonderful thing. Would be hard to top Kirby though 🙂
very good post, great information. ANd thank you ever so much for offering links to Nylablue’s blog and to Savannah’s interview with her. She did get several visitors today so hopefully some will start following her and she will feel motivated to start posting more frequently, great team work. peeEss do you think Lady Litchi might have time to complete the interview before Dec 15? It would post on Dec 18. no prob if too busy right now paw pats Savannah
Thank Savvy and it was a pleasure putting their link in. We’re all here to help each other.
Don’t worry, I’ll get the interview done. Just been mild chaos this side with year end stuff and everyone wanting everything before they close up shop for Christmas (this is the long holiday for us here in SA, cause we’re in summer, so people start knocking off from tomorrow and will only be back at work sometime in Jan. Next week should be a bit quieter for me and I can concentrate on it. Thanks for understanding.
Beautiful dogs!!
They are gorgeous, aren’t they 🙂
You know how much I love your Blog and your personality, with the boundless loves given to animals, you really gain my full respect and salute!
My word, that is about the nicest thing anyone has ever said to me. Thank you so very, very much. I am incredibly touched.
Lovely dogs, lovely pictures and what a appropriate name ‘Homeward bound.’
I agree, I just love the name and they do such fabulous work.
G Rs are eminently huggable!
Wouldn’t it be great to have a society with no rescue animals – simply because none of them needed rescuing any more …
I’m trying to remember who posted on one of my blogs saying they had no stray dogs and pretty much no rescue organisations because they simply weren’t necessary. It was one of the European countries. How wonderful is that!
I want to live there – unless the reason is that they don’t keep pets! 🙂
love the post x 🙂
So glad you enjoyed (even managed to find a cat there for you 🙂 )
Great post……Homeward Bound does wonderful work and I love the name of their organization – it’s purrrrrfect!
Kitty Hugs, Sammy
I agree, the name is fabulous. See, I even found a cat in one of their photos, just for you!
aww these dogs and cats are adorable 🙂
Hi, thanks for popping by. They really are adorable and that sanctuary is truly amazing. Hopefully I can get over to the States sometime and see it first hand.
What beautiful dogs!
Aren’t they just gorgeous and the sanctuary does such fabulous work. Really hoping I can get over to the States someday and visit them first hand.
Those photographs are lovely. I’ll go and read more about them.
Hi Clowie. Yes, they are great photos. Really helps when you can steal photos 😀
They really are beautiful dogs, I’m partial to labs myself, but a golden/lab mix is the best of both if you ask me.
I’m very partial to Labs. Grew up with one and somehow always think of them first when I think dog.
Hey Lady Litchi, Hey Sabre, Hey Boks, Jet here. Hi Miss Susan.
Oh you had Mom with the first picture. We recently met Ogee and love the fact that they’re fixing the garden… how special is that. Did you know that Koko, JJ and I met Mom through Golden Rescue South Florida? Yup, they called me an “honorary” golden and saved my life. 🙂
Thank you for shining your blog light on wonderful rescues around the world. Speaking for the rescues past and present at Casa Jetty, it means the world to us.
We encouraged humans to visit Nylablue too… great minds….
I do remember that you were rescued by the Golden Rescue group. So wonderful. I was thinking about you when I was writing this blog. I couldn’t be happier that you found such a wonderful, awesome home. Thanks for all your encouragement. It means the world to me.
Homeward Bound sounds like a wonderful organization and the name is great! Goldens are such beautiful and loving dogs!
I agree with you – I just love the name. The are a wonderful organisation. I hope I can get over there sometime to visit them personally.
I love the photographs…they all look wonderful and lovely
They are great photos – helps when you can steal them 🙂
Love the pictures. Goldens are such beautiful dogs:) Have a great weekend!
P.S. We are having an Angry Birds Dog Toys giveaway over at our blog! We think you should enter!
Thank you and have a wonderful weekend as well.
Going to hop right over to see about the giveaway – how exciting! The rescue dogs never generally get toys, so imagine how cool it would be if they did!
Thank you for such a fantastic post and cause your supporting! We have a golden retriever she is 11 now and has given more to us than we could ever repay.Happy Holidays !
Amazing how dogs can do that – give more than we could ever repay without spending a cent. Makes one realise how important love is, versus money. Wishing you very Happy Holidays as well.
Excellent observation! My Christmas wish for you is that you will always be surrounded by love!
The best Christmas wish anyone could ever hope for. Thank you and may you, too, be surrounded by love!
I love, love, LOVE those pictures!
Aren’t they too gorgeous? Nothing like nabbing the pics off their site but, as it was to promote them, I’m sure I’ll be forgiven 🙂
Absolutely!
Wonderful pictures! But oh Northern California is way far away….lol.
Yip – quite far from South Africa as well 😀 The nice thing about this blogging world, is that I seem to have readers from all over the place, so hopefully someone, closer by, sees this and considers adopting from them, or helping in whatever other way they can.
You are right! (But I am glad not to be tempted by cute goldens…lol.)