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OUR GIFTED
GOLDENS
ZEKE
UPDATE
ON ZEKE 07/25/10:
Zeke's
health continues to improve but he will continue to need
veterinary check ups throughout the coming months. The GREAT
news is Zeke has found his "forever" home. He now lives with
another golden Zack! They are inseparable!!
 Zeke
came into GRINinc's Charlotte County Chapter as a stray.
The young golden was hanging around a school
yard...following the kids around as they played
outside. Who knows what his life was like...he was
homeless and without an owner. He ended up in a high
kill shelter where he contracted kennel cough.
Of course the first thing a reputable rescue does is
take their new dog to the vet. One of our network
veterinarians gave him a drug in good faith to help him
with the respiratory infection. Zeke had a
very severe autoimmune reaction to
this drug. He found himself under the care of a
Critical Care veterinarian. The Chapter took him to the
best specialists they could. These specialists and the
network veterinarians saved him. His golden spirit has
never wavered during this ordeal. He remained sweet and
loving. Right now Zeke is on the rebound!!! He is a
great dog...a special dog...a survivor.
GRINinc was there for our Chapter with a grant to
help with the very expensive care. Zeke's bills
have totaled over $2000 since coming into rescue.
DUDLEY
Dudley was found
as a stray and eventually turned over to Cape Fear Golden
Retriever Rescue of North Carolina. Once their vet checked
him out it was determined that he is about 2-3 years old and
had been hit by a car which caused a broken pelvis. It
seemed that the pelvis had healed without surgery (just
imagine the pain this poor boy endured) and by the time the
rescue took him in it was too late for surgery. Nerves were
severed as a result of this accident ...the nerves that
control his ability to defecate and urinate on his
own. After a couple of weeks at the vet with lots of
medications his ability to defecate was regained. He did
not regain complete control over his urination.
 Dudley
has spent many weeks at the specialty clinic where a
cystostomy tube was implanted on April 13. Since this time
the tube has failed to do its work and he is on many
medications to control his incontinence. The folks from
Cape Fear GRR assure GRINinc that they are doing everything
they can to help Dudley ....he is a very lucky boy that has
no idea he is "broken". He loves to carry toys and run and
play with other dogs.
A special home will indeed be needed for this sweet golden
boy and they continue to have hope that one day he will find
his home...a home filled with love, patience and care that
he so deserves. GRINinc has been there to assist Cape Fear
Golden Retriever Rescue and Dudley by issuing a grant to
help them with veterinarian bills that are over $2000. We
will keep you updated on Dudley's progress and will for sure
gladly announce to the golden world when he is in a loving
home.
UPDATE
07/07/2010: Dudley had a breakthrough over the
last couple weeks. Two vet techs witnessed him
squatting to pee outside and a full stream of urine came
out. A few days prior to that one tech witnessed
something similar when they went outside. Also... in
his run there was an actual puddle of urine one day
instead of the little drips that are often in his run
due to the "incontinence" issue. So... baby steps and a
ray of hope. Our specialty vet indicated that he needs
time... hopefully just more time for everything to
reconnect on its own and start working properly.
RALLY
 “I
Will Survive” is the song running through this 8 year old boy’s
head. Rally was picked up by Animal Control in North Texas and
had a laceration from ear to ear across the top of his neck. We
aren’t sure about his past, but his future sure looks bright
thanks to Golden Retriever Rescue of North Texas. Rally has had
surgery to repair his significant wounds and is healing well and
loves lying on is big Dallas Cowboy pillow in the evenings. Even
after all the surgeries, Rally has a very trusting nature.
As Rally
heals, his golden personality is beginning to blossom. A few of
his favorite things to do are take long naps, ride in the car,
and be close to his human family. He also really enjoys the food
left on the counter so we are working on correcting this habit.
Rally is heartworm positive so the rescue will be starting his
treatment just as soon as he has recovered from his surgeries.
He will be available for adoption when he has recovered from his
injuries and heartworm disease.
Although
Texas is out of our Gifting Program territory, we found Rally to
be a very special senior who is part of a 501c3 rescue that
could use our financial assistance because of the expensive
veterinary bills. Although no one knows his past, we can only
suspect that perhaps Rally was a bait dog for a dog fighting
ring…..everyone knows about dog fighting rings but no one
believes that a golden could be involved. The people that run
dog fighting rings do choose large, well tempered dogs as their
bait dogs…and yes goldens are VERY much wanted by these horrible
people. All this is behind Rally….he is onto a wonderful life
because of the special people with Golden Retriever Rescue of
North Texas. GRINinc, because of our donator’s dedication and
generosity, can be a part of Rally’s “I will survive”.
BRANDY
UPDATE
ON BRANDY 05/16/10:
Brandy
has found a forever family who will see Brandy through her long
healing process. Lucky Brandy and another happy outcome !!
Another
wonderful golden in need .....Sweet Brandy was struck by
a car and her owners could not afford the cost of her
medical care. A quick thinking employee at the animal
hospital treating Brandy suggested she be signed over to
Heartland Golden Retriever Rescue in Tenn. in lieu of
euthanasia. One of their local volunteers was contacted
and asked if Heartland could pay for Brandy's care and
find her a forever home. How could they not help this
little girl? Four year old Brandy has a broken
left shoulder and left leg. She was transferred to a
facility for surgery scheduled to take place on January
20th. Brandy is in foster care after a surgery that
went very well. The surgery alone cost Heartland
GRR over $1600. Heartland is a small rescue that has
very limited funding but they are ALWAYS there for the
goldens. Heartland Rescue applied to GRINinc for
assistance. We hear that Brandy is doing very well and
after her next veterinarian appointment at the end of
the month, she will going to a forever home.
Brandy is a very lucky golden girl.
MAGGIE LEE
UPDATE
ON MAGGIE LEE 05/16/10:
GRINinc.
is happy to report that Maggie Lee has been
adopted by her
foster dad !!
 Say HELLO to
Maggie Lee, an 11 year old golden with special needs.
Maggie Lee is the sweetest, gentlest, most loving senior
golden girl you will ever have the pleasure of meeting.
Maggie Lee came into rescue because her owner, as is all to
common these days, fell on hard times and could no longer
care for her. Maggie Lee at 11 years has such a zest for
life and play and most of all, companionship, that is beyond
compare. Just look into those dark brown, bright eyes and
you will see her heart. She gets along with other dogs and
enjoys romping (actually, pouncing) on her golden brother,
but really enjoys when you cradle her head in your hands and
give her kisses…yes she likes that very much. Maggie Lee is
spayed and in fairly good health for a senior. She has been
on Phenobarbital for seizures since 2005 and has been well
controlled on this medication. GRINinc's funding program for
special needs senior goldens has assisted the Charlotte
County Chapter with Maggie Lee's veterinary care. Please
note that if you are interested in adopting this wonderful
senior golden, contact
GoldensInNeed@aol.com.
COMET
UPDATE
ON COMET 03/06/10:
A happy ending --
Comet has been adopted by his foster family !!
GRINinc's Funding
Program is awarding Everglades Golden Retriever Rescue a
grant for Comet's expensive medical bills. A large growth
was found on his thyroid, large enough to displace his
larynx and esophagus. EGRR, of course, took the necessary
steps to remove the lump. It was a tedious surgery as the
lump was close to a couple of the major arteries in the
neck. The growth was biopied and it came back as cancer
but the prognosis is very good per the veterinarian. Comet
is still waiting for a FOREVER HOME through Everglades
Golden Retriever Rescue. Please contact them at
www.egrr.org
if you are interested in giving Comet a new home. Below is
Everglades GRR narrative about this sweet boy.
Gender: Male
Age: 10
Status: Adoption pending through
Everglades Golden Retriever Rescue
One of our volunteers
spotted Comet on the shelter website, where he was
listed as 5 yrs, 9 mo. of age. We immediately contacted
the shelter for information about him and were told he
was really 10. We were also told that he was blind,
that he had escaped from his yard, and that his owners
were coming to pick him up the day before Thanksgiving.
When we saw his picture was still on their website after
the Thanksgiving weekend, we realized that no owner had
come to claim him, so we did!
The first thing
our volunteer noticed was that Comet was NOT blind. The
vet at the shelter said nothing about his vision in the
report, and Comet saw well enough to run out of the
shelter to the truck waiting for him, and he jump right
in. Our vet confirmed that there is nothing wrong with
his vision.
Foster
Home Update: Comet is completely
housebroken. He is not blind but he has a severe
hearing loss. Fortunately, since there are other dogs
in his foster home, he takes all his cues from them and
is very well behaved. He would do best in a home with
another dog.
CHARLIE
B.
UPDATE
ON CHARLIE 01/26/10:
Very
happy news --
Charlie has now been adopted !!
Heartland
Golden Retriever Rescue received this urgent
email: "We need to find a home for this very sweet,
blind, older golden called Charlie. His photo is
attached. He is in the
Haywood County Shelter in
North
Carolina until Monday 9/21. Please call me if
you can help save him."
A rescue volunteer went immediately
to the shelter to save this sweet senior boy. He was
dropped off at a kill shelter by his owner....just
discarded. Charlie is blind from glaucoma. Obviously
the owners never did anything to help this poor boy.
His pressures in his eye were so high that it was most
certain that he had the equivalent of a human migraine
all the time. Can you imagine?
And yet, despite
the pain he has endured, he remained a gentle golden
soul. Heartland Golden03 Retriever Rescue
is always there for the special needs and the senior
goldens. Most of their dogs have some type of problem
or are seniors. Charlie is VERY lucky and can thank
this wonderful rescue for allowing him a second chance
in life. After discussing the alternatives with the
ophthalmologist, the rescue decided the best thing for
their sweet boy would be to inject his eye with
gentamycin antibiotic versus enucleation. This will
essentially "kill" the eye and make him pain free and
allow him to not require eye
drops for glaucoma. His eye was injected. It
should shrink over the next few weeks.
Charlie B is doing
much better. He has a smile on his adorable face and
has begun enjoying life.
GRINinc heard about
Charlie through the "rescue grapevine" and decided that
Charlie is a fine example of a golden that our Gifted
Golden mission can assist. Heartland Golden
Retriever Rescue has received a grant for Charlie's
medical care.
PETEY
Meet Petey! He was found as a stray,
ending up in a shelter. Everglades Golden Retriever
Rescue brought him into their organization. Petey had an
unsightly injury to his groin. The people at EGRR felt that
this sweet, happy boy would have to go as a “special needs”
dog, because, in all likelihood, this was a life-long
condition that couldn’t be fixed and most likely not
accepted by most homes looking for that wonderful young
golden.
However, after a visit to a very
compassionate vet in the Keys, EGRR was told that there was
an excellent chance that surgery would completely take care
of his injury. Of course the people at EGRR readily agreed
to do whatever was necessary to give Petey a normal life.
 The
wonderful news is that he is almost fully healed from the
surgery and is, amazingly, completely put back together.
There will be NO permanent damage from the injury or the
surgery! The surgery was very costly for Everglades Golden
Retriever Rescue. After application to our funding program,
EGRR received a check from GRINinc to cover some of Petey's
surgery bills.
Petey is about 1 year old,
and he still has some of those endearing puppy traits. Petey's
foster parents do not think he ever saw a toy before he
came here because he never stops playing with them. Petey
has lots of energy and will run around the yard and chase
balls for long periods of time. He’s a typical, fun-loving,
high energy Golden puppy.
He’s great with adults and
children, and gets along well with other animals, including
cats! For a dog that got off to such a bad start he is doing
great and is a happy spirit .
Petey is still looking for
his forever home.
If you are interested in
having Petey join your family,
please visit
www.egrr.org
for more information.
UPDATE
ON PETEY 11/03/09:
Great news --
Petey has now been adopted !!
NICHOLAS
and REESE
Meet Nicholas (age
10) and Reese "Pieces" (age 8). They are from the Lake
Okeechobee area. These dogs have spent their entire
life outside, mostly confined to a pen but "allowed" to
roam the vast property for a very short time everyday.
This golden pair needed to find a new home due to the
foreclosure of the property. Many local Florida rescues
could not take Nicholas and Reese into their
organization. GRINinc offered to pay for their
basic care in order to hopefully make it easier for a
rescue to help. Unfortunately, no Florida rescues would
help, but Adopt A Golden Atlanta offered to take
them if we could get them to Atlanta. GRINinc went
to work and soon Reese and Nicholas were on their way
thanks to a wonderful, dedicated volunteer named Pam. GRINinc
paid for the basic medical care and transportation for
these two senior goldens. Unfortunately, and expected,
they are both heartworm positive and Nicholas has a Mast
Cell tumor that has been removed. Nicholas and Reese are
happy, together, in their foster home ... the Atlanta
rescue has vowed to keep them together!! Thank you to
all who assisted in the Nicholas and Reese story.
UPDATE on Nicholas
and Reese 10/21/09:
Both dogs remain together
in their foster home. They are doing very well and
enjoy their foster siblings.
UPDATE
ON NICHOLAS & REESE 03/29/10:
Both
Nicholas and Reeses are now HW free and both were
adopted......not together, but they both have at
least one other golden of the opposite sex in their
new homes and seem quite happy :)
TAFFY
TAFFY - date of birth
5-12-08
Taffy is a one year old female spayed Golden that came
to Citrus Golden Retriever Rescue, young, cute, we thought
with no apparent health issues. But upon a complete physical
exam, we found that Taffy did indeed have a health issue, a
very serious heart problem. She has been evaluated at the
University of Florida. They are not really sure what
is going on except that
Taffy has right side heart enlargement, all valves leak and
Myocardial
dysfunction. The prognosis so far is still unknown, but at
this time Taffy is on hold for adoption.
Taffy is living with
Ellen Pavlik (president) of Citrus Golden Retriever Rescue,
and her five Golden Boys and husband John. Taffy is enjoying
life at the Pavlik farm. What the future holds for
Taffy is still unknown. She will be re-evaluated in
September at the University.
We
want to thank Golden Rescue in Naples, Inc. for your help in
Taffy's medical care. We will keep you updated on Taffy's
progress.
UPDATE
ON TAFFY 09/30/09:
Great news, Taffy went back to the University for a re check
on her heart, no change, but they said since she has no
symptoms she could live a normal life??? they said she has
as much of a chance as any other dog to either have it get
worse or get cancer or something else. So as far as I am
concerned as long as we let the people know she does have
some heart irregularities no reason not to adopt her.
Actually the doctor really wanted her, but his life style is
to busy to give a dog the life it deserves. But she really
worked him....
UPDATE
ON TAFFY 12/01/09:
More great news !! Taffy (now Shaylee) has
been adopted. Shaylee is now in her forever
home, where she is very happy and also enjoying
having a big brother. Citrus Golden Retriever
Rescue will continue to be guardian angels for
Shaylee and will cover any medical expenses
associated with her heart concerns.
Ellen Pavlik (Florida)
Citrus Golden Retriever Rescue
http://www.simplesite.com/citrusgoldenretrieverrescue
OUR GIFTED
GOLDENS
GRINinc. will proudly display a short story
and photo of the special goldens that have benefited from our
funding mission as outlined on our
Gifting Page. Please help us fill
this page with happy stories and smiling goldens!!
We
urge each organization to email us their special dog’s story
and photo to
mygldns@yahoo.com.
Thank you!
updated 07/25/10
Golden Rescue In Naples, Inc. is a 501c3 Non-profit organization.
For more
information, please call 239.514.2715
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