Golden Bond Rescue Blog

By Jeanne Spreen One of these days you will be returning to work (we hope)! Will your dog be as ready as you are? A favorite quarantine joke: Dogs everywhere think they’re in heaven. Their humans are home 24/7. Cats are contemplating suicide. Funny, and with a great deal of truth. In fact, our pets…

By Sarah Jones Ashley first came to Golden Bond Rescue (GBR) as “Ladie Sadie” from a farm in Southern Oregon. Up to that point, her days were spent tied up in the backyard with little food, water, or love. Understandably, she would escape her neglectful circumstances and chase the horses on the farm. GBR gave…

By Claire Costin to Post   Most of us in the United States have been under a stay-at-home order of some kind for several weeks as the nation and the world work to confront the Covid-19 pandemic. For some of us, this means working from home, for others it has meant the loss of work….

By Gage Ziehmn Ardag There couldn’t be a better time to talk about enrichment for our dogs. During these last few weeks and months we’ve all been spending a lot more time inside, in confinement and isolation. We’ve had a lot less exposure to outside stimuli, new experiences, and social interactions. Quarantine is like a…

Don’t Let Your Golden Rescue Leave Home Without One by Jill Groves I want to take a few minutes of your time to tell you about a product I’ve been trialing for a few months and Golden Bond Rescue will be using on all their foster dogs – PET NOTIFY. First of all, Pet Notify…

“What’s in a name…” By Michel Gregory Choosing just the right name is part of the fun of adopting a rescue golden retriever. So when we learned we were chosen to adopt Woody (Woodrow) last August, my husband George and I started making lists based on our brief meet-and-greet with him. Unfortunately, when we regrouped…