Golden Bond Rescue Blog

Billy’s Story By Leah Wyllie When I got the email titled, “Billy Needs a Foster Home” on December 22, my heart leapt out of my chest. I was so ready for this. Reading through the message and discovering he was blind made me nervous. I had just ushered my three-legged golden mix through her final…

Adios, Au revoir, Auf Wiedersehen… By Gage Ziehmn Ardağ I know we’re a golden retriever rescue, but this time I think we can all take a lesson from the Kitten Lady. If you haven’t heard of her, the Kitten Lady is a kitten rescuer, humane educator, and New York Times bestselling author who has dedicated…

  Meet Stella and Celie! These two mature ladies may not be from the same litter, but you’d have a hard time convincing them of that. Their foster parents tell us that they “are very easy to live with, completely housetrained, and well mannered”. They are affectionate and playful and young at heart. The girls…

Photo URL: https://cdn.pixabay.com/photo/2015/09/02/14/58/puppy-919213_1280.jpg No matter how careful and meticulous you are with your pet’s needs, it’s inevitable to run into some health scares and problems every now and then. When that happens, it puts your mind at ease to consult a health care provider who genuinely cares about your pet’s needs. But how do you…

Since 1991, Golden Bond Rescue has been proud of the fact that it has managed to rescue goldens with a staff of 100% volunteers – no one gets paid. That changed this Fall when GBR volunteers met 16 goldens at LAX who flew in from Beijing, China with the aid of volunteers from No Dogs…

It’s probably hard to imagine your life without your pet. While pets areloyal companions that fill a special place in your heart, they also make messes in the carpet, chew slippers, and scatter hair and dander wherever they roam. A clean home that includes pets takes some extra consideration and work, but it’s completely doable….

Melissa, Teddy & Lily: A Love Story Teddy and Lily at the Ball Game Since Melissa Siedlicki adopted Taz, a 12-year golden through Golden Bond, she has become a stalwart GBR volunteer. She started doing home visits in the Tacoma area and has gone on to foster dogs and make her home available as a…

Lenny’s Story On occasion, our wonderful organization receives a dog that for one reason or another takes a little longer to adopt out to a permanent home. Many factors – from how a dog looks to personality quirks – can prevent a potential adopter from reaching out and committing to one of our amazing dogs….

From GBR’s President’s Point of View It’s been several years since GBR has published a newsletter, and I’m ecstatic that we now have a volunteer, Vanessa Loverti, who has raised her hand and volunteered to take on the task of putting out a newsletter every couple of months. Vanessa suggested for the first newsletter that…

We all know Golden Bond Rescue has amazing volunteers; however,  I didn’t realize just how incredible they are until I participated in the collecting and transporting of eight international goldens from SeaTac, Seattle, to Portland. This is the transport story of these eight souls through my eyes. The Medical/Intake team is one of the many…