Memorials

It is with grief and a heavy heart that I write to inform you Wilson (#2618) passed over the rainbow bridge on 2/4/2021 at 7pm. I adopted him October 14th, 2015. Wilson was recently seen by many Salem area vets and the Oregon State Internal Medicine / Oncology Teams for a right renal mass and…

    I adopted Maggie Mae from Golden Bond in October 2017. Her wonderful foster parents, Tani and Richard Draper, took such care for this little girl, who was neglected. We didn’t know really how old she was. Maggie came and lived in our city neighborhood, enjoying walks in the Arboretum, Lake Washington parks. Maggie…

Toby! Toby! Toby! Toby (#2137) came into our home and our hearts in May, 2011, at the age of 4. He was adopted from a home where he was tied up outside 24/7 before being surrendered. Toby had never had toys and we had to teach him how to play with a rope, but my…

We had to say goodbye to Recon. Recon became more than my buddy.  She was a true companion.  Recon was very smart and attentive.  She really enjoyed people as goldens do.  We would just go anywhere and she would make friends, Recon was a giver. Recon will be missed, but the joy she provided will…

  Thank you Golden Bond for the 6 wonderful years we were able to have with Penny (GBR #2486). Penny came to us unsocialized to just about everything, including people and dogs, but had basic training like sit and down. It seems she was cared for. With time and work she grew into a confident and socialized dog who we could take everywhere with us….

Nine years ago my husband and I adopted Ollie, a two year old golden who had been hit by a car and surrendered by her previous owners. For 9 amazing years, this beautiful friend was our companion, our cuddle bug, and the love of our life. When Ollie came to live with us, we weren’t…

Sadly, our precious boy Oscar 2724, renamed Harry Lokker, passed away July 12, 2020, after giving us 3 years, 8 months, and 6 days of absolute joy.  When we adopted Harry, he was a little guy rescued from a slaughterhouse in China with a terribly painful past but he still had the capacity to love…

Lucy was my constant companion and even in her last moments at the vet’s those amazing eyes never left my face.  She was bright, funny and could “leap tall buildings in a single bound”! She loved riding in the car and would alert us to any and all moving things. I can’t begin to describe…

We suddenly lost our gentle, sweet Stella to hemangiosarcoma after only having her in our lives for 10 months. Stella came to Oregon from China in early June 2019 with several other “flower girls.” When she came to our home in July, she was a fragile flower: slender, out of shape, with a dry, thin…

I said goodbye to my sweet Lucy a few weeks ago.  Just a month or so short of 14 years old.  She had been slowing down and I knew her time with me would soon be over. None the less she still enjoyed her life of naps, treats, and lots of love.  One morning after…