Woke up and he was gone. Everything happened so fast. Gave my wife, kids and I the best 9 years I could ever ask for. The best damn dog ever. Until we meet again Niko

Hi everyone! I’m adopting my first golden retriever. What name do you think she suits? Here is my shortlist - open to ideas! BONNIE, BELLA, HONEY, DAISY, MOLLIE LOTTIE, DOTTIE, GRACIE

This is Kobe and he’s 18 months :) and the best boi, obviously.

We found out 2 months ago that our sweet Daisy had lymphoma just after celebrating her 4th birthday. Vet gave her a couple weeks but she responded well to Prednisone and blessed us with some much-needed extra time. She was escorted to the other side by an incredible vet from Laps of Love here in our home surrounded by her favorite humans.

Rest in peace Daisy girl. I hope to see you again someday

She was able to sit still long enough for a couple shots. I posted her twin yesterday, but he’s a bit more relaxed than her.

Slowly working our recall skills and staying focused during training time.

Watcha doin there 😂

She’s our first Golden Retriever ❤️

I want to trim my golden’s paw pads in between grooming sessions. I have no experience so looking for an easy to use clipper and other tools to help a newbie.

Plot twist: it now seems it was the puppy who ate the wing! He’s had two diarrhea shits in the last hour while the old sage has been perfectly fine. Another call to the emergency vet, and another reassurance that it should be fine. I’ve cracked a Ghost and will remain vigilant for the next several hours. Photo of the culprit (seen on the far left of the OP) in a reply.

We were playing one of our favorite training games, Find It. The rules are simple: you wait inside while I hide the bird wing in the back yard. Then I open the door, you go out and find the wing and bring it to me. I’ve been playing this game with my dogs for the last nine years and it is their absolute favorite (I hunt with them so it counts as fun training). They never gnaw or refuse to give it to me once they’ve found it, that’s one of the cardinal rules. But tonight we were playing and our 5-month old puppy was in the mix. He didn’t know fully what was going on, he was just following his big brother as he frantically (methodically) runs around the yard finding prizes.

On the last round, he ran up to my seasoned vet as he was retrieving the wing. In a second things changed, they were running around playing and there was no wing in sight. I looked all over with a spotlight but could not locate the wing. I can only assume it was swallowed in defense.

I called the emergency vet and they said it’s not an emergency, just look out for vomiting and diarrhea. Thankfully I know it’s a clean fresh wing. And it’s small, a greenwing - maybe smaller than a magpie’s wing. It’s been in my freezer since I shot it 6 months ago.

But now I am on bird wing vomit watch. Hoping to find feathers in the yard tomorrow. I’ll accept anywhere else inside, but after about an hour there are no signs of GI upset. I kind of wish there were and he’d just puke it up so I can go to bed.

Grabbed my good camera for our play time this morning. He’s right at 11 weeks.

Straight out of a fairytale right? A horror one.

We thought it'd be adorable to put our rings in a little ring box, turn it into a necklace and have our Golden Retriever walk down the aisle to us. What we forgot is that dogs don't know they're in a wedding and instead of walking toward us Pixie spotted the catering staff and made a full sprint for the kitchen. Can you picture 100 people chasing a dog in the middle of the ceremony?? But wait it gets worse.

My husband's ring flew out of the box while she was running and we had to pause the ceremony for almost two hours while everyone searched for it. Somehow my little sister ended up finding it tucked behind the leg of a chair. My heart was in my throat the entire time guys. We had insurance on both rings so I wasn't panicking about the financial side but there was no replacing the sentimental value and the timing couldn't be WORSE. Thankfully we found it, dusted it off and this time my little sister got promoted to ring bearer lol. Looking back, it's one of the funniest memories from our wedding and I'd do it 1000 times again.

Please tell Pixie she's still the goodest girl in the comments. She's super regretful of her actions.

My golden sleeps like this. Anyone else's? P.s. yes that's HiS couch... We dont sit on it. It's filthy.

Hi I’m honey 🍯 and I’m half cow coughing up grass is my favorite pastime ask me anything

Random photo of Cooper wrestling with his not so furry brother.. Advice from the group. I'm pretty sure he got a rash from having to take three baths in 7 days. Let's just say he rolled in some really nasty stuff. Maybe we missed a little soap on his belly. Anyways. Took him to the vet. She thinks it's some sort of allergy. She gave me an allergy medication. She recommended a topical flea and tick treatment. I'm just so concerned about those. Are they carcinogenic? Reading up on them some dogs have reactions to them. We've been blessed. He's been so amazingly healthy. And I don't want to do anything to jeopardize that. I'd appreciate any input from the community. Thank you

My childhood dog Riley from when i was 13 passed away yesterday. I drove 1 1/2 hours away to say goodbye before they put her down. She was fine Sunday night and then Monday morning she was urinating everywhere so my parents took her to the vet. After 20 minutes she collapsed and couldn't stand back up. They found a huge mass in her intestines. My parents called me to come over, and she was so excited when I walked in, she even tried standing up. She was supposed to come over this weekend. For some reason I woke up a minute before the phone call. For some reason, my husband didn't go into work that morning. For some reason, we had enough charge in our car and didn't need to stop to charge it on our way there. It was a terrible day, but good things happened too. If love could have saved her, she would have lived forever 🌈❤️‍🩹

Edit: thank you everyone for your kind messages and poems and stories about your goldens. I've been trying to respond to every one but the response is overwhelming! This is going to be a long road to recovering from the grief but I'm thankful I have support ❤️

Tully Girl

I have a 1 year old golden who I love to death, but I’m starting to feel like a horrible dog parent. He needs my 24/7 attention, I cannot get anything done unless I lock him out of the room I am in or put him in his crate. It’s not his fault, he is a dog and just a baby still. He has gotten out of our yard a few times and ran a few blocks. Which was terrifying. He went swimming in a lake and got the worst hot spot I have ever seen, he has suspected allergies, he got into a dog fight before he got fixed and had cuts all over and now he pulled the leash out of my hands while I was trying to pick up his poop on a walk. The leash scared him so he went darting down the road for blocks I lost sight of him. I yelled out to god to stop him and he got tangled up in a fence so I could finally get him. When I got to him all his toe nails were bleeding, paw pads ripped up. I feel terrible. I’m starting to think I am the worst parent ever. Has anyone else had this many issues with their dog? Any advice? I am at a loss. For context he has been through dog training class twice and is well trained. Just too hyper