As some of you may know, four weeks ago, we lost our much loved, golden/chessie mix, Tristan, to lymphoma. Tristan was the best dog anyone could ever ask for, the heart of our family, and we loved him tremendously.
As much as we loved Tristan, and as much love as he gave back to us, we knew we HAD to have another dog to love. Tristan would not mind - His attitude always was "the more, the merrier!" he always welcomed new friends - human or fur! I also know, that if he were a 'people' and could speak, he would have encouraged us to share our home and hearts with another dog. Tristan belived in sharing love as much as possible!
so today Jon and I visited a breeder we have been talking to that I found on the internet, who had 3 adult dogs available to be placed in homes as family pets, instead of being show dogs. She had a 5 yr old male Chesapeke Bay retreiver, and two beautiful 2 yr old Golden Retreiver girls that were being either retired or removed form their breeding line. It was a VERY hard choice, as all three dogs were wonderful, very sweet personalities, and I could see all of them fitting in with us very easily.
I was very tempted by the chessie - Mojo, who, as Diane had told us, WAS very sweet and very much a 'lover'. He also had the most beautiful amber eyes! I could see alot of Tristan's personality traits came from his 'chessie' half - and Mojo was quite a gentle charmer, with the calm, yet playful demeanor Tristan always had. Tristan obviously got the 'social butterfly' part of his personality from his golden half, though! In the end, we decided that an outgoing Golden was a better fit to our lifestyle.
"Fizz" ( Bonacres Ridin shotgun) was just a little more friendly and outgoing than Grace, though both were wonderful girls - so she was our final choice.
Fizz will be 2 yrs old on March 31, and she is a lovely medium gold color. She is very outgoing, loves her toys, especially Tennis Balls, and has a mile-a-minute wiggle butt. She's a kisser and very affectionate. She rode home in the car very nicely ( in a crate, as she is crate trained) and though she will need to be formally 'trained' , she has nice manners, comes when called and knows basic commands. She's already tried out the doggie door, though the flaps startle her a bit, I think she will get over that quickly.
I'm sending the first pictures of her - taken at the Breeders this afternoon - of course, we hope there will be many more to follow!
Laura & Jon
& Fizz!
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