Our Goldens were getting on in age and then, there was just one. In the early 80’s, we moved to our ranch home on nearly 15 acres. Then along came the children, and all those responsibilities…. In the late 70’s a disease known as Parvo came along and we decided to not have pups until the disease was under control.
We did showings in conformation and obedience and even some field work, had a few litters and loved our dogs. It seems that Goldens are addictive and one can’t have one dog without having three. That was when Kim came into our lives, later followed by Sony, and then Sir.
It was three years before we able to achieve that goal. This was such a terrible blow to my family, Kiva was such a beautiful, smart Golden.Īfter my marriage in the late 60’s, I was eager to find a home that would allow us to have a dog, specifically we wanted a Golden Retriever. Sadly, she had hip dysphasia, and due to this, at eight months, it was necessary to return her to ‘Guide Dogs for the Blind’.
In the early 60’s, I was training puppies, as a 4-H project for Guide Dogs for the Blind, with “Kiva”, our family’s first purebred. Golden Retrievers have been apart of my life since the 1950’s, when my family got our beautiful Golden/lab mix, “Matches”.
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