My Olden Retriever

kbr718

Lizzie sends Duke her best! Lizzie is my third Golden--the are very special dogs!

GoldenQ

Goldens are our favorites. We lost two within a few months of each other. One to old age the other to cancer and the bought another and another. Our older one is in the golden cancer study group and we are hoping they find some cures for goldens getting cancer.   Yours is very beautiful and looks like it is treated as a child like we treat ours.   Hope all is well soon 

fishlessman

good they figured it out, they have a vet for just about everything nowadays. best thing i ever did with my 15 year old shepard was get him a puppy, he really perked up for a few more years

thetrim

Glad you got things taken care of!  Good luck as your pup keeps healing!

Spaightlabs

Right on DUKE!!  Long may you run old fella.

I am proud to be owned by a 14 year old black lab who has about a million miles of hunting, hunt test and field trial experience on his odometer.  He still has the heart and drive of a dog half his age.  He will see a couple of days in the duck blind this year when the weather is right and I know we can get a good pile of ducks for him so has more memories to cherish as he sits by the fire.

Hope Duke can warm your hearth and hearts for a few more years to come.

NC_Egghead

MaskedMarvel said:

Good dog!!

Thanks for looking in @MaskedMarvel. Yes, he's a good boy!

NC_Egghead

SPRIGS said:

Beautiful dog!  Glad they got it figured out and hopefully those bad days are in the past.  They are part of the family for sure!!

Thanks @sprigs. Looks like you've got a beautiful pal for your son. 

NC_Egghead

kbr718 said:

Lizzie sends Duke her best! Lizzie is my third Golden--the are very special dogs!

Duke appreciates Lizzie's well wishes!

NC_Egghead

GoldenQ said:

Goldens are our favorites. We lost two within a few months of each other. One to old age the other to cancer and the bought another and another. Our older one is in the golden cancer study group and we are hoping they find some cures for goldens getting cancer.   Yours is very beautiful and looks like it is treated as a child like we treat ours.   Hope all is well soon 

Thanks for going the extra mile by participating in the cancer study! Ours is spoiled rotten!

NC_Egghead

fishlessman said:

good they figured it out, they have a vet for just about everything nowadays. best thing i ever did with my 15 year old shepard was get him a puppy, he really perked up for a few more years

I like the puppy idea; the older can show the younger the ropes and the younger will energize the older. If you had a +15 y/o Shepard, you were definitely doing something right to keep him healthy!

NC_Egghead

thetrim said:

Glad you got things taken care of!  Good luck as your pup keeps healing!

Thanks @thetrim!

NC_Egghead

Spaightlabs said:

Right on DUKE!!  Long may you run old fella.

I am proud to be owned by a 14 year old black lab who has about a million miles of hunting, hunt test and field trial experience on his odometer.  He still has the heart and drive of a dog half his age.  He will see a couple of days in the duck blind this year when the weather is right and I know we can get a good pile of ducks for him so has more memories to cherish as he sits by the fire.

Hope Duke can warm your hearth and hearts for a few more years to come.

Black labs are great dogs too! Sounds like he's leading a full life; maybe it's the hunting that keeps him going so strong. We appreciate the well wishes!

fishlessman

NC_Egghead said:

fishlessman said:

good they figured it out, they have a vet for just about everything nowadays. best thing i ever did with my 15 year old shepard was get him a puppy, he really perked up for a few more years

I like the puppy idea; the older can show the younger the ropes and the younger will energize the older. If you had a +15 y/o Shepard, you were definitely doing something right to keep him healthy!

it really takes some of the curse off puppy training. at 15 the shepard was getting lost in the yard, 0.1 acres, one tree. got the pup and he snapped out of it, made just over 18 before it was time. last dog though died too soon, raising a pup from scratch for me is hell, but necessary my britt turned 6 this summer, im already thinking its time to add the second, the ducks and geese in the yard wont stand a chance. if your dog perks up in a few weeks, i wouldnt think twice about it. my shepard pretended to hate the pup, but if i left the room he would go into play mode

SPRIGS

NC_Egghead said:

SPRIGS said:

Beautiful dog!  Glad they got it figured out and hopefully those bad days are in the past.  They are part of the family for sure!!

Thanks @sprigs. Looks like you've got a beautiful pal for your son. 

Thank you sir!  She is my first Golden and won't be my last.  Just the absolute best disposition.  My son pictured, 15 year old daughter and 21 year old college son all refer to her as their "sister".  One more pic from when she was just a pup.  I became her "mother" when we brought her home and she had to be by my side constantly.  Here I am sitting on the toilet.  That is unconditional love!!

NC_Egghead

fishlessman said:

NC_Egghead said:

fishlessman said:

good they figured it out, they have a vet for just about everything nowadays. best thing i ever did with my 15 year old shepard was get him a puppy, he really perked up for a few more years

I like the puppy idea; the older can show the younger the ropes and the younger will energize the older. If you had a +15 y/o Shepard, you were definitely doing something right to keep him healthy!

it really takes some of the curse off puppy training. at 15 the shepard was getting lost in the yard, 0.1 acres, one tree. got the pup and he snapped out of it, made just over 18 before it was time. last dog though died too soon, raising a pup from scratch for me is hell, but necessary my britt turned 6 this summer, im already thinking its time to add the second, the ducks and geese in the yard wont stand a chance. if your dog perks up in a few weeks, i wouldnt think twice about it. my shepard pretended to hate the pup, but if i left the room he would go into play mode

18 years for any dog is outstanding! We actually had a small "test" of introducing Duke to a "puppy" this summer. My son was dog sitting an 8 month old Great Pyrenees for a friend while we were at the beach. Maybe she was too far out of the puppy stage for it to be effective but it took a while before Duke would even tolerate her. Lucy would get into her play mode and get into Dukes grill and he would just growl at her. She didn't understand because she plays a lot with some young labs at her house. It could have also been that this was the start of his ailment and he just didn't feel like engaging. Duke has always been fine with his cousin, a beagle, but he's know him since he was a puppy. Here's Duke and Lucy chillaxin' at the beach. She's a beautiful dog!

NC_Egghead

SPRIGS said:

NC_Egghead said:

SPRIGS said:

Beautiful dog!  Glad they got it figured out and hopefully those bad days are in the past.  They are part of the family for sure!!

Thanks @sprigs. Looks like you've got a beautiful pal for your son. 

Thank you sir!  She is my first Golden and won't be my last.  Just the absolute best disposition.  My son pictured, 15 year old daughter and 21 year old college son all refer to her as their "sister".  One more pic from when she was just a pup.  I became her "mother" when we brought her home and she had to be by my side constantly.  Here I am sitting on the toilet.  That is unconditional love!!

That's hilarious @SPRIGS but bordering on a little TMI!

Mickey

All the best. Have a 13 year old Standard and she nor I get around all that well at an advanced age. Really, all the best to you both. 

NC_Egghead

Thanks @Mickey! We appreciate it!