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FUN AND EXCITING UPCOMING EVENTS

MEET YOUR BEST FRIEND AT THE ZOO Detroit Zoo, Royal Oak

September 23 OR 24 (we can do one day, they will assign)Karen Angell, 248-318-4846, or by email

PUREBRED POLOOZAOCAC Shelter

Auburn Hills, MIOctober 7

Karen Angell, 248-318-4846, or by email

2007 GRRoM CALENDARIf you’d like your GRRoM Golden to be included in our 2007 Calendar (and plan to buy at least one), please email ONE

JPEG PHOTO ONLY to Paulette by October 15, 2006. It should be clear and preferably a close-up with a contrastingbackground so that your golden shows up. The Calendar is sold at www.cafepress.com/grrom where you can see many

items of clothing, totes, mugs, coasters and more and each has either the GRRoM paw logo or a photo of a GRRoM GoldenRetriever. If you have any design ideas let Paulette know what it is.

GROSSE POINTE SANTA PARADEGrosse Pointe

Friday, November 24All participants must be pre-registered.

Ro Arabia, 313-885-3647

GRRoM EVENTS OVER THE SUMMEROXFORD DOG DAZE 8/5/06By Tish Hardwick

In Oxford, Michigan Metamora Canine Obedience Academy hosted a petadoption day. GRRoM was one of the organizations that participated inthis event with a nice showing of successful rescues and rescues inprogress. Pictured is Tish Hardwick with her adopted Golden RetrieverOtto on the left and foster dog Major Travis on the right.

This was a wonderful opportunity to show both what kind of GoldenRetriever you might expect through rescue as well as see some of thedogs that are available for adoption. The public was invited to come andvisit with a variety of dogs and each organization explained their rulesand regulations.

After seeing how beautiful and well mannered Golden Retrievers are,several visitors left with a card directing them to the GRRoM websitewith hopes of finding a new companion. Well as you might expect, our



“golden group” was a hit. Everyone gravitated to our table with all of ourbeautiful and lovable furry canines. It was non-stop attention and somuch affection was bestowed upon our wonderful Golden Retrievers. Itwas a dog day afternoon. Also attending the event were Tish’s husbandJim Hardwick, Paulette Lerman, with Scarlett, Karen Angell, withfosters Rusty and Ben, Marilyn Manning with Buddy, Sheryl Murray withCody, and Peter and Susan Labatt with foster Belle .

FRANKLIN LABOR DAY PARADE - 2006by Karen Angell Franklin was again host to the GRRoM Labor Day Golden Event (well, they let us march in their parade!!). This year, wehad 50-60 Goldens participating -- adopted dogs, current fosters, and friends! The special theme this year was"Celebrate Seniors,” so all senior Goldens wore orange bandanas with their ages on them. The announcers recognizedthese dogs and a poster with photos of some GRRoM seniors also announced the significance of the bandanas. Mostpeople were very surprised at the dogs that were seniors, in age only!

There were many new faces at the parade, and many potential adopters dropped by to talk with everyone and pet ourdogs. It was, again, a very successful Labor Day!

Special thanks goes out to our three wonderful 12-year-old Banner Girls -- Lizzie Stevens who made the call to GRRoM;and her two recruits, sister Amy and friend Katie Kunklel.



The parade line-up

RO'S ANNUAL GARAGE SALEby Paulette Lerman Ro Arabia has been having annual summer garage sales to benefitGRRoM for quite some time now. This past summer Ro had several salesdue to volume of donations she received. Even though Ro doesn’t have acomputer, she manages to stay right on top of all the GRRoMhappenings. (She was able to sweet talk the editors to mail her copiesof the Newsletter when it comes out). Many, many thanks to Ro Arabiafor her very successful Garage Sales at her Grosse Pointe home. Thissummer netted a whopping $745 for GRRoM! If you have anything todonate for next year, please call Ro at 313-885-3647

Ro is pictured at right during the Franklin Labor Day Parade

SOME GOLDEN HUMORAMERICAN HEALTHCARESubmitted by Phil Burns

Two patients limp into two different American Medicalclinics with the same complaint. Both have troublewalking and appear to require a hip replacement.

The first patient is examined within the hour, is x- rayedthe same day and has a time booked for surgery thefollowing week.

The second sees the family doctor after waiting a weekfor an appointment, then waits eighteen weeks to see aspecialist, then gets an x-ray, which isn't reviewed foranother month and finally has his surgery scheduled for6 months from then.

Why the different treatment for the two patients?

The first is a Golden Retriever.....The second is a Senior Citizen.

Delta Kushnir is watching her favoritetelevision show, The Dog Whisperer.



THE GOLDEN BRAGGING CORNER

FANCYBy Sandy Knox

I know that everyone thinks their dog is special but Fancy trulyis special! As Paulette will tell you, Fancy is blind and I found herby accident on the internet (she was two years old) and yourorganization decided to let me adopt her. Well, let me tell you, itwas the best decision you or I ever made! Fancy was one of thedogs in “My Golden Rescue” by Marjorie McHann.

Fancy arrived in Sudbury as a skinny, spinney (I’ve never seen adog spin so fast) girl who was the most curious handicapped dogI’ve ever seen. She had some definite “security issues” but hadthe sweetest, most trusting personality I’ve ever seen. She isalso way too smart for a “deformed” dog. She had (and still has)the most inquisitive personality of any blind creature. Actually,her major problem is that when we walk in the bush, she movesat the speed of an injured turtle – mostly because she is so busyexploring!

She is the penultimate social butterfly. She gets along with allother dogs but really prefers people who she is convinced havejust been waiting their entire lives to meet her. Of course,everyone who does meet her absolutely melts and she has notbecome a bit of a diva who, I am convinced, plays her so-called

disability to the hilt. “Oh, she’s blind, poor thing, of course she can do whatever she pleases!” Fancy is a certifiedTherapy Dog who has no special skills other than making people feel like she is only there for them.

I don’t think she’d ever been in real water before I got her as she would lie down in any puddle, as she did when we wentto pick her up. But she is a major water dog who will spend the entire day in the water when given the chance. Sheabsolutely blows people away when they see her chasing her float in the water. It has to be thrown at least 100 feet;after all, if you can’t swim to get it, what’s the sense? Speaking of doing what she pleases, she is very adept at dryingoff by shoving herself between your legs then raising her head – that gets her head and upper body dried off on yourpants. Cute if she didn’t leave you looking as if you’d peed yourself! I actually think she knows exactly what she’s doing,evidenced by the cocky tilt of her head and smile on her face!

Last fall we discovered that Fancy had cancer in one of her anal glands. She had the anal gland removed and wentthrough four months of chemo. Typically Fancy, she was the dream patient, and had no adverse reactions to the chemo.She is now about four months out of chemo and seems to be fit as a fiddle which isn’t surprising at all given herattitude. Life is just too short to miss a single minute so don’t waste time feeling sorry for yourself – just get on withliving! She also has a bit of arthritis, but after all she’s nine years old, and it’s not like that’s going to slow her down! Sheis still a huge tease to Kailey (my other golden) and they love to wrestle and play. They are best buds and my biggestworry now is what will Fancy do it Kailey goes first (she’s 11 going on 12).

So the bottom line is that Fancy is doing very well and is going to be around to a ripe old age. She brings such joy andhappiness to all the people she visits for pet therapy, not to mention her mom, that she has no time to get old or slowdown!

POOGEby The Tackett and of course Chase, Daisy and Pooge

Hi, Just wanted to share a little info on our little “Pooge.” It has been 2 1/2 years of happy times with Pooge. She wasone of 14 puppies that was Lady's and Duke's. It has really been a delight having her around. Oh the funny things shedoes, especially with Chase and Daisy. We must have more toys than Pets'R'Us, but if one of our other Goldens has atoy she wants, she will run to the door and bark. Of course that gets the other two going, so when they go toinvestigate at the door, Pooge runs and steals the toy she wanted! Our sons have two new pups, and when they comeover, Pooge is in charge. She is very gentle with them, and leads them around the yard like she is presenting a tour of"her" domain! Then she gets them running around -- in the pool, out of it, running under the deck, apple gathering ... thepups play with the apples, Pooge eats them! My other Goldens Chase and Daisy just love her. As always, each night westill do our daily walks. If I take Chase by himself, the girls watch and whine at the door until we return. I tried to take



all three at once, but that was a mistake!!! They clown around too much! Life with three Goldens is heaven! I cannot picture our life without them. They are our furry kids that bring us lots ofwet kisses, couch and bed cuddles, muddy floors, happiness, and most of all love. Again, thank you GRROM for our littlePooge.

SAMBy Carolyn Lewis

We have five acres out back of rolling hills, and we fenced in a grassy area of about half an acre, right next to a pastureof four horses, up by our neighbor’s house, a yard of six Great Danes. Our neighbors care for and take in Great Danesthat nobody wants and there are six of them; and we have only one of my Sam.

So Sam now has conversations with the Great Danes, from one side of the horse pasture to up by their house where theDanes are fenced in. They converse in the morning and in the evening. I wish I knew what they were saying. Are theytelling each other where the gopher holes are on either side of each other’s fence? The gophers, of course, climb up thegarden fence posts to sun themselves and seem to participate in the conversations as they chime in now and again with achirp-chirp-chirp, giving their opinions on the subject being discussed between the dogs. The horses seem to wander overto where they can stand in between the dogs’ discussions and the gophers on their fence posts, often looking out overtheir own dogs, the Great Danes, and then back to Sam. And I wonder, one of these days, if they might chime in with anopinion.

The hummingbirds, I’ve noticed, used to come to the bright red and orange feeders on our porch in the morning, but nowthey to prefer to be part of the discussion, because they now take sips from the flowers in the specific area where theconversations are going on between the dogs through the fence. You’d think they’d be bothered by all the ruckus,mornings and evenings, that the dogs can put out, but then I realized the hummingbirds were adding their ownconversations with the varying pitches and hums from their wings!

One day I dragged a chair over to the corner of the fence wondering if they’d let me hang out with them all – horses,dogs (two sets), and hummingbirds!

But no! I sat down in my chair and pretended to read from my book, but they were all dead quiet when I did that andpretended they had nothing going on! When I moved my chair back to a deep corner up on the porch, they started upagain! Sometimes you just can’t get into these social groups!

Well, at least the hummingbird will hover right by my corner of the porch where its feeder hangs, if I sit stock still anddon’t breathe. But the dogs, the horses, and the chipmunks and those hummingbirds, they’ve got their corner of the worldselected, and you have to be a dog, horse, chipmunk, or hummingbird to be in it!

SCARLETTby Paulette Lerman Last time I wrote about Rally, but now Scarlett and Ihave a new passion -- AGILITY! I always want everyoneto be aware of how much fun you can have with yourrescue Goldens if you pursue some of the dog sports. Even though our Goldens are not registered with AKC, aspurebreds you can obtain an ILP Number from themwhich entitles you to show your dog in almost every AKCcompanion event -- Obedience, Rally, Agility, and HuntTests. In addition, there are other registries you canshow in that accept purebreds and mixed breeds(affectionately referred to as "All-Americans"), i.e. UKC,CPE, etc. With just a little bit of basic obedience, you can startlearning Agility. Many of the obedience training facilitieson our web site also offer Agility classes so you can lookfor one in your area.

Whether you train in Agility for fun or competition, it’s a great way to bond with your dog and have a blast at the sametime. It can be fast and furious, depending on your dog and your own fitness level ... or whatever you want it to be! The



important thing is that you and your dog are a TEAM!

Note: Photographs were generously donated by Kim Kearfott of Agile Basset Photography, Collage created by Paulette.

THE RAINBOW BRIDGE CROSSINGS

SPOONERby Dan Croll Spooner was a great companion, friend and anything else youcould think of. She was with me through thick and thin. Shewas by my side and I was by hers. I am sure that she had metrained more than I had her. She would be with me no matterwhat I did, from changing the oil on my truck where she wouldcrawl to see what I was doing, or having her nose into whatremodeling project I was working on, to helping cut the grass tomake sure I got the lines straight, then she would roll all over. One time she and I were at my mom's and I had to run to thestore for a minute. Well, she saw me get into my truck and backout and out she came. She just passed my mom right on by,ignoring her name being called and running her poor heart out tocatch me. Well, she did not have to run far because I was onlyin front of the neighbor's, but the truck door opened and a-riding she was doing. I don't think she cared about the ride atall; she just cared that she was with her daddy. I always askedSpooner what she thought of anything I was working on and shealways replied with that smile, ears up, tail wagging, and thatsparkle in her eyes that it was fine. She played such a largepart of my life and my activities that it is hard to go forward. Spooner was and still is a huge part of my life. I walk in the doorcalling her name and reaching for a treatbut she does not answer. No new smudge marks on the window, no more snoring by the bedside, and no more twinkle inher eye. I am heartbroken and miss Spooner so bad that each day is a struggle. I hope to bring her back home on Fridaywere I had her cremated and will take just one step at a time. Spooner was a rescue dog that I adopted in November,1995 who was about 2 1/2 at the time but no information was known. I know I gave Spooner a good home but I would liketo think that she gave me the home. Thank you all for your thoughts and prayers.

ZOEby Rich, Joanne, Joshua, Adam, Jenna and Benjamin Barnier

We got Zoe from you in 1995 after our cousin, Martha, hadgotten several dogs from you and was thrilled. We absolutelyloved her dog and loved the gentleness he showed to our kids.How could such a big dog be so wonderfully kind, loving andprotective of children? So you sent us to look at a few and weasked for Zoe. I remember the night that we got the call thatZoe could officially be ours. We were all thrilled. Zoe had beengiven up by an older couple that had just recently retired andwanted to travel. They did the right thing by giving her to youwonderful people. We brought Zoe home and never lookedback. Our son Ben, was just born in May of that year and Zoewould lay and be with him all the time. We had no worries withher around him. He was her baby just as much as ours!

With a little obedience training, she was a huge part of our family. I remember the day I had to get my kindergartnerout to the bus and we had left all the breakfast dishes on the table. I walked back in to find Zoe helping herself towaffles with all four legs on the kitchen table!!!!

Unfortunately Zoe was diagnosed with mast cell cancer in November of 2003. She fought it for 18 months and we madethe decision, heart and gut wrenching, to put her down in March of 2005. There is a permanent hole left in all of us



since Zoe died. She was our "Zoe’s.” Thank you so much GRRoM. You gave us all memories that will last a lifetime of thisbeautiful creature we called Zoe.

GRRoM ANGELS

Max EardleyNanook JacobsZoe BarnierCheerio HolzHolly Rose KnightTrevor EmmendorferBlazer PawelekKibo LabattDaisy KalsowScooby BoucardRueben BarrSparkey MaloneyWhisper Jones

Baxter MonsonMax FryBear AppelMax OwenTanner NelsonChamp CaseyIndy StephensMackenzie (Mackie) FioreFox KovalcikBailey PavlikTapper VeachWoody BrooksNicky FeltChancey Frankovich

Bridgette MuellerPirate BrockmanDuke WeadockCheers SchneiderStanley EibenSammy BlackMickey CrainTeddy ValliereCashmere MurrayBob ZaranekHoney HartOliver EdwardsSasha Johnson

DONATIONS RECEIVED

Sandra Martin - In Memory of Cheerio HolzPauline N. Barry and Colleen V. Belcher - In Memory ofBenedict BartushSusan & Victor Schultz- In honor of Sue's mother(dec'd) Virginia Rusu's birthdayDick & Sue LaBurnRoger & Maryann LarsonMary OrmandyJudy & Bob RaganCharles McGillRobert McPhersonDuane & Marilyn BeckerMichele NowakStanley MedendorpChris & Michele ShaferGerald BakerMichael & Janice KayBill & Marlene BrundieckConnie Monson - in memory of BaxterJanet BiasKathy FrySue & Bill WillisJanet & Harry WilcoxLucille O'ConnorJim WeaverAlison HirschelMary VielhaberPeter & Marilyn ManningSusan & Bill MitchellJoyce & Paul VanDenabeelePatricia LutzWilliam O'BrienAlice WoodDave Cushing & Tom KostrzewaDoug & Donna Nelson - in memory of TannerMaureen & Jim BudnyRalph RoseAnne Fiore - in memory of Mackenzie (Mackie)Carol &Greg PatchenLaura & Richard Kovalcik - in memory of FoxGail Hester

Denny TraceyRosie SpraguePat & Bob SchustDonna & David KrollSandy & Jim BaranskiBarbara Duryea - in honor of her golden AmyRon & Joan DenmanChristine GerardDawn Eiben - in memory of StanleyFred & Edna GableDonald VanderslootMatt & Rachel CoohonTim CoffeyMr. & Mrs. John McElroySandy HartmanAnthony Tocco & Patrick HammerRebecca Seiler & Kevin McGrewDiane SchulerBetty HallockElisabeth & Kevin WongDick & Anita HillSandra JaffaMary VoilesRhea DowBetty CurranDan & Deb HadeshBrian PalysCarol HubotterEdward DowningBarbara & David WallaceSharyn & Doug TaylerMilton & Marjorie RiggsJoan ThorneLois MartinMatt HerbsterGerald & Cheryl GenevichPatricia ReevesNeil & Joyce YarickConnie ConklinJacqeline, Eric & Michael JohnsonPaul & Judy Trevarrow



Tom TurkinMelissa & Derek KristoficeMichele CrampoJanice & Keith WinnKaren Keefe - in memory of Eileen TretheweyMary Bone & Richard PayneThe Veach Family - in memory of TapperBarry & Dana DemersCindy & Jim ClarkBill & Christine HarrissLynda Brooks - in memory of WoodyPatty OstrowskiRon ManaigoPatty TaxeKay Felt - in memory of NickyJohn FiegenJohn & Margaret SobaszkoMargaret DimondPhil & Anne BurnsRonald MillerRaymond LawsonJoanne & Art HiscoxArthur BentleyJohn DePauwJim & Laura ShirillaSally Alexander

Pat PodlesakLois LargoJulie MooreLinda & George TackettNancy LindsayDiane LeunoAnna HobigBarbara Hart - in memory of HoneyPaula LemieuxLynette RaeSally SmithSteven RodersBob & Nancy SchueleKaren & Jim SatterfieldJanet Kay HechtRo Arabia - in memory of Robbie & Sadie LermanDon & Carole KulichPat BeVierGary PlaskieThe Schultz Family - in memory of Thomas PatrickHendrenThe Schultz Family - in memory of Jeanette Barrows andgolden service dog CometKaren LaskowskiChristofer Michaels

THOUGHTS TO PONDER

PROVIDING FOR YOUR PET’S FUTURE WITHOUT YOU

Because pets usually have shorter life spans than their human caregivers, you may have planned for your animal friend'spassing. But what if you are the one who becomes ill or incapacitated, or who dies first? As a responsible pet owner, youprovide your pet with food and water, shelter, veterinary care, and love. To ensure that your beloved pet will continue toreceive this care should something unexpected happen to you, it's critical to plan ahead. Learn what steps you can take to plan and provide for your pet's future without you by following the links below. TheHSUS also offers a free kit, "Providing for Your Pet’s Future Without You," complete with a six-page fact sheet, walletalert cards, emergency decals for windows and doors, and caregiver information forms. For the full kit, please write [email protected] or The HSUS, Humane Legacy, 2100 L Street NW, Washington, DC 20037, or call 202-452-1100.

"THE JOURNEY" When you bring a pet into your life, you begin a journey - a journey that will bring you more love and devotion than youhave ever known, yet also test your strength and courage.

If you allow, the journey will teach you many things, about life, about yourself, and most of all, about love. You will comeaway changed forever, for one soul cannot touch another without leaving its mark. Along the way, you will learn muchabout savoring life's simple pleasures - jumping in leaves, snoozing in the sun, the joys of puddles, and even thesatisfaction of a good scratch behind the ears. If you spend much time outside, you will be taught how to trulyexperience every element, for no rock, leaf, or log will go unexamined, no rustling bush will be overlooked, and even thevery air will be inhaled, pondered, and noted as being full of valuable information. Your pace may be slower - except whenheading home to the food dish - but you will become a better naturalist, having been taught by an expert in the field.

Too many times we hike on automatic pilot, our goal being to complete the trail rather than enjoy the journey. We missthe details - the colorful mushrooms on the rotting log, the honeycomb in the old maple snag, the hawk feather caught ona twig. Once we walk as a dog does, we discover a whole new world. We stop; we browse the landscape, we kick overleaves, peek in tree holes, look up, down, all around. And we learn what any dog knows: that nature has created amarvelously complex world that is full of surprises, that each cycle of the seasons bring ever changing wonders, each dayan essence all its own.



Even from indoors you will find yourself more attuned to the world around you. You will find yourself watching summerinsects collecting on a screen. (How bizarre they are! How many kinds there are!), or noting the flick and flash offireflies through the dark. You will stop to observe the swirling dance of windblown leaves, or sniff the air after a rain. It does not matter that there is no objective in this; the point is in the doing, in not letting life's most importantdetails slip by. You will find yourself doing silly things that your pet-less friends might not understand: spending thirtyminutes in the grocery aisle looking for the cat food brand your feline must have, buying dog birthday treats, or drivingaround the block an extra time because your pet enjoys the ride.

You will roll in the snow, wrestle with chewie toys, bounce little rubber balls till your eyes cross, and even run around thehouse trailing your bathrobe tie - with a cat in hot pursuit - all in the name of love. Your house will become muddier andhairier. You will wear less dark clothing and buy more lint rollers. You may find dog biscuits in your pocket or purse,and feel the need to explain that an old plastic shopping bag adorns your living room rug because your cat loves thecrinkly sound.

You will learn the true measure of love - the steadfast, undying kind that says, "It doesn't matter where we are or whatwe do, or how life treats us as long as we are together." Respect this always. It is the most precious gift any livingsoul can give another. You will not find it often among the human race. And you will learn humility. The look in mydog's eyes often made me feel ashamed. Such joy and love at my presence.

She saw not some flawed human who could be cross and stubborn, moody or rude, but only her wonderful companion. Ormaybe she saw those things and dismissed them as mere human foibles, not worth considering, and so chose to love meanyway.

If you pay attention and learn well, when the journey is done, you will be not just a better person, but the person yourpet always knew you to be - the one they were proud to call beloved friend.

I must caution you that this journey is not without pain. Like all paths of true love, the pain is part of loving. For assurely as the sun sets, one day your dear animal companion will follow a trail you cannot yet go down. And you will haveto find the strength and love to let them go. A pet's time on earth is far too short - especially for those that lovethem. We borrow them, really, just for awhile, and during these brief years they are generous enough to give us alltheir love, every inch of their spirit and heart, until one day there is nothing left. The cat that only yesterday was akitten is all too soon old and frail and sleeping in the sun. The young pup of boundless energy wakes up stiff and lame,the muzzle now gray. Deep down we somehow always knew that this journey would end. We knew that if we gave ourhearts they would be broken. But give them we must for it is all they ask in return. When the time comes, and theroad curves ahead to a place we cannot see, we give one final gift and let them run on ahead - young and whole oncemore. "Godspeed, good friend," we say, until our journey comes full circle and our paths cross again. Author Unknown

GRRoM WANTS YOUR DOG...stories

Be a contributing writer with the quarterly GRRoM Newsletter! I hear many people thanking us for the articles, storiesand events but we want to hear from all who are involved with GRRoM and their amazing stories with their Golden pals.Don’t be shy! Everyone wants a little bragging room with their peers and we all love to chuckle from the antics of GoldenRetrievers everywhere, so send your favorite story and photos, future events and anything else you would love to sharewith the rest of us. Our readers’ and supporters’ input is what makes the GRRoM Newsletter what it is.

Please send via email to: GRRoM Newsletter no later than NOVEMBER 19, 2006 for the Winter 2006 GRRoM Newsletterdue out December 1, 2006.

GRRoM Hotline Number: 1-248-988-0154

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