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Greetings!

Just found this site a few days ago and want to say hi! Wanted to comment on the photo on the top of this page; what could be better then a picture of Geoorge Clooney and a golden retriever? Not much IMHO! I have four. Goldens, that is.

JBuckley (we'll probably all call you JB, LOL!!!) We hope you enjoy it here at Aficionados. Don't be shy about posting - especially this weekend.

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I have four. Goldens, that is.

like george have four "golden "globes lol.
hi there jb ..

Wishing you happy times here JBuckley

Hi JBuckley. Can you share pictures of your goldens? I have a yellow lab. He is such a good boy. I also have a Great Dane, who is the biggest baby. Then I have a shepherd mixed with wild wolf. (hahaha) my Lola whose bite is bigger than her bark. Yes I meant to say that backwards. I can talk about my puppies all day long and twice as much on Sundays.

Welcome to the forum!! All animal lovers here!!

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My Lola!!

Oh Gina...how lovely Lola is...I just LOVE shepherds ...well really ALL types of big dogs.  

Welcome to the world of "clooneymadness", JB!  

And I say that meaning that Clooney is the one whose gone mad...not any of us! LOL  

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My Toby!! And I guess our HARD winter last year. Yikes!! That is a lot of snow.

Thank you Lighter, she is my baby and so pretty until she shows her fangs. She is mama's girl.

Brutus my dane is in my picture!!

Long ago I had a malamute/wolf combination named Tami and she was a real sweetheart, absolutely HUGE; until I left the house...then all hell would break loose because I got her as an adult and she was used to someone being home all the time and I was working then.  She tore up the entire house one day and sadly my hub put his foot down and that was the end of her...she went back to my friend who raised them for a hobby/pin money.  I think she missed her "pack" truth be told and they were still with my friend who raised them.

She preceded my getting my Samoyed named Tinker Bell...who was also HUGE! Big white ball of fur....an such a good natured dog! LOVED that animal...

Aw what is wrong with your hubby lighter? I always tell my hubby, you go before the dogs go.

Do you have pictures Lighterside?? I would love to Samoyed.

I'll have to look for them...it was more than 40 years ago now...she was my Mother's Day present from my hub when I was pregnant with my first son and he's 41 now! LOL

We also had the golden retriever BJ when we moved back here from California...we had him 14 years but had to put him down because he couldn't walk anymore...the back legs wouldn't work because of his hips.  My hub carried him up and down the stairs so he could be with us at night for 4 years because he couldn't do the stairs anymore.  He ran out into the street when he was only 6 months old and got hit in the hind end by a car...just shot straight out the front door and into the street and instantly got hit.  I cried for days but he survived that but was never quite right in the hips after that.

When I had my mastiff, Chance, I adopted him from the SPCA at Christmas time the first thing he did when he walked in the house is lift his leg on the Christmas tree. Then, we had a real leather football under the tree for my son that year. When I was at work, he opened all the gifts under the tree looking for that ball. Course it was the last present he opened. I remember walking into little pieces of wrapping paper all over my living room. I had to laugh, there stood Chance with that football in his mouth, flat and still in the box. It was expensive too because it was real leather. He carried that football around till his dying day. It was his from that day on. I miss my big boy. I know he is with my mom, he died two weeks before her. I know he was there waiting for her. I put a picture of him in her hand before they closed the casket. She loved my doggies so much.

Aw!!! Poor baby! The same thing happened to my Chance, one day he couldn't walk anymore. It took 4 of the men in my life to lift him into the car on his final day. Heartbreaking doesn't begin to describe that emotion. We have to hold onto the good memories they gave us.

If you find pictures, I would love to see them.

Oh Gina...I'm sure they're both watching over you and your family!

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If you find pictures, I would love to see them.

Will do!

Welcome JB hope you have fun it's going to be a big weekend.

Guess you can tell what my dog is? He isn't big though but solid. His best mate a black labrador x with a border collie he is one playful pup and he thinks he is about as big as Dexter who can actually walk underneath him and tries to hide there when Hunter get's a bit rough with him.

Hi JBuck !! Welcome to the forum. I rarely post but I do once in a blue moon LOL
I adore dogs too. I own cats but love dogs

Welcome to the group!

welcome the new member because I am gone now everyone .....

JBuckley wrote:

Greetings!

Just found this site a few days ago and want to say hi! Wanted to comment on the photo on the top of this page; what could be better then a picture of Geoorge Clooney and a golden retriever? Not much IMHO! I have four. Goldens, that is.

lola is a beauty gina.