Thank you for the warm Welcome! I am sorry for your Mother's loss. Losing a family member is very difficult. Is your mom alone? That was the toughest part of losing Riker was the silence of the house. Riker was very special to me because he has played nurse to me for several years. I have a back injury in which I had surgery, the surgery went bad and I got two infections, another surgery, a picc line for 8 weeks in my arm in which my lovely wife gave me IV antibiotics,a third surgery to remove the hardware. All in 6 months time. My sons both moved out of the house on their way to college. It was just Riker and I during the day. Every time I moved he moved with me. My wife put a pill fob on his collar and my pain meds in it. In case, I go trapped on a floor where my pills weren't she knew he was always with me. My pain is horrible at night and I used to get up and go lie downstairs on the couch. Riker always came down and found me on the couch and gave me a big hug. Which consisted of putting his nose in my armpit with a huge tail wag. He knew when I was in pain and would stay that way longer when it was bad.dismomof5 wrote:My mom just lost her Golden, Sunny, in April. She was 10, and well loved. She's resisting the pull of a new companion, but she likes to play grandma to my sister's two pups. My brother had her pawprint tattooed on his leg...and my daughter carries pictures of her on a keychain. They are wonderful dogs! Or furry people...however you like to look at it. :p:
The reason I was asking if mom was alone was that elderly people need the companionship. I would not consider myself elderly but I sure did love the companionship he gave me. The new dog Riley is pretty good but he is more entertaining with his puppy ways.
Whoever created Dug in the movie "UP" was a golden owner and lover. The character was a perfect Golden Retriever............ "My name is Dug. I have just met you and I love you"'. It cracks me up every time!
