Showing 18 posts from November 2009
It all started in September 2005. This was the day (now) Captain Andrew Schmidt came back from a 5 month tour in Kandahar. It turns out Golden Retriever Gracie had been in an Alexandria, VA shelter for 4 months and was literally days away from being euthanized when the Schmidt family adopted her.
The video got [...]
Check out Golden Retriever Ricochet’s (Rip Curl Ricki’s) journey from service dog training to fundraising, to tandem surfing with quadriplegic surfer, Patrick Ivison.
Visit her site at http://www.ripcurlricki.com. and click here to learn more about Golden Surfing.
Posted in Career Changed Goldens, Fun Videos, Golden Assistance Dogs, Golden Retriever Videos 
Posted in Fun Videos, Interspecies Communication 
A crack team of PhD-trained Goldens illustrate the structure of atoms—the particles that make up everything around you. They also show how atoms are weirder than you might think. My favorite part is how they display the cloud effect.
Pets Teach Science aims to demonstrate tricky scientific concepts ranging from quantum physics to chemical structure, with [...]
About a year ago I blogged about The Bumpass Hounds (and Kitties), shown above.
I continue to be in awe of Bill Stevens, the dude in charge of this bunch. As of Nov 11, 2009, the bunch is as follows: Homer J.,12-year-old rescued Golden Retriever; the senior member of the pack. Jubal, 10-year-old Golden; JEB, 9-year-old [...]
