08/24/2024
Wishing my best girl a HAPPY BIRTHDAY today. Not just any birthday, but her 14th birthday!! The oldest golden I've ever owned by 3 months. Her mother Heidi almost made 14.
Hotshots Anything Goes Gracie RE CGC CCA really is up for anything. She's my best hiking partner, beach bum, co-pilot, walking pal. We've done lots of classes together and she loves it all. She just wants to do whatever I decide we're going to try. We've taken classes in Rally, obedience, agility, tracking, tricks, manners, she gives her all at each.
Since the day Gracie was born to today, her 14th birthday, I can count the number of nights we've been apart and it's less than 20. She's my shadow.
Gracie was born in a litter of 10 pups. To my knowledge she is the last one. One pup was taken home and sadly I never heard from them again (Bryce).
In 2024 3 of her littermates passed. In 2023 2 of her littermates passed, and in 2022 she lost one. 2 passed in 2019 of suspected autoimmune disease. 7 out of 10 pups lived to age 12 or above (maybe 8/10 I don't know what happened to Bryce)
At 14 Gracie still puts on about an hour in the woods everyday, she loves boat rides and car rides, and although she can still jump in the back of the car I try to always pick her up now. She jumps in circles when she knows it's time for our walk, and she remembers all her tricks and loves to practice rally on the lawn. She can't see 100% and she can't hear very well but she's my best girl and I'm so grateful to have her in such wonderful health at age 14.