Goldspirit Farm

01/05/2025

our dog sanctuary is located at goldspirit farm in kagel canyon . We are your local senior dog rescue! last year we rescued 76 dogs and 50 cats from the shelters in and around Los Angeles. We can use your help and it does not cost you anything! EAT OUT ON WEDNESAY AT PANDA EXPRESS. Enter code 928560 before checkout and Golden Years Dog Sanctuary gets a donation! This is a nationwide fundraiser. PLEASE SHARE!

Raise money for Golden Years Dog Sanctuary

10/28/2024

Mark your calendars....Come one, come all... join us at our open house! PLEASE SHARE.

10/22/2024

darn straight!

10/05/2024

Are you looking for barn cats? I foster for the lancaster and castaic shelters. We often get stray cats that do want to be house pets. We would love to find them SAFE homes at local barns. If you are interested or know someone who is, please share!
Right now in foster, we have speckles, a 3 year old LH spayed female and maxie a 6 month old neutered male tabby. the lancaster shelter has many cats that will be euthanized if they do not get homes. If we can get our fosters adopted, we can foster and save more lives!
you can reach me at 818-636-1522 or [email protected]

09/23/2024

So I had a crazy week....Wednesday, I had to go to the ER after I had a bad reaction to a new medication. Ends up I had a minor stroke. yikes! nothing keeps a horse girl (especially an eventer!) away from her horses....I competed in a schooling dressage show today, on not one, but TWO horses!. Crazy? hope not. Super fun to be back in the saddle. Thanks to a great barn family, competing was fun and easy. Thanks to Pacific Dressage and Claudia Roberts for a super fun show.

09/17/2024

please help us get this awesome dog a forever home! please SHARE or better yet...ADOPT!!!

08/26/2024

There is not one post on this nice dog who has had his 72 hour plea issued!!! Let's share him and get him out of the shelter!!!! Meet Wagz, a friendly and affectionate dog available for adoption who received a behavior medical score of 2 on intake, reflecting his amiable nature. Despite some health concerns, including cloudy lenses in his eyes, missing teeth, and stiffness in his back legs, Wagz remains upbeat and engaging. He has a clean, full coat but is dealing with alopecia and will need continued care for these issues. An eye lid mass removal is scheduled for August 9, 2024, but overall, Wagz's prognosis is good. He is eupneic, with no obvious signs of distress, and his mentation appears normal with no neurological deficits noted. Wagz’s friendly demeanor and resilience make him a wonderful companion who will benefit from a loving home where his ongoing health needs can be addressed. If you're looking for a warm-hearted dog with a positive outlook, Wagz might just be the perfect fit for you!

wagz A5643837 10 year neutered brown labrador Retriever Mix 64 lbs. stray on 8/04/24

07/13/2024

come join us Saturday July 13!

06/09/2024

To say I am frustrated is an understatement. We have amazing dogs available for adoption and no one calls, emails or comments on our posts at Golden Years Dog Sanctuary. We are full and can not take in another dog. We can't help until we can get some of our nice, NOT SENIOR, adoptable, friendly with people and dogs, loving dogs adopted or into foster. And yet, all I see on FB, besides nice horses that make me drool as I can't afford them..... are posts of kittens that need rescue and senior dogs at the shelter that are sad, scared and going to die. And yet, I can do nothing. We can't do adoption events because the everyday things we have to do to care for the dogs and cats and run a horse boarding and training facility take all my time. I ask for help and people say they want to, but don't show up.

If you want to help, we need volunteers, fosters and adopters. If that is too much of a commitment, here is a very simple thing you can do: SHARE this post AND go to my page and SHARE my posts for available dogs on your page, on groups, on nextdoor.

these are the dogs available for adoption or foster. Most are with us, a couple are in temporary foster.

You can reach me at 818-636-1522 or [email protected]. We make our adoption process easy. our application is on our website at www.goldenyearsdogsanctuary.com.

03/31/2024

adopt, don't shop! and please...keep your pet! hundreds of dogs are turned in to the shelter every day in LA county. 30% are KILLED. Be part of the solution! keep your dog! foster, adopt, and speak up to government for laws to change to help animals, protect renters, provide affordable S/N, and stop back yard breeding.

03/20/2024

little bragging never hurt anyone, right? https://voyagela.com/interview/hidden-gems-meet-susan-friend-letourneur-of-golden-years-dog-sanctuary/

03/04/2024

so excited for these shows!

We are gearing up for our first one day in April! So with just over a month to go, we thought we would share some fun facts about our one day shows last year!

Total shows in 2023: 5
Highest points earned: 100, by Erna Adelson

Year-end winner who attended the most shows: Roslyn Flanagan

Trainer who brought the most students over the year: Chloe Smyth

Best dressage score (by a professional): Lindsey Smith on L Fabulous J: 26.1 at our April show

Best dressage score (by an amateur): Amber Ryan on Starlightpistol: 28.2 at our April show

Dressage judges: Donna Weinberg and Terri Rocovich

Show with the highest attendance: October 2023

Prizes awarded for year-end winners: embroidered jacket, saddle pad carry bag, tote bag from Professionals Choice

What to look forward to for 2024:
All new cross-country courses!

3 events: April 21, July 7, and October 14. (Look B4 You Leap clinic the day before the one day show.)

Great prizes at the end of the year, courtesy of Professionals Choice

Year-end dinner in November to celebrate riders

We love seeing everyone out there and having fun! See you in April!

02/24/2024

ISO a new horse for myself. I am an eventing trainer, shown through 2** ( many moons ago). I have my own place in the LA area,. the horse would have a great life. I don't have a high budget so I am looking for someone who perhaps needs a horse trained or help with selling, or someone looking for a feed lease, or someone with a sense of humor that would sell a nice horse for under 15K. I just want to have fun and get a horse that can eventually go to prelim. My current mount is getting old and it is not fair to him to push him to so more than he can or wants to. You can check me out on my goldspirit farm or golden years dog sanctuary page. I am an ICP certified instructor and I am really good with horses. Photo for attention grabbing :)

01/15/2024

And we're off and running into 2024! this weekend we went to ram tap to go cross country schooling for the weekend. what a blast! I schooled moose modified and preliminary, and Rebecca did beginner novice and the whole novice course! it was awesome. here are Rebecca's videos mine are coming shortly