My Pretty Penny CD, CGC

‘Penny’

Feb 10, 1993 – Feb 2, 2009

It is with great sadness that we let you all know that we had to let our wonderful Penny go on the evening of Feb 2, just 8 days short of her 16th birthday. She had been blessed with a very healthy life up until about the last 3 weeks, when her body began to fail her. In the end, it was a neurological problem that lead to her inability to walk and we made the decision to let her go. She will be very greatly missed and we will be eternally grateful for loyalty and love she gave us over the last 15+ years.

Penny came to me after I answered a “free to good home” ad in the local newspaper. I had grown up training in obedience and when I met her, I knew that she needed someone like me to straighten her out. Almost 16 years later, she’s still letting me know that she is in charge and that I never had a chance. Penny has taught me so much about Goldens. She was the one who hooked me on this breed. In her retirement she has been content to take a ride in the front seat to the bank on Saturday morning or bounce around the yard with the young dogs. She has only recently begun to slow down, preferring to sleep a little later in the morning and just kind of lounge around the house. I will always be thankful that I brought this wild child home all those years ago.