My name is Kelsey Stapp. In 2007 my family grew by one when we adopted Shadow from GBGRR. We had recently lost a dog and were ready to bring a new golden into our lives. We had no idea that there was a huge piece of our hearts missing that Shadow would fill and then some… Read More

Our Dog Barley We were very saddened when our boy Barley passed away on June 8 after a two year fight with cancer. This date marked four years since we adopted him after his two previous families were unable to deal with his in-your-face nature. In September he would have turned six, much too young… Read More

We are heartbroken – today we helped Watson, our Super Senior over Rainbow Bridge. Watson came to Golden Beginnings about 9 months ago, he was barely 54 pounds and very anemic. It took two months to get him healthy enough to get vaccinations and neutered. Once we thought we got him healthy enough to be… Read More

It was love at first sight for both of us.  The date was June 25, 2016.  I drove over 200 mile and almost 4 hours (one way) to meet RUDY.  It was a month earlier when we lost our beloved Golden Hootie and my sadness over his loss at times was overwhelming.  Goldens bring such… Read More

We lost our dear Baxter about 8 months ago. He came to use at a time when Debbie was having health issues, and he stayed by her side until recovery. We loved him so very much. He was so sweet and loving. Debbie and I loved Baxter so very much. It broke our hearts to… Read More

We are heartbroken that Jake (fka Cash) left us on May 18 after liver failure. He adopted us 5 1/2 years ago after he was hit by a car and taken in by GBGRR.  He immediately stole our hearts! He loved his brother Marcus, who didn’t know how to play until Jake joined us and… Read More

Cinnamon enjoyed living with my mom and me for over 6 years. She had a couple of acres where she could roam free at times. She had a favorite spot in the house, in the living room looking out our bay window onto the backyard and the bayou beyond. She could see when raccoons moved… Read More

Our lovely sweet Ollie (Oliver to you) left us this week.  If you remember, thanks to you Cil he was brought back to life after some years of near death.  We had him for almost ten wonderful years which would have made him 14 this coming December.  He had heart issues for about a year so we knew… Read More

Life can be so cruel and unfair! We lost our sweet sweet Scooter today.  He fought a very brave strong fight against lymphoma but was just too tired to fight any more. He was a goofy dopey boy who loved to chase squirrels. He loved his human girl Mary, his late brother Lucky and his newest… Read More