Rainbow Bridge
BEAR
CHARLIE
FINN
Bear adopted us in March 2013. According to SEVA records he was 6 years old.Two of his issues were learning to live indoors and ride in a car. It took a while, but with the help and advice of SEVA he adjusted. He never did like riding all that much, but tolerated it to get to his happy place where he could run free and wade in streams on our farm. He began having problems in 2019. He lost a lot of muscle mass in his hind quarters and when walking would drag his right hind leg nails along the ground. We tried many different medicines to keep him healthy and happy, but he had a lot of difficulty getting up and would stumble on stairs occasionally. We will be forever grateful to Acredale Veterinarians, Dr. Alex and Dr. Meador and all the staff for their support and kindness during his life. He was 13 years old when we lost him on June 5th this year. It’s very hard to cope without him right now. –Dot and John Oberlander
I wanted to inform you that our beloved Charlie (~14 years old) passed away the week before Thanksgiving. We adopted him from SEVA GRREAT back in 2009. Charlie was the gentlest and loving golden retriever I have had the pleasure to own. My family truly enjoyed having him in our lives. He will be greatly missed. He passed away due to kidney failure. He did have degenerative hip disease but was always happy to see us and be with his people. We wanted to thank you for the opportunity to have been able to make Charlie part of our family. –Jose Perez
Rescued “Huckleberry” in 2009. We shortened his name to “Finn”. He was a rescue from the Isle of Wight farm raid earlier that year or before. He was recovering from a horrible case of heart worm and was still getting used to people. Thanks to SEVA GRREAT, he made an amazing recovery and had a long healthy life thereafter. Finn made a long move with the kids and I back home to Idaho in 2013 and was always considered part of the family. Finn lived, much longer than expected, to the age of 15 years old before beginning to suffer the effects of old age. Finn was surrounded by the ones he loved when he left, peacefully, June, 22, 2020. He will, forever, be regarded as family. –James Merritt
TOBY
JAKE Jake was our 4th SEVA GRREAT adoption in 2016. We love our senior Goldens Unfortunately, he passed on August 25, 2020. We will miss him dearly. –Jay and Richanne Sensenig
Hello...I wanted to let SEVAGRREAT know our precious Toby crossed Rainbow Bridge on 09/09/20. He we had him for 11 wonderful years. My daughter, who is now a sophomore in college, said it best when she got off the bus in 3rd grade...”a hole in my heart is filled now”. He was loved by everyone who met him and likewise he loved everyone. He was a “mommy’s boy”. From the day I picked him up in Richmond he was by my side. I am thankful we chose SEVAGRREAT to find our buddy. –Allison Thomas
TEDDY In our last issue, the wrong photo was inadvertently used for Teddy. PIctured here is the real Toby.
FALL 2020
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