Category: 2016 Golden Successes
Category: 2016 Golden Successes
Rosy Hewitt
Sad News 22nd March 2024 Rosy’s mum wrote, “I can’t believe I am writing this post. We have lost our beautiful Rosy today (22nd march 2024). She was full of cancer and was very poorly. We are heartbroken that our little pocket rocket is no longer with us. If you knew Rosy you loved her
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Jack Ramsay
Sad News 18 November 2022 Jack’s mum wrote, “It is with a broken heart that I have to say that our beautiful, loyal, loving, lovable big darling IRR boy Jack has gone to heaven. We’re absolutely heartbroken. It happened so suddenly and was totally unexpected, but it turned out that our brave boy had been
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Charlie Pearson
14/03/2011 – 30/09/2021 Charlie (was Prince) crossed to Rainbow Bridge on 30 September 2021. His mum, Amanda, wrote: “We are so heartbroken to have lost our beautiful boy, Charlie, after a short illness, which came to light after a vet visit at the lake district. He loved his holidays there, although would never go in
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Jasmine Coman
Sad News 8th April 2021 Jasmine’s mum Tina said, “Jasmine an IRR dog and my rock lost her battle with kidney disease on Thursday. We adopted her in May 2016 and she was estimated to be around 7 then, so I got her to 12 despite 2 cruciate operations, a move to the UK and
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Paddy Richmond
THE NEWS WAS ABSOLUTELY DEVASTATING (24th JULY 2020) A very upset Phil told us the really bad news about Paddy who had been their special needs foster dog in 2015 until he was adopted by Anne and family in January 2016. He said Paddy had suffered with peritonitis and, sadly, passed away that morning, Friday
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Mossie Jefferey
MOSSIE HAS GONE TO THE BRIDGE On 23rd April, Lorraine wrote on Facebook: “Pauline and Steve’s Mossie has gone to the Bridge. Yesterday morning, this huge character chose to leave for the Bridge. As with everything in Mossie world, it was entirely, on his terms! He passed at home, in his sleep, surrounded by his
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Tobie
Tobie is a stunning pale cream 14 month old Goldie pup. Tobie is in good health and is neutered, microchipped, wormed and is up to date with his vaccinations. He was fully health checked for his Pet Passport. HISTORY He was surrendered to IRR because his owners did not have the time to look after
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Scout
Scout is a lovely big, neutered 3 year old English Golden Retriever HISTORY Scout was being advertised as free to a good home but, if no home was found, he was going to be put to sleep. On hearing this, a group of guardian angels stepped in. Suzanne collected him from his previous owners and
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Guus Palmer
GUUS AND FAMILY MOVE TO NORFOLK On 17.11.2019 who was Foster Brother to Guus when he was Scooby reported “We’ve had the most brilliantest of brilliant days as we got to visit Guus who stayed with us in Norfolk when Delilah was a teeny tiny girl just like Samson is now! Before IRR rescued him
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Sammy Heesom
LATEST NEWS FROM SAMMY HIMSELF (2.4.2019) I am still an extremely handsome mid gold Golden Retriever but, three years on, I am now 5yrs old. I have instructed Dad to send some recent photos of me and my crazy sister. I hope he remembered to attach them to this message ‘cus, if he fails, Siabh
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Siabh Heesom
REPORTS FROM HER FOREVER BROTHER SAM I heard my folks talking about a NEW DOG!!!!!!!!! They were muttering something about Siabh (pronounced “Seeva” which means “the gentle one”) being a small, light cream coloured 1.4 year old Golden Retriever GIRL. This is her apparently:- She looks sooooooo sad but I will do something about that.
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MONTY LOST TWO GOOD FRIENDS Three years after his adoption and a very happy life, Monty’s family lost Macey on 25.2.2019 but they opened their hearts to a new friend for Monty in April 2019. The two boys got on really well but, sadly, Monty’s lovely new friend became poorly and passed away on 30.9.2019
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Ruby
Ruby is a dark Gold, three year old female Golden Retriever. She has a gentle personality, and like most Goldens, is very affectionate. She and has received all the vaccinations necessary for travel. She will be spayed at the appropriate time. HISTORY Hers is a rather sad story with noone knowing anything about her other
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Rocky Reader-Hoer
FAREWELL LOVELY BOY (22.11.2019) Rocky was a very popular member of the West Country gang and everybody who met him instantly fell in love with him so we were all deeply saddened to hear he had passed away. For some time, Tracey and Mark had been treating every day with Rocky as a bonus and
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Poppy
Poppy is a cream coloured, spayed Golden Retriever. She has a gentle, affectionate personality and is very sweet. This wonderful girl has been groomed and has received her vaccinations. HISTORY Poppy came from a fabulous home but she was being seriously bullied by her sibling who was jealous of her. The result was that Poppy
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Peggy Hales
IT’S PEGGY’S 4th GOTCHA DAY (19.3.2020) Many congratulations beautiful Peggy. How different your life is now to what it would have been. HISTORY Peggy is a beautiful female Golden Retriever who, in 2016, was just 13mths old when she was surrendered to IRR because her owners did not have the time to look after her
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Dobby is a huge neutered, Golden Retriever puppy (DOB Feb 2016) who came to England from N Ireland. HISTORY His previous owner, who relinquished him due to lack of time to spend with him, said he likes having company, cuddly toys, peanut butter and treat filled Kongs, laying with his head on your lap getting
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Ruby Smith
RUBY HAS A FABULOUS HOME WITH THE AMAZING OREO Nala has a brand new home and a lovely new name to go with it. With her colouring, what else could it be other than Ruby? The best news of all is that her home is with our very special miracle boy, Oreo. RUBY’S FIRST REPORT FROM HER FOREVER HOME
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Mischa is an 8 month old Golden Retriever. She will be spayed three months after she has had her first season. HISTORY Mischa came from a loving home but work commitments meant that they couldn’t give her the time that was needed. PERSONALITY She is very good in every sense of the word and she
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Marley
Marley is a stunning, petite, 6 year old neutered, vaccinated male Golden Retriever from Northern Ireland. UPDATE FROM HIS FOREVER HOME (22.6.2016) Marley’s forever dad,Tony, sent us this update from Scotland “Well, we have had Marley now for 14 weeks here in Troon and he has settled very well with us. He is very affectionate
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Lucia
Lucia is a wonderful 5 year old, golden coloured, spayed female Golden Retriever. She has received her inoculations to travel to the UK and will be groomed when she has completely settled. HISTORY Lucia came from a Pound in Ireland through a well-known Irish rescue ‘Mo Chara’ when Nikki asked for our help. How could
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Little Miss Poppy
Little Miss Poppy is a stunning, 5 year old, golden coloured, spayed Golden Retriever. This beautiful girl has been groomed and has received her inoculations to go to the UK. HISTORY Little Miss Poppy came from a good home but the children had ‘outgrown her’. She was originally an inside dog but, then, was left
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Juno
Juno is an 18 month Golden Retriever. He is deep golden in colour with a quiet personality, and like most Goldens, very affectionate. This beautiful boy has been groomed and has been neutered. He was micro-chipped and inoculated and came through Ennis Pound via Martina, from Babydog Rescue. Juno initially scared, is now a great
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Joey
Joey (was Murphy) is an extremely handsome cream coloured 2 year old Golden Retriever. HISTORY Then called Murphy, he came from a kind home which was only ever meant to be a short term solution for him. They had taken him in when his previous owners were no longer able to care for him. Once
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Jack
Jack is a 5.5 months old cream coloured male Golden Retriever. He will be neutered when he is old enough. PERSONALITY He is incredibly sweet and gentle and is wonderful in every way. He is very curious and quite boisterous but not overly so. He gets on with everybody and he loves to play. SOCIAL
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Indy Hewitt
A HEART-WARMING HAPPY ENDING Having, thankfully, being rescued from the jaws of death, the gorgeous Indy found a marvellous Forever Home and, after a few months, a brand new friend in another IRR rescue lady, Rosie. UPDATE 1.5.2019 Sue says “Today is Indy’s Gotcha Day. She has been our furry girl for 3 wonderful years.
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Holly is a stunning 4.5 year old Golden Retriever. She is golden in colour with a vivacious personality and, like most Goldens, she is very affectionate. This beautiful girl has been groomed, is spayed and has received her inoculations. HISTORY Holly came from a truly loving home but, with three young children, it was felt
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Holly
Hayley was 18 months old when she was spayed, vaccinated and microchipped before coming to the UK. She has a vivacious personality and is very affectionate UPDATE THREE YEARS ON (5-5- 2019) It is easy to see that Holly is extremely happy living with Tommy who came from Black Retriever Rescue. What a beautiful pair
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Hayley Parr
SHE WAS TAKEN FAR TOO SOON (September 2017) Rachel and Mark have had to say a very sad “goodbye” to their lovely Hayley. Rachel tells us “we sadly lost Hayley in the middle of September. She had had what we thought was a successful operation to remove a haematoma on her side then enjoyed a
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Harvie
Harvie (was Tilly) is a two year old, spayed, golden coloured Golden Retriever. HISTORY Then called Tilly, she was relinquished when the owners could no longer care for her. She was groomed immediately upon pick up and saw a vet straightaway for a check up. PERSONALITY She has a loving personality and, like most Goldens,
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Harper Grimshaw Baker
HISTORY Harper is a stunning, light cream coloured, spayed female Golden Retriever who was 20 months old in 2016. She has received all the vaccinations necessary for travel and has already been groomed and has been in foster in Ireland. Harper came from a loving home and never suffered any form of abuse but
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Edward
Edward is a cream coloured, neutered Golden Retriever who came from N Ireland. His date of birth is 16/4/2016. HISTORY Heather was contacted by another rescue asking her advice on Edward. The owner was terrified of him as Edward was dictating where she went in the house and where she was allowed to sit. He
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Daizie is an amazing 6 year old female Golden Retriever. She is golden in colour with a loving personality, and like most Goldens, she is very affectionate. This beautiful girl will be groomed, as is usual. She is spayed and has received her innoculations ready to travel with her best friend Dexter to the UK.
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Dexter
Daizie is an amazing 6 year old female Golden Retriever. She is golden in colour with a loving personality, and like most Goldens, she is very affectionate. This beautiful girl will be groomed, as is usual. She is spayed and has received her innoculations ready to travel with her best friend Dexter to the UK.
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Murphy Juffkins
TWO SPECIAL SUPER DOGS It is still unbelievable these lovely boys were cast aside but they have both fallen on all four paws and, now, live a perfect life with Jackie and family. UPDATE (6th March 2020) Jackie says “Happy 4th Gotcha Day to my gorgeous boys Murphy & Flynn. HISTORY In 2016, the boys
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Flynn Juffkins
TWO VERY HAPPY BOYS NOW LIVE IN THE LAP OF LUXURY What more could they want? Each other and a very special Mum who loves them to bits. UPDATE (28th April 2017) Jackie explains”Flynn decided today was the day to achieve his 1/2 mile swimming certificate. Now I know they can both swim (like the
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Cuillin (pronounced Coolin) is a stunning looking young Golden Retriever who is in foster in Scotland where he was surrendered to IRR. His date of birth was 21.12.2014. He is neutered and has had a clean bill of health. PERSONALITY He is exactly what you would expect of a 20 month old Golden Retriever. Cuillin
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Cooper is a lovely, gentle two year old Golden Retriever who was in kennels at the same time as Chip who has been renamed Otis. He has been vaccinated, neutered and microchipped. HISTORY He came into the care of IRR in Northern Ireland needing washing and grooming. He was quite scared in kennels and was
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Cooper
Cooper is an overweight, neutered male Golden Retriever. This lovely boy has been groomed and has received his inoculations to travel to the UK. HISTORY Cooper was a stray who was not reclaimed from Monaghan Pound. PERSONALITY Cooper is a delightful, typical Golden Retriever. He is a gentle giant of a goodie and is remarkably
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Cody Gibson
OUR GORGEOUS BOY HAS CROSSED THE BRIDGE (21.5.2018) On 21st May, an absolutely devastated Alan told us “ Celia and I have just said goodbye to our gorgeous boy, Cody, and helped him cross the Bridge. At least, on the other side, he will be joining up with the other Gibson Goldens who live there.
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Otis
Chip is a castrated 8 year old Golden Retriever. His history is unknown. PERSONALITY Chip is a wee darling and he put his head in Heather’s Mum’s knee, just wanting kisses and cuddles. SOCIAL LEARNING Leadwalking and general obedience: Chip is strong on the lead and doesn’t know any basic commands although Heather has done
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Teddy
Charlie is a wonderful, 5 year old, neutered, male Golden Retriever. He is cream, almost white, in colour. This beautiful boy, has been groomed and has received his inoculations to travel to the UK. He is in very good health. He is being fostered in Wiltshire. HISTORY He was due to be put to sleep
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Chadwick
Shadow is a russet-coloured neutered male Golden Retriever who was born on 12.12.2014 in Eire. HISTORY This 11 month old, fortunately, has no medical issues but is apprehensive and nervous due to, clearly, being hit by someone. He is very, very underweight, with his rib cage clearly visible. PERSONALITY Shadow is a sweet boy who
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Benson Southon
OUR LOVELY BENSON HAS GONE (26.9.2016) All was going very well for the boys and they had a brilliant seven months in their new home but then, tragically, things changed again. Benson was off colour for a few days and colon cancer was suspected. After all the ups and downs and considering his age, it
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Merlin Southon
THEIR’S WAS SUCH A SAD STORY We were asked to help two beautiful Golden Retrievers, Benson aged 11yrs and his son, Merlin aged 5yrs. They had been used to wonderful, happy lives, always being really well cared for and loved to bits, but, sadly, these lovely Welsh boys needed to be rehomed due to a
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Ben Copley
TAKEN TOO SOON (26.10.2018) Peter wrote, “It is with great sadness that we advise you of the demise of our beloved Ben. Sadly, Ben had to be put to sleep on Friday 26th October. He had a large tumour in his throat which was inoperable. He was just 11 years old and he was the
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Bear is a snow white 7 month old, neurered Golden Retriever. This beautiful boy has been groomed. HISTORY Bear came from a truly fabulous home but proved a little too much for his family. PERSONALITY He has a vivacious personality and is very affectionate. He longs to be loved and enjoys being the centre of
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Amy
Amy (was Eloise) is a pretty cream coloured girl who is supposed to be a two year old Golden Retriever although IRR believes there may be a Cross somewhere in her family. HISTORY Eloise came through our good friend, Michelle, in the fantastic Offaly Dog Pound which deals with dogs in the Offaly area. IRR
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Amber
Amber is a two year old female Golden Retriever. She is dark Gold in colour. Amber came through our very good friend, Helen Hewitt. She was a stray picked up in Monaghan Pound. Helen arranged for her pet passport and all the inoculations she needed. She was assessed and it turned out that she didn’t
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Alfie is a gorgeous two year old Golden Retriever who was in foster care at the same time as Joseph (was Archie). He is the more golden of the two and has been vaccinated, neutered and microchipped. HISTORY He came into the care of IRR in Northern Ireland. Alfie was very underweight when he arrived
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Ronnie
Ronnie is one year 5 months old. He has been neutered, vaccinated and micro-chipped. 16th March 2016 – Update from Ronnie’s Foster Home Ronnie is a fabulous boy and will flourish in his forever home. He is very loving and affectionate and will often come and put his head in your lap just for a
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Jessie
Jessie is an affectionate 6 years old female Golden Retriever. She has been spayed, vaccinated and microchipped. HISTORY Jessie came to Irish Retriever rescue from Offaly pound. When being spayed a lump was removed that has proved to be benign. A leg wound was also repaired but unfortunately Jessie succumbed to an infection and was
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Harry McInerney
VERY HAPPY IN HIS FOREVER HOME A new name brought a new home and our boy is now a very happy Harry. HISTORY In 2015, Hagrid was a 3year old male Golden Retriever who had been neutered, vaccinated and micro-chipped.Hagrid came to Irish Retriever Rescue due to a change in family circumstances. FOSTER ASSESSMENT PERSONALITY:
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Daisy
Daisy is an energetic 22 months old female Golden Retriever. She has been spayed and microchipped. HISTORY Daisy has a difficult history that involved her going missing. On being found she was relinquished to Irish Retriever Rescue. PERSONALITY Daisy is energetic and bouncy with an affectionate nature and loves cuddles. SOCIAL LEARNING Daisy lacks basic
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Lottie was abandoned, found tied to gates. After all reasonable attempts to find her owner failed, they contacted IRR for help.
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