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Hi Barbi!
I am sorry to hear of your Mom's heart attack, but glad she is doing well. I will hold her in my prayers for a quick recovery.
I will register on your site soon. I know what it's like to get no sleep, I'm an insomniac!
Yes, Kody is a rescue, and such a treasure! He's a special blessing. My son and I were looking for a Golden to adopt and were having a bit of a hard time. He wanted a male and to rename him Kody. After some time, we found Kody and his name already was Kody! I know he we were all meant to be together, we are all such a good fit! Now with the others, we are one big Happy pack!
He's one of the largest Goldens anyone has ever seen, even my vet! But he's all love! I did some volunteer work for a Golden Rescue for a bit, but stopped working directly with the dogs
as I would cry and my heart would break with seeing the abuse, and how some people just toss their animals when they get older. I wanted to bring them all home with me, and after a bit, my husband was getting upset with me crying and being upset all the time!
So I worked behind the scenes doing fundraisers and getting organizations to donate food.
I do hope you get some sleep. My prayers are with you also along with your Mom.
Sending love,

Here's Kody swimming! It makes me so happy to know he's gone from being caged to quite the happy swimmer! He loves it!