Rivendell Goldens

03/10/2025

A very happy 7th birthday to the beautiful puppies! ❤️

01/15/2025

Beautiful Rivendell Indigo Dragonheart “Indi” best friend and fetch/doggy baseball champion, passed from hemangiosarcoma Monday, January 13th. She was a sweet, beautiful, super smart snuggle bug and working therapy dog who loved taking walks and retrieving and we’re grateful for the time we had with her.

11/18/2024

Terrible news. Beautiful Indi was fine and then suddenly had pale gums last Monday. We rushed her in and she had emergency surgery to remove a ruptured mass that was bleeding internally. The surgery went well and she is recovering well, but I am heartbroken to report that the mass was hermangiosarcoma, a cancer of the blood vessels They estimate she has 3 months left and we’re going to make them the best we can for her. Much love to your packs from ours.

04/24/2024

Today we had to say goodbye to a wonderful coworker, puppy mom and best friend Eowyn. Every day she lined up happily to go to work and absolutely loved it. We loved her so much. Give your pets an extra hug today for us. ❤️

04/17/2024

Eowyn went to Folly Beach today! We left at 5am and she and the pack had a great three hours playing on the beach and bird watching. ❤️

03/23/2024

Thank you SO much to Dean, Cathi and David, Molly for their help making this awesome ramp! The dogs love it! We love it! So grateful! ❤️❤️

03/22/2024

Scientists recommend limiting your dog’s pool time and using a water filter to remove chlorination byproducts based on new study findings.

Bladder cancer has been linked to environmental chemical exposures in people, but these risk factors are not well understood in dogs. By examining several factors, researchers identified an increased risk of bladder cancer for dogs exposed to pool water and high concentrations of chlorination byproducts from their municipal water source.

Learn more about this study, which was co-authored by the Principal Investigator for our Golden Retriever Lifetime Study, Dr. Julia Labadie:

03/20/2024

As some of you already know, Eowyn has been unwell over the last 17 days. Due to the incompetence and callousness of UGA Veterinary Hospital, we were not able to get a diagnostic abdominal ultrasound until today. Unfortunately, the results could not be worse. We can confirm masses on both kidneys, liver, and in the bladder. The vet believed her impaired gait and stumbling is a result of masses in her central nervous system. Although we could do more testing, there is no way to treat cancer that has become systemic to this degree. The mass in her bladder is so large that it will be blocking her ability to urinate in the near future and euthanasia was recommended when that occurs. A highly optimistic timeline is three months. That's highly optimistic. For the immediate future, we're looking into a symptom management strategy with her primary vet and taking it one day at a time. Today she had a turkey sub with me for lunch and in the pictures below we went to the doggie bakery, had a steak taco and finished it up with an ice cream cone.

03/10/2024

Happy birthday to all the puppies!

11/18/2023

https://www.wsbtv.com/news/trending/mysterious-illness-spreading-nationwide-among-dogs/WOU2PURGWVESBHONNQUUZ32VH4/

Veterinarians say that the illness is very contagious and can be deadly.

10/25/2023

Happy tenth birthday to Big Mamma!

06/26/2023

Recovering from an ear hematoma. Thanks to Carol and family for the recovery toys!