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American Kennel Club (AKC) ranks Golden Retrievers as 5th of the most popular dog. Goldens always participate in the Westminster Kennel Club Dog Show but never won the Best in Show.
This month, Spring Naturals‘ Best of Breed is a Golden Retriever.
Sugar is the featured Golden.

We shared 3 FUN facts with Spring Naturals on
what makes a Golden Retriever a special dog.

A Golden’s smile is contagious!
Goldens love to retrieve and are the perfect buddy for a game of catch!
Precious Golden LOVE ♥

We also collaborated with Spring Naturals in helping a local Golden Rescue that we support. For the month of June, Spring Naturals is helping and featuring local adoptable Goldens from As Good As Gold, Golden Retriever Rescue of Illinois. Meet Sebastian and Masie. We hope they find their forever home soon.

To celebrate Best of Breeds, Spring Naturals is giving away dog treats to our 4 lucky readers/followers. Follow the giveaway tools below to join.

Spring Naturals have two lines of dog treats: grain or grain free.
What makes Spring Natural dog treats “unconditionally guaranteed” good?
It’s wholesome ingredients that are …

made from real meat
made with whole vegetables and fruits
contains no wheat, corn and soy
no animal by-product
no artificial preservatives, flavors or coloring
quality sourced and made in the USA

Sugar recently tasted their baked gran-free 95% Beef Treats with a medley of fruits and berries. DELISH! The treats vary in sizes but are easily breakable into small pieces. Sugar loves it’s chewiness and pleasant smell. Sugar, Golden LOVEs its wholesome TASTY goodness. Spring Naturals is all about nourishing your pet with freshness and wholesomeness, a brand pet parents can trust.
Lots of Golden Thanks Spring Naturals!

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We are very honored to be part of Holli Pfau’s Blog Book Tour,
Pure Gold.

Pure Gold is an inspiring story to read. A Must Read Book! especially for those who rescues dogs and/or considering rescuing a dog.

Pure Gold is a collection of stories describing Holli’s life adventures with 6 Rescued Golden Retrievers,

Nikki, Bodie, Sophie, Tucker, Daisy and Chatter

Nikki, Holli’s first Golden and became her therapy partner as they visit patients in the hospital. Nikki was the inspiration for Holli to co-found a nationally recognized hospital program of animal-assisted therapy.

“…what Nikki lacks in size, she makes up for in heart.”

Bodie was returned from the breeder due to for being imperfect (due to his eye). His original name was just Bo but Holli found it insufficient and less fitting so she renamed him Bodie. Bodie along with Nikki were great companions of Holli and her husband Walter on their hikes. Just like Nikki, Bodie also pursued a job in therapy. Bodie became a good therapy dog and a big hit in the pediatrics department.

Tucker came along after Bodie passed away. Tucker’s owner relinquished him to the shelter due to overwhelming household. Tucker’s original name is Murray. Again, Holli felt that the name Murray does not suit him. Tucker had hip problems but recovered quickly and participated in hiking trails.

While Nikki was in her prime age, Sophie came to Holli’s life and became Tucker’s faithful companion.

Reading Daisy’s story reminded my mom of me especially my agility years. My mom also did talk to me often as Holli shared some of her conversation with Daisy. Reading the story of Daisy made it clear why she made the cover of the book. Oh My Furry Friend was mentioned on page140. We love Holli’s choice of song for Daisy, “It’s Not Where You Start. it’s Where You Finish.” We do agree on “ …its about having fun.”

Chatter struggled during her little life. Luckily she found her forever home with Holli and Daisy. Holli and his husband Walter dealt and understoodd Chatter puppy(ness). Lots of Golden Laughs on Chatter. Like Daisy, Chatter also did agility.

It did not take a long time for my mom to read Pure Gold. She read it in a plane ride. She sure had lots of notes while she was reading this book, lots of folded pages and underlined words/sentences. She cried and smiled while reading this book. She felt fine showing her emotions since the person next to her was reading The Art of Racing in the Rain.

All in all, Pure Gold by Holli Pfau is heartwarming to read.

I give 4 Golden PAWS and highly recommend it.

Holli donates a portion of the sales of Pure Gold to Golden Retriever rescue/adoption groups. You can read more about Holli on her website, puregoldbook.com

Holli currently lives in Durango Colorado with Daisy and Chatter.

He place is called Glad Dog Ranch,

“… we’re always going to have Goldens, and

they’re as happy and glad as dog can be.”

Holli provided us an extra copy of Pure Gold, for a giveaway.
However, while my mom read the book she was reminded of one of our Golden Bloggie Friend, Kim. Kim’s blog is Life at Golden Pines where she blogs about her life but mostly about her dogs, rescued Senior Golden Retrievers. Since we became bloggie friends, she rescued many many Senior Goldens. Some of them sadly has passed away … but Kim of course continues to rescue. Very appreciative of all the Golden Good Deeds that Kim brings to these Senior Goldens that we decide to give her our extra copy of Pure Gold. Kim totally deserves it.
Kim will also do a Pure Gold blog post book review (11/17) and she will provide a giveaway book. Visit Kim’s Blog, Life at Golden Pines. Say hello to the Golden Pines Gang and tell them that Sugar sent you.

Since we gave our extra copy to Kim, the publisher of Holli provided us another copy. We decided not to do a giveaway since we have another Golden Bloggie Friend that is so deserving to read Pure Gold. It’s our friend KT, who recently just lost her Golden Lady and adopted Golden Easton. Visit KT at KT Goldens and read more about his past Goldens, Say Hello to KT and Golden Easton and tell them that Sugar sent you.

Lots of Golden Thanks to Holli Pfau for providing us an advance copy of Pure Gold and being a part of Pure Gold Blog Book Tour. Golden Delighted and privileged to read/review your book.

It’s appropriate to end this book review post
with a quote from the book.

While Holli was ill and asked by a nurse,

“Do you have guiding spirits that are a

source of strength and comfort to you?”

Holli responded “ Absolutely!”

“I call upon the spirits of four wonderful golden retrievers

who where so important in my life,

and they continue to be there for me from the other side.”

Lots of Golden Woofs

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