Paws In The Sand

Wishing you all a Very Happy Christmas and Happy Holidays from Goldie Paws In The Sand! I hope you have a wonderful time over the holidays. Have fun and party like a Golden does !!  Also a big THANK YOU to everyone who visited Goldies Blog this year. It means a lot to me that you visit and I do appreciate it.  Wishing you a New Year filled with happiness, peace, good health and joy.    I am looking forward to sharing more stories and Golden moments with you next year!    Thank You Golden Retriever Puppy & Kitten Card by LoveandSerenity Create personalized cards online at Zazzle.

As December is here and our thoughts turn to Christmas I am reminded how much Goldie adored this time of year!  We either spent Christmas at home, while he was with us, or if we did go away he came with us,  so to him it simply meant more time with us, lots of walks, lots of food smells and tasty treats. Presents were amazing to him and got so excited and he got more fun filled walks too ! What more could a dog want :) Just look at that face in the first picture ! For us there was a pattern to the Christmas Day mornings we spent at home with Goldie, whether we had visitors or not. We usually cooked the main part of the meal the night before so the smells would waft throughout the house and Goldie would be expectantly looking to see when this food would actually appear!  Anyway he patiently waited then trotted off to bed as normal and woke us up in his usual fashion the next day!  Goldie was fed first then we started on the present opening. This was G...

We are putting up our Christmas tree today. I love putting the tree up and decorating it  with all the tree decorations we have used for years and added to throughout our married life as well.  Of course when we had Goldie he thought this was a great cause for excitement!  His face said it all - why was a TREE - that looked like a TREE but didn't smell like a TREE coming in the house ! There was a lot of sniffing and tail wagging !  Have to admit we had some qualms about it the first year as well, without going into too much detail, he was a male dog and trees were his fave choice to errr relieve himself !!  Anyway I recall that first year when he was just over a year old we had a little talk and told him that this Tree was a special tree,  unlike any other and not to be peed on. ....  Well you know what.... he never did. What a good boy he was.  He did love to "help" us with the decorations though and his tail wagged so fast w...