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From:
owner-brierpups@fast.cs.utah.edu [mailto:owner-brierpups@fast.cs.utah.edu]On Behalf Of Rick Reid
Sent: Wednesday, August 07, 2002
6:30 PM
To: 'Briar List'
Subject: Introduction
Sorry if this is a duplicate I got an error on my original post and I
never saw it hit the list!
Hi to all of
you!
I am going to
try and introduce myself to you.
I am Rick
(better know as Bif the kennel boy) the other half of Bif and Blondie. As you
already know we have 4 goldens. Michelob (9), Jake, Chelsea and Austin all 5.
We have been struggling lately with Michelob and his auto-immune disorder. But
we seem to be heading the right direction on that. We hope to have his latest
test results back later today.
Yanna and I
met 4 years ago via another golden retriever email list. I was doing private
rescue here in AZ. And she was contacted about 3 puppies in Oregon that needed
homes. Yanna arranged to fly them to me as I had homes waiting for puppies and
one of them (our Austin) stayed on with me.
We are very
active in local and national rescue. We both do intakes and transportation for
our local rescue. I also run an ongoing action on ebay to help a national
rescue called Golden Retrievers in Cyberspace as well as Goldentown a hospice
for unwanted goldens.
Here are the
links to both as they good references.
http://www.golden-retriever.com/
http://www.goldentown.org/
We will also
be going to Goldstock http://www.goldstockonline.com/index.html
in a couple of weeks. It is at a children’s camp in northeast PA. We
usually have around 250 people and at least 300 golden retrievers at Goldstock
over the Labor day weekend. Even though most of you are on the west coast we
would encourage you to go to Goldstock. Last year we raised over $35,000 during
the weekend and all of it went to various golden retriever rescues all over the
country. There is lots to do and lots to shop for, not to mention having a
great time with 300 + Goldens!
I have known
Gina for 4 years now and must tell you all that you are very lucky to have such
a caring breeder. Gina sincerely cares about each and every one of the dogs she
places. Something that is hard to find these days! Gina also has a wealth of
knowledge about Goldens.
I will
probably be a lurker on the list for the most part. But if you have a question
please feel free to ask it. I have a fair background in dogs and especially
Goldens. I don’t have all the answers but may have run into a similar
problem over the years and may be able to point you in the right direction.
Funny thing is Gina and I usually agree!
I look
forward to reading your posts!
Rick
Rick
Reid, Yanna Jorni and The Golden Menagerie - Jake, Chelsea, Michelob and Austin