We had lost our rescued golden retriever (we had to have him put down). I would look at the rescue sites everyday. One weekend, I saw her and asked my husband if we could go "look" at her, Well, we brought her home, all 80 pounds of her. She was full of energy, but I will never forget how she looked at me with such love in her eyes from the very first day we brought her home.
She was so good with our grandchildren. My mother said to me, "She is too much of a handful, you will never be able to handle her". I proved her wrong. I remember walking with her out in public after we first got her and would think, "someone is going to come up to me and say, Hey that's my dog". She was such a sweetheart and was just abandoned on the side of the road! We never really knew what she was, wire haired pointed Griffon? Muppet?
Gracie was one of a kind. We lost her about four years ago now. I still cry when I think of her. We have a new dog now, Griffin. He is our baby and completely different than Gracie and we love him to pieces, but Gracie will forever be in my heart.
WINDHAM, ME
