Saying Good-Bye to My Best Friend of 14 Years :-(

Sutter 2002-2016 ... I (we) said Good-Bye to my Best Friend of 14 years today (kidney failure) ... she was my teacher, my traveling companion, my kayaking partner and mentor to our 4 pups and several "Campers" over the years ... she marched to her own drummer and got as much joy out of life as any dog could ... yesterday we took her to the Ocean and there was a "twinkle" in her eye and a "smile" on her face ... run free sweet girl ... the girls and I Love & Miss You
(1-25-16)  MEMORIES in PHOTOS

Car-Camping Coastal Nova Scotia Canada
(when there were just two of us!)

Sutter's first kayaking adventire at 9 weeks
(on my birthday April 2002)

Professional photoshoot at 2008 Golden Retriever Nationals
(Sutter & Lyric ... photo by Karen Hocker)

Thank you to our "Golden" family ;o)

Birthday Partys!

Teaching sharing!
(Sutter & Willow)

Trip to LL Bean!

Stole the Judges hat during an Agility trial!!!

Helping with the fruit crops!

Who knew one girl could have this much hair
 ... every 2 weeks!!!

Loved Scent Tracking!

The Dancing Girl

Agility excited her!

I met and picked out Sutter when she was just 5 weeks old

"Car-Camping"  Costal Nova Scotia, Cape Breton & PEI Canada

Hiking with Kelli in Vermont after the loss of Lyric

Snowshoeing

No one could pose this photo ...
Mya quiet atop Sutter's ashes :- (

You're never too old to learn!

Project Manager!

Kayaking in January!

Sutter Comes Home!

Sutter LOVED the Ocean  ;o)
(Sutter & Lyric)

First trip to the Ocean at 9 weeks ... found a glove!
(... and still has it to this day!)

Took her favorite "Hedgie" to the
 Rainbow Bridge with her 

The girls "connecting" when we picked up Sutter's ashes  :-(

Agility ... Sutter earned  a Standard Level 1 title

The gang ... her family ;o)

Her love of Agility every week

Her last visit to Old Orchard Beach Maine 1/24/16

Teaching the pups to swim & retrieve!

When Sutter & I said Good-Bye to our sweet Lyric in Wolfboro

Marched to her own Drummer!

She loved our yearly overnight trips to the Ocean at
Old Orchard Beach Maine

Her first pup to mentor ... Lyric!

Our last "Adventure" together  ;o)

HOPE SO !!!