With a lot of difficult family issues happening in my life, I have a pleasant addition to my like and our home. I have become a " co-owner " to a female golden retriever that will be breeding in the near future. Basically , it comes down to her living with us and being a pet and loved as such. I already have two corgis, one of which didn’t like other dogs.
She has been with us for 4 weeks and in that time, she has been welcomed into our home and has even won the heart of our grumpy , less than enthusiastic male. They are now playing like they are best of friends. My older corgi is becoming less active and inclined to play. Part of my motivation was to find a playmate for my boy, to stop his boredom.
She is a truly delightful dog…so sweet and happy to just play with all the ignored stuffed toys and just to get all the love she needs whenever she wants it.
She will go back to the breeder when she is heat, back again to give birth and raise her babies. I will not get a puppy in exchange , it’s just an agreeable arrangement to have her with us most of the time and be spoiled .
It might be hard to let her go in the time she has to be with her breeder , but she brings a lot of happiness to our home in a time where we all need it
That is a very nice update @lje62!
Dogs are unconditional in their love.
I’ve said it before and I’ll say it again: Dogs are the best people.
Thank you for giving this dog something the breeder won’t.
That makes my heart happy. I’m so glad for you.
There’s nothing like a nice Golden to be a big hunk of burning love. 
Has the breeder shown your girl?
@Consolation , she has been shown. She has a scar on her head that the breeder told me that she had a thorn in that became infected. The fur hasn’t grown back all the way and I suspect won’t . I know in the show rings , that could hurt. It doesn’t matter to me of course. I have a almost 9 year old corgi that was slated to be a show dog until she was diagnosed with juvenile cataracts …all these years later, it turned out to be a misdiagnosis