[RKDinOKC]

All of my dogs have been Goldens.

When I got my first one my friend had a light silver bird dog he hunted with and called her Nickels The Golden was a dark copper color so I called her Penny. She lived 17 years and was very smart.

After only a couple of months found I just didn't want life without a dog so got another. At that time I was really into autocrossing my Porsche so called her Camber. She was an alpha dog and not very smart comparatively. About the same time I got Camber moved my Mom in with me with the beginnings of Alzheimers. Camber was really my Mom's dog. Camber did speak english like, I want out, I'm hungry, I love you, I want out, hello, go play with dotty (dotty was the dalmation next door), etc. Mom's post stroke therapist brought her kids to hear the talking dog. She said as a speech therapist the dog was making all the correct sounds. Said if dogs could move their lips she would be speaking perfect english. Compared her speaking to Astro on the Jetsons. Camber passed after 13 years.

The next day, due to Mom's sever depression over Camber's passing, got another golden puppy. Had gotten a Cayenne (with air suspension to set loading height for Mom to get in and out easier) so called the puppy Pepper. From day one Pepper stuck to Mom. Pepper woke Mom from her Alzheimer's haze. Mom's memory and abilities came back to take care of Pepper. Mom even started cooking for herself again so she could feed Pepper from her plate. Sadly after only 3 months of getting Pepper, Mom passed. Pepper is 3 years old this month and is smarter than Camber but not quite as obedient as Penny. Still working on her getting distracted by new people otherwise she would be leash free like Penny was. Training her so we can both do diabetic alert dog training.