With the colors of July in bloom, the girls strike a pose in full smile mode.

Ginger, we all need to take a page out of your book on how to live each day: Smile, Be Grateful and Celebrate! Happy 2nd Birthday Ginger!

We celebrate 13 wonderful years of golden joy with Daisy Mae, our angel who now has her wings. She is now running free and playing with her sister Shadow at Rainbow Bridge . . .

Daisy Mae is 13 years old today, happy birthday precious! It seems like yesterday you were chasing your sister Shadow around the yard and pulling chunks of fur out of her big ol' tail . . .

Daisy's 13th birthday is coming up real soon, so some then and now images seem appropriate. Here's the third of three . . .

Daisy's 13th birthday is coming up real soon, so some then and now images seem appropriate. Here's the second of three . . .

Daisy's 13th birthday is coming up real soon, so some then and now images seem appropriate. Here's the first of three . . .

During this research, we learned of a study that had started in 2012 called the Golden Retriever Lifetime Study which was created by Morris Animal Foundation to "identify the nutritional, environmental, lifestyle and genetic risk factors for cancer and other diseases in dogs." They were still looking for at least 3,000 golden retriever volunteers . . .

After a recent snow, ZuZu would run and jump and then bury her head in the snow, then lift it up to look around for the next spot. I caught her looking my way after she lifted her head up, and she looked SO serious!

The four Trog's Dogs soaking up a little morning spring sunshine. As much as they love the snow, they're pretty happy when it's finally warm and they can spend more time doing that voodoo that they do outside.