Hopefully this may or may not be a picture of our two girls, Flossie is the lighter of the two and is 7 years old Dora is 3 years old and their friend is Daisy.
Flossie (Eveninghill Maid of Honour! there's posh) came with us from the UK when we moved to France in 2005 and Dora is a rescue. She was bought from her breeder, a lovely French lady, by a couple who decided they were going to get divorced after two weeks of owning Dora. She was put in an outside run with Chasse (Hunt) dogs at 10 weeks old. Her breeder got to hear about her plight and went and fetched her and then looked for someone to have her. The network knew we had Goldens so asked if we knew of a suitable home for her and we offered to have her. She arrived with us and immediately settled in helped by her two older friends Tilly (who we lost to cancer 3 years ago) and Flossie. It took Dora a while to show affection she was really quite stand offish for a puppy but after a few weeks she started to thaw and now she is as affectionate as anything. We think her stand offishness was due to her time with the hunt dogs, even now she does not like men in flat hats with sticks.
Dora the Explorer! - her name suits her well, after a heavy snowfall of about 6 inches last year she got out of the garden (husband left the gate to the stables open thinking the dogs would not be out in the garden!) and took herself off exploring, I tracked her through the snow for an hour and a half, falling into ditches etc I was almost hoarse with calling her when she came over the horizon bounding through the snow with a huge smile on her face probably saying ' Hello Mum isn't this fun' - the relief. John meanwhile had been out on the Quad bike going round all our walk circuits.
We live in the Limousin in France with these two girls, our two horses and an adopted barn cat who Dora would love as a friend but Thomas thinks not!
Regards
VickiC
They look amazing! 
