I contacted the owner and he said,"If you want her she's yours just come and pick her up." When I got there he told me that although his place was in the country his yard was not fenced and the dog just wouldn't stay home.
She was probably a year old, full of energy and joy. We lived in a cabin at a lake and so she would have a large yard, also unfenced.
Brina short for Sabrina was a joyful, wonderful dog. She was sweet, kind and always happy just like the expression on her face. Even her challenges were taken on joyfully.
However the neighbours soon discovered that whenever she went out and we assumed she was in our yard playing with out other dog, she wasn't. All summer long she stole their bathing suits that were drying on their deck rail and then in winter she stole their skis. Anything left in their yard was fair game as far as she was concerned but she was, after all, a retriever so it was impossible to get angry at her.
She is the inspiration behind the watercolor painting of a Golden Retriever.
