Golden Mountain Dog Solutions

The following article first appeared in the 27 January 1999 edition of the Lunenburg “Progress Enterprise” At the time this occurred, our Whynacht Security & Survival alarm monitoring station was the central dispatch centre for both the Lunenburg and District Fire Department and the Lunenburg – Mahone Bay Police Service. Randy personally processed this call and hastens to add that the reason he “… dispatched the fire department after receiving two calls about the dogs ….” as the article states is that the calls came in back to back and had to be answered before he could initiate any response.

We are happy to report that both dogs named in the article weren’t at SHAID long before they were adopted. As of today’s date, their litter mate Dusty (picture at left) is 11 years old and still going strong as the grand old man of our pack. How he got to be here is a story for another post.

Theresa Hawkesworth
Lighthouse staff

LUNENBURG – Man was dog’s best friend last week as Lunenburg firefighters rescued two puppies from the Back Harbour.

Now those dogs need another friend.

When “Pete” and “Martha” fell through the ice near Sawpit Wharf January 21, Lunenburg firefighters responded. Read the rest of this entry »