Faraway Goldens

Faraway Goldens consists of our two golden retrievers –  “Gemma” born 4/17/97, our pet girl and a true princess, and “Finnegan” born 11/5/02, our resident clown and “multi-purpose” golden boy.

Finnegan with late fall colors, Dec 2008

[This photo was taken by Dog Photographer Pam Biasotti -- click on the photo to go to her website and blog. You can see several more of Pam's wonderful pix under Photos]

I am retired from U.C. Berkeley where I taught English literature and counseled students and am now a part-time faculty member at the Assistance Dog Institute in Santa Rosa, CA where I recently taught a course entitled The Dog in Modern Literature. We divide our time between our home in Orinda, California that my husband Ted, a retired general contractor, built — and our cabin and land (aka Doggy Heaven) overlooking the Mattole River on the “Lost Coast” of Northern California — a place we call Faraway.

Faraway, the cabin

The meadow

The Mattole River in high summer

Finnegan & Gemma on the trail at Faraway, October 2008

Ted, Foo, Gem, & Suz on the front porch

I am a member in good standing of the Golden Retriever Club of America (GRCA) and NORCAL Golden Retriever Club (for which I have served as both membership and corresponding secretaries on the Board of Directors).

We invite you to take a look at our goldens and to consider Finnegan for your own breeding program. You can find out more about him here and also see photos of his pups.

Scattered about this website you’ll find links embedded in green text — just click to go directly to the pages!  Here’s an example: Click on Gemma to go to her webpage. Scroll up to the top of this page to find the green links to Finnegan and Gemma’s pedigrees and also to visit the website for the Assistance Dog Institute. You can also click on most photos for a larger version.

For more information about Faraway Goldens, please contact Suzanne Bria at:

farawaygold@sbcglobal.net (click to send e-mail) -or- 510-919-6284.

Thanks for visiting!