I know what you mean about your Golden never leaving your side when you are feeling sad. I've had two of them like that! Golden Retriever Rescue of Wisconsin calls "crosses" like yours "Honorary Goldens!"
Thank you. "Honorary Golden." That's nice. Well, Skippy was golden through and through. He had a heart of gold and as big as the outdoors. I love my dog Harm, whom my children got for me when Skippy died (without even asking me first), but there will never be another Skippy. He was one of a kind.