Photos sent by Joy Viola
FOG 10th Anniversary Photos
Marjoribanks
Restoration
Retrieving Guisachan:
Our Golden Retrievers’ Ancestral Home
The roof of Guisachan House was removed in 1939 to avoid taxes on what was then a magnificent mansion. In the intervening years, Guisachan suffered enormous decay and trees grew within its walls, leaving the house largely hidden from view. In 2018, the Friends financed the removal of trees growing within and around the Guisachan House ruins as a preamble to the stabilization of the ruins. Much of the edifice has so deteriorated that it must be knocked down for reasons of public safety. But some walls can be stabilized.
To do this, we need your help. Individual gift options are possible.
- $1750 will stabilize a large window
- $1550 will stabilize and simulate a small window
- $1250 will insert concrete lintel to existing window head
- $800 will block a small window
- $400 will repair adjacent window stone work
- $200 will plaster and paint dummy window
There will also be a General Construction Fund to which smaller donations can be directed, the proceeds being used for the overall stabilization procedure. Restoration will begin with the filling in of windows and the stabilization of walls around them. The cost of each window will depend on its condition and that of the walls surrounding it.
Benefit Concert
Join us for a Scottish tea and benefit concert
Friends of Guisachan will host a Scottish tea and benefit concert of Scottish Folk Songs of the Guisachan Era
presented by Castlebay, internationally renown interpreters of traditional Scottish music at Riverview, Hudson, MA.
Tickets are now on sale! $20 per person until May 28th, $25 thereafter. As of today we are accepting orders for tickets to the June 1st concert of Scottish Folk Music of the Guisachan Era. TICKET SALES MUST BE LIMITED TO JUST 50 TICKETS! The concert will be held at 2 p.m. followed by a Scottish Tea with scones and jam. Come hear the Scottish song about the Yellow Dog!
LOCATION: Yankee Golden Retriever Rescue at 110 Chapin Road, Hudson, MA.
Mail your check to: Joy Viola, 14 Glover Road, Wayland, MA 01778 or phone in your credit card number to 508-358-7222
The Castlebay performers are just back in Maine after their winter East Coast tour. Join us for their Guisachan Ruins benefit concert June 1st.
HONOR ROLL OF DONORS TO THE RETRIEVING GUISACHAN CAMPAIGN
$4000 and above
Alex Grigg
Judy Rasmuson
Joy & Alfred Viola
$1000 – $3900
Catherine & Jay Bourland
Jan & Mark Bramhall
Gail Ingrish
Carole Johnson
Brenda Marchington Sheller
Dave Traylor
Yankee Golden Retriever Club
$500 – $999
Tom Howe
Patricia Lindquist
Henry & Jan Rines
Bill Reyna
Pat Swallows
Alison Webb
$100 – $499
Janet Bradwell
Jenny Bridges
Richard and Rebecca Campero
D’Alex Childers
Fiona Clarkson
James Cohen
John Emif
Margaret Fearn
Karen Frink
Wendy Maxwell Gait
Michele Gawenka
Ann Greenbank
Tiffany Grunert
Kelly Lenfert Hammons
Ali, Mary & Elsa Hammoud
Nick & Mary Alice Holmes
Alistair Largymore
Sallie Lenox
Laura J. Mason
Angel Fontana Martin
Marty McCullough
Doreen McGugan
James & Melinda Mercer
Ioana Miricescu
Marilynn Morphet
Julie Palais
Kim Faith Helping Paws-
Jill Pearson
Jeffrey Pepper
Elizabeth Platais
Rose Ann Porucznik
Anne Shannon
Brenda Marchington Sheller
Tracey Shepherd
Liza SimonReper
Margot Stuckey
Barbara Tischler
Renata Valcarcel
Karen Cybula Vowell
Theresa Yeager
Carolyn Zagami
Autumn Valley Golden Retriever Club of the Southern Tier
Evergreen Golden Retriever Club
Kansas City Golden Retriever Club
Golden Retriever Club of British Columbia
Golden Retriever Club of Greater L.A.
Golden Retriever Club of Central New York
Golden Retriever Club of Greater Toledo
Sandlapper Golden Retriever Club
$5 – $99
Eszter Abranyl
Sarah Abrey
Laila Ager
Rochelle Andonian
Verena Arminger
Christine Ashton
Kathryn Atkin
Alan Baillie
Luca Baldacchino
Louise Battley
Suzi Beber
Judit Beke
Paulina O’Gorman Berrymeade
Julia Bolton
Marny Bonner
George Boyd
Robin Bowen
Elaine Brady
Kathy Braeckman
Sabine Rodig-Brauch
Ane Brusendorff
Jill Cairns
Sue Campbell
Rebecca Campero
Joanne Pino Cava
Renata Cesar
Kerri Christman
Lorraine Coles
Jan Cook
Christopher Cornwall
Carole Crompton
Jennie Coutlemanis
Katherine Cowie
Anette Bogelund Damm
Friederike Daniels
Christina Taylor Degazio
Lesley Dickson
Lynn Tess Dickson
Diana Doran
Ann Douglas
Nancy Ego
Judith McCormick Erlanger
Kate Evans
Anne Falconer
Jane Fall
Jacqueline Fealy
Jacqui Finnie
Shannon Flynn
Christine Foster
Sue Francis
Caron French
Leslie Friend
Dawn Frost
Wendy Fry
Monika Fuchs
Jo Ellen Fulkerson
Lesley Furbank
Gloria Gargan
Freda Morriss Garget
Mona Garray
Penny Gayler
Sheenagh Gebhard
Carol Gilbert
Alexander Glew
Suzi Golder
Michelle Goldermann
Marie Grady
Louise Graham
Gail Greig
Catherine Reeves Gross
Sandra Grzybek
Iulia Gugu
Mike Hadden
Gill Hamilton
Joyce Hamlyn
Kim Handley
Val Harvey
Joanne Heininger
Sue Henderson
Patricia Herschman
Rob Sam Hill
Carol Hobbelen
Jane Hodges
Silke Hohmann
Kim Houlden
Ruth Holmes
Richard How
Ann Hubbs
Brenda Hutchison
Julie Eldersveid Iribarren
Manita Busser-Jager
Belle Johns
Wendy Johnston
Eszter Kadar
Brigitte Kaltenbock
Caroline Kaplonski
Nancy Karlosky
Isabel Kipp
Elvira Kloek
Judi Knouf
Karl-Heinz Knebel
DianneL. Ourke-Knights
Niels Knudsen
Teri Kocher
Krisztina Kocsis
Anne Kumar
Pauline Lane
Tina Latham
Janice Laurie
Karla Lemmert
Diane Lenk
Beryl Liggins
Karen McFarlane-Little
Linsey Linirgor
Sue Loach
Mellisa Loverock
Patrice Loves
Ingrid Lundkvist
Trish Mackenzie
Nicky Mai
Yvonne Malaquin
Vasilios Manolis
Hanne Markussen
Elaine Marsden
Leila Marshall
Jon May
Angela Macleod
Sharon McGrath
Kate McGhee
Douglas McGuffie
Perry McIntyre
Rosalind McMinn
Joyce Mcpherson
Sheree Lacalle Melhuish
Elizabeth Mitchell
Barbara Mills
Barrie Mills
Walter Moon
Marie-Alpais del Moral
Mary Morris
Barbara Muller
Sue Neldner
Antonio Lopez Noguera
Rosemary Nordstrom
Irmelin Normann
Rachael Ohlrich
Carol Oldring
Ruth Page
Kim Peterson
Mervyn Philpott
Susa Pieler
Linda Pitt
Christine Playle
Marijana Racic
Linda Rand
Lillah Rea
Maralyn Redford
Jason Rodriguez
Bonnie Rubin
Carolyn Ryan
Janelle Salvestria
Margie Sarkin
Nancy Satwicz
Julie Savage
Marcia Schlehr
Victoria Supriti Schomer
Paul Seamons
Catherin Smith
Mel Stainton
Radka Stegurova
Ann Stephenson
Patricia Stevenson
Beryl Stokes
Margot Stuckey
Nancy St. John
Christy Swanson
Ann Taggart
Brenda Taylor
Anne Terry
Claudia Thielke
Julie Thomas
Fiona Thurm
Marian Tillman
Dijana Tomasegovic Tomic
Renee Arbib Traverse
Judith Tsuge
Elaine Turner
Ruth Turner
Bekki Tyler
Bianca van Vliet
Fiona Walker
Lyn Walker
Janis Ward
Angela Warden
Wioletta Wasik
Sheila Watkins
Lully Weiss
Christine Williams
Karen Williams
H. Herb Wittig
Susanna Zubair
Maree Zimny
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Retrieving Guisachan: Our Goldens’ Ancestral Home
T his past summer, in Scotland, at the 150th Anniversary celebration of the founding of our breed, the owner of the mansion ruins saw how much the Golden community reveres this site. He then announced his intention to stabilize the ruins and perhaps create a Golden Retriever educational site. Golden owners around the world are being asked to help bring about this wonderful endeavor.
This past fall, the Friends of Guisachan financed the removal of the trees inside and around the walls of the ruins as well as a six foot security fence.
Golden lovers from the US, Canada, the UK, Europe and Australia have stepped up to support this campaign. Won’t you add your name to the Honor Roll of Donors and help retrieve our breed’s ancestral home?
US donors can receive a tax deduction through FOG’s 501 c 3 status
Go to our donations page here.
Go to our list of donors
Scottish Club Assumes Responsibility for Guisachan Lease and Statue
The Friends of Guisachan have signed over the long-term lease on historic Guisachan land and the Golden Retriever statue thereon to the Golden Retriever Club of Scotland.
The transfer required all manner of legal documents “in the Scottish format” to conclude the transfer, but with the signatures of the landlord, Nigel Fraser, The Chairman of the GRCS, Doreen McGugan, and the President and Treasurer of the Friends of Guisachan, Joy Viola and Patricia Lindquist, the transfer was concluded making the Scottish Club now responsible for the mandatory liability insurance and the maintenance of the statue and the small garden surrounding it.
An ancillary agreement between the Friends of Guisachan and the GRCS covered the transfer of the $10,000 statue endowment fund to cover costs for the immediate future. A bequest from a private donor will augment the fund in due time.
The statue was funded by the Friends of Guisachan and was unveiled in 2014. It has become a landmark for Golden Retriever visitors and other tourists to the area as well.
“The Friends of Guisachan are very proud to memorialize the original birthplace of the Golden Retriever with a statue in Tomich, Scotland. This is particularly exciting as we approach the 150th anniversary of our breed in 2018. We are grateful for our colleagues in the Golden Retriever Club of Scotland who have taken ownership of the statue and surrounding grounds and for the many supporters in this effort through recent years”, says John Cotter, Friends Chairman of the Board of Directors. “Worldwide,Golden Retriever lovers now know where and when our breed was established,” he added.
Preliminary Schedule: Guisachan Reunion 2018
Guisachan Gathering 16th to 20th July 2018
Link to the GRCS
The Golden Retriever Club of Scotland is delighted to announce that it will be hosting a ‘Guisachan Gathering’ in July 2018.
The event will begin on Monday 16th July 2018 and end with a Breed Championship Show at Cannich on Friday 20th July 2018.
We expect the event to attract visitors and the media from around the world.
Pictures of our previous gathering in 2013 can be seen here.
Timetable of events (will be added to as plans develop)
| Morning | Afternoon | Evening | |
| Monday, July 16, 2018 | Welcome to Guisachan | Informal social evening and match (BYOB) 7pm | |
| Tuesday, July 17, 2018 | Guisachan Life: Lecture, Afternoon Tea, Quiz and Prizes. Hosted by Friends of Guisachan (Ticketed) 2pm | Torchlight procession and toast to Lord Tweedsmouth 10pm | |
| Wednesday, July 18, 2018 | Field Trial Demonstration and Training Taster Session 11am | Seminar by Tony WallBVM&S CertVOphth MRCVS : Topical Eye Conditions in the Golden Retriever 2pm | Gala Dinner and Dance in the Marquee (Ticketed) 7pm |
| Thursday, July 19, 2018 | Gathering at Guisachan House with Games and Picnic (BYO) 1pm | Scottish Evening with Food and Entertainment (Ticketed) | |
| Friday, July 20, 2018 |
Championship Show: Dogs: Mrs. Marylinn Morphet (Tweedsmouth) – Australia Bitches: Mrs Ainslie Mills (Oriana) – Canada |
Championship Show: Dogs: Mrs. Marylinn Morphet (Tweedsmouth) – Australia Bitches: Mrs Ainslie Mills (Oriana) – Canada |
FRIENDS OF GUISACHAN MARKET PLACE HAS NEW ITEMS!
The Friends of Guisachan Market Place can be found here! https://friendsofguisachan.org/store/
150TH ANNIVERSARY
GUISACHAN GATHERING SHIRT
$40.00
Featuring a photo from the 2018 Guisachan Golden
Gathering in Tomich, Scotland, at the ancestral home of our breed and the former estate of Lord and Lady Tweedmouth.
This attractive unisex 1/4-zip shirt is made from a breathable, wrinkle-free, performance fabric.
A donation of $10. per shirt will be made to The Friends of Guisachan.
Celebrate the Love, Loyalty and Legacy of Golden
Retrievers, whenever you wear it (and be prepared for questions and smiles! )
Cost : $40.* USD plus Shipping **
( Includes Donation to F.O.G.)