More: Gertie-Bee was the sweetest & gentlest girl with the biggest heart … always eager to share one of her most beloved toys with any of her housemates that she felt needed comfort. She was Hero Dog #8 in The Morris Animal Foundation’s Golden Retriever Lifetime Study. We lost her to Histiocytic Sarcoma just before her 11th birthday. Her sister/littermate, Pippa-Lily, is Hero Dog #9.