(AKC CH, LGRA, NOTRA, AKC FC Pnted)
11/24/00-2/17/05

OFA Thyroid Clear: BZ-TH179/39M-PI
Cardiac BZ-CA364/46M/C-PI
CERF BZ-1118
CHIC # 20381
#10 2004 NOTRA Borzoi

Races, self stacked, at 4.

Races with his two lovely daughters Gossip & Secret

The Power of the Dog

There is sorrow enough in the natural way
From men and women to fill our day;
And when we are certain of sorrow in store,
Why do we always arrange for more?
Brothers and Sisters, I bid you beware
Of giving your heart to a dog to tear.

 Buy a pup and your money will buy
Love unflinching that cannot lie -
Perfect passion and worship fed
By a kick in the ribs or a pat on the head.
Nevertheless it is hardly fair
To risk your heart for a dog to tear.

 When the fourteen years which Nature permits
Are closing in asthma, or tumour, or fits,
And the vet's unspoken prescription runs
To lethal chambers or loaded guns,
Then you will find - it's your own affair -
But...you've given your heart for a dog to tear.

 When the body that lived at your single will,
With its whimper of welcome, is stilled (how still!);
When the spirit that answered your every mood
Is gone - wherever it goes - for good,
You will discover how much you care,
And will give your heart for the dog to tear.

 We've sorrow enough in the natural way,
When it comes to burying Christian clay.
Our loves are not given, but only lent,
At compound interest of cent per cent.
Though it is not always the case, I believe,
That the longer we've kept 'em, the more do we grieve:
For, when debts are payable, right or wrong,
A short-time loan is as bad as a long -
So why in Heaven (before we are there)
Should we give our hearts to a dog to tear?
 
 Rudyard Kipling (1865-1936)
 

I lost Races 2/17/05 due to complications with pneumonia. He left so many hopes and dreams unfulfilled, had just come into his own and I had been looking forward to entering the ring with him. He lacked only 4 points for his FC and was pointed in LGRA & NOTRA. . .I miss my fuzzy face boy who always had a wag of a tail for me.

A handsome stallion dog, he was bodily everything I wanted out of this litter. His sire's good looks, and his mom's wonderful outgoing temperament. .  Unfortunately, he only sired one litter for me, but they are everything I wanted and more.

The yard is emptier without him.
 

Sleep well my handsome prince. .