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This site is dedicated to my Mother who encouraged my love of animals...
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Solo
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Maxula Silent Soliloquy Of Jenwisp
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Date Of Birth:
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13 November 1983
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There are more pictures of Solo in the gallery
Hips 3:2 = Eyes clear.
Solo, my best friend, my very special boy. What can I say about him? How can I put into words my feelings for this handsome dog? He was my shadow, my soul mate, and my constant companion. You really have to own a GSD to know one. Whilst I did train him, we never entered obedience, because I had started to show in breed, with some measure of success.
I went through hell when I came home one Saturday morning to find him vomiting white foam. I knew instinctively that it was torsion. I rang the Vet immediately. They had just closed. I begged the receptionist (she had never heard of torsion) to ask the Vet to see us, which he agreed to do. We drove like mad things to reach the Vet. Boy was I relieved to find it was my usual Vet on duty. After examining Solo, he said that it wasn't torsion, and gave him some tablets and an injection to stop the vomiting and I was to take him back again at 5.30 p.m. that evening. We arrived at the surgery at the same time as the Vet. The vomiting had not stopped. After examination, it was decided that torsion had developed and he was to be operated on. He rang his son and a nurse to come in to help him with the operation. I was to ring later in the evening, which I did. He told me what he had done and that he was taking Solo home with him and I was to ring him at home the next morning. He was OK and I could collect him. I was so relieved. He fully recovered from this, but was retired from the show ring.
Solo had eyes for no-one else but me, except for the time Helen took him to her club. He walked down the street with her and never looked back at me. Typical.
Solo was given sleep on 25th June 1990. God bless my special friend.
The Spirit of a German Shepherd Dog
I was standing on a hillside
In a field of blowing wheat
And the spirit of a German Shepherd Dog
Was lying at my feet.
He looked at me with kind dark eyes
An ancient wisdom shining through
And in the essence of her being
I saw love there too.
His mind did lock upon my heart
As I stood there on that day
And he told me of this story
About a place so far away.
I stood upon that hillside
In a field of blowing wheat
And in a twinkling of a second
His spirit left my feet.
His tale did put my heart at ease
My fears did fade away
About what lay ahead of me
On another distant day.
"I live among God's creatures now
In the heavens of your mind
So do not grieve for me, my friend
As I am with my kind.
My collar is a rainbow's hue
My leash a shooting star
My boundaries are the Milky Way
Where I sparkle from afar.
There are no pens or kennels here
For I am not confined
But free to roam God's heavens
Among my Shepherd kind.
I nap the day on a snowy cloud
Gentle breezes rocking me
And dream the dreams of earthlings
And how it used to be.
The trees are full of liver treats
And tennis balls abound
And Milk bones line the walkways
Just waiting to be found.
There even is a ring set up
The grass all lush and green
And everyone who gaits around
Becomes the Best of Breed.
For we're all winners in this place
We have no faults, you see
And God passes out those ribbons
To each one, even me.
I drink from waters laced with gold
My world a beauty to behold
And wise old dogs do form my pride
To amble at my very side.
At night I sleep in an angel's arms
Her wings protecting me
And moonbeams dance about us
As stardust falls on thee.
So when your life on earth is spent
And you stand at Heaven's gate
Have no fear of loneliness
For here, you know I wait.
Author Unknown
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please click on the picture to the left to pop up a window.
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