In
Memory Of
My friends that
have gone before me. I dedicate this page in
TRIBUTE
The
roses depicting the loving memories I still hold of them.
"Chief Black Bear V"
Bear: Tipping the scales at
peak 127 pounds. Is a Black (Alsation)
German Shepard. Previous
to our owning him, he belonged to a local
police officer. He had been
in training for police work, when
he developed pre-mature arthitis.
In police work this is very
unacceptable. This is how we
got Bear.
With my background I could
handle the commands that he
was conditioned for. So, he
was put on garlic for his arthitis and
became our watch dog.
I remember we had to change the signs on
our house from the typical
beware of dog to security dog on patrol.
Then some still did not pay
attention. Like the cable TV dude.
They had just installed the
new connection boxes
to the outside of the houses
here. This guy was checking, couple
days later to be sure everything
was in order. He told me later,
he did see the signs, looked
thru the screen and could see my
Siberian Husky and my Gordon
Setter at their pens.
They were distant enough he
could get to the cable box.
Did not even notice Bear sleeping
just inside that porch door.
He reached for the door and
bear reached for him.
No impact but the man returned
two days later and told me he had
to go home and change clothes,
Bear scared him that bad.
Bear was trained not to grab
with his teeth, unless a weapon was
involved. He would put someone
into a corner, push his nose into
your groin and raise his head.
The more you would move,
the more he would raise.
One more quick Bear story.
We took him to our local swimming pond
ONE TIME!
He loves to dive for bottles
and cans in the water bring them to the
shore and build a pile of litter.
But dont anyone mess with his pile
on the shore. He would literally
put head and all under the water
and bring up a can from off
the bottom.
We were doing alot of water
rescue things with him on this weekend.
He was taught that when he
goes to rescue someone, if he is
without a lead on his collar,
when he gets to that person,
he turns around and points
his tail at them just like a hunting pointer.
Then pulls them to shore. If
with a lead on the person grabs the lead
and he would put the other
end of the lead into his
mouth, keeping all the tension
off of his neck as he pulls them in.
On this day, there was a young
couple down the beach about
100 yards from us. They got
into the water. He had her on his
shoulders and began tickling
her.
So, she (typically) started
laughing aloud and screaming.
Then came the word help. GONE...................went
Bear........
Now, mind you this dog did
not swim to save her, he ran thru the water.
125 pound, black German Shepard
barreling thru the water as fast
as he could. Look of rescue
in his heart for her, but look of
disarm and defend headed for
the guy that was tickling her..........
Then they saw Bear heading
their way. Without any idea what the dogs intensions/training was. They
began to scream more.
The more they screamed the
harder Bear pushed. We were trying to call
Bear off command without a
response. When he got to this young couple
he stopped right infront of
them, turned around and pointed his tail.
"Shetan the Grey"
Shetan, is 3/4 Northern Grey
Wolf and 1/4 Siberian Husky.
Peak weight 135lbs.
Shetan actually belonged to
my sister. He was her oldest daughters
4-H project. He did extremely
well for her in the show ring.
Finished with over 30 Champions
to record.
Yet he still kept his wolf
instincts (unfortunately). He was
what we refer to as a "Biscuit
Eater", would kill for the taste of blood.
Had THEE worst habit of getting
skunked just before a show.
Went thru a long recovery process
of Coon Paralisis,
from being bitten by to many
raccoons.
He was finally caught one day
pulling the head off a piglet.
So, short ofputting him down,
he was moved into grandma's house.
Where he lived as royality.
I mean this dog had his own
easy chair in the living room, so he could
sit and watch TV, and his own
bedroom with a double bed.
Talk about spoiled...............*sigh*
For me, Shetan was the finaly
of my entertainment shows. He had the
longest routine of all of my
animals in the show.
My sister also has a deer style
Chihuahua that is identically
marked to Shetan, but weighs
about 6 pounds.
So, we did a shrinking dog
act.
"Bingo"
Bingo: German Shepard, but
somehow came to be almost dwarf size.
Full size, the top of her head
only came to my knee.
Most of what you can find out
about her is already in the
other sections of this page.
So, will not be repetitive.
Only quick one will tell you
here, is her alarm clock, when it was time
for me to get up for the day.
She would put her wet nose
behind my neck and push. When
I
would raise my neck, she would
steal my pillow.
"Cato's Grape
Kneehigh"
Cato: She was a rescued dog
by a very close veternarian friend.
He had saved the dog from her
owners who had
severely beaten her. After
she healed a bit physically she came
home with me to heal mentally
and emotionally.
This vet knew I could handle
this breed of dog, with her history etc.
The Chow Chow, is pretty well
know for not being overly friendly,
especially in an abusive environment.
The Chow Chow, is one of the
few breeds, that is from the
Eastern Countries, that was
not bred down to extra small sizes
for laps and foot warmers.
They are also bred to be non-shedders.
When properly coat maintained,
they will blow their undercoats
twice a year, then done. But,
the Chow Chow
was considered to be a treat
at mealtime for some countries.
That is where we get the expression
we use today. "Chow's On"....
