Donation Made in Memory of Mookie 
| Mookie On
October 29, 1993, my husband and I adopted our first dog, Mookie, who was rescued
and fostered by Susan Saulvester. Mookie was our only dog for four years until
we decided she might benefit by having a companion. Plans were made to get a second
Aussie, Bob, from another breeder. Before Bob could join us, however,
fate intervened and we wound up with another dog. This started early one morning
when Mookie and I were outside. A beagle-obviously a stray-approached us and followed
us up our driveway to the house. Mookie didn't like this interloper and let him
know by turning around and barking at him nonstop."Buddy" joined our
family not long after, and Mookie showed us she was the "boss" dog,
as explained by the following. One warm spring day after Buddy had
been with us just about two months, my father-in-law came over to garden and decided
to take Mookie and Buddy out to the "back 40." While out back, Buddy
picked up a scent and strained to be let off the leash. My father-in-law let him
go! Mookie immediately began barking furiously, straining to get off the leash.
Dad let her off the leash also, and off she went, chasing Buddy, barking all the
while! As Dad told us later, he lost sight of them as they entered the woods;
but he could hear Mookie barking. He said the sound of her barking grew faint
as they ran through the woods and then grew louder as they came down our road
and up the driveway to the house. Once back at the house, she sat down on the
patio, and looked at him as if to say, "What were you thinking? Don't do
that again!" In addition to being "boss dog," Mookie
became the official greeter, welcoming neighbors, friends, and family who came
to visit. She especially loved children, as we saw when our six-year-old nephew
visited for a few days without his mother. It was his first time away from home
and he cried for his mother. Mookie got up, walked into his room, jumped into
bed with him, and he was not upset any longer. On December 31, 2009,
we lost our beloved Mookie. She had been a member of our family for 16 years,
and we miss her daily. Having Mookie in our lives was a joy! |
Donation
Made in Memory of Sheila 
| MOTCH,
U-OCH Feathertop Sassi Sheila, UDX, RE Sheila was one of
a kind, as far as my performance dogs go.
She was a sassy little puppy but
became a beautiful working dog.
She made me proud of her everytime we went
into the ring whether we passed or failed but she did more passing than failing
for me. She won many first places and High in Trials in the Canadian
Kennel Club,
United Kennel Club and American Kennel Club.
She won the
High in Trial in 2006 at the Australian Terrier Specialty in Obedience She
was her own little lady but also loving and liked to please (when it pleased her).
I can't imagine another Sheila but I guess they all are one of a
kind.
I lost her 0n June 23, 2009 at the age of 10. I
know she is waiting for me on the other side of the rainbow bridge. Karen
E. Smith
Best Friend to Sheila
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Donation
Made in Memory of
Jem & Cecily 
| Dreamtime's
Little Dove
&
CH
Dreamtime's Sweet Delight
They
were sisters
Born April 15, 2006, lost tragically on
February 22
& 23, 2010 from a reaction to Sulfa Gone
From My Sight,
But Never My Memory.
Gone From My Touch,
But Never My
Heart. Loved
by Marilyn Harban |
Donation
Made in Memory of Andy 
| CH
Bondiblu's We Be Jammin' He was
our first bred-by to finish
Which could he have enjoyed more, the excitement
of the ring
or the couch by the TV, we'll never know
Though every bit
the boy
A kinder dog you couldn't of asked
Sharing his treasured places
and things with sibling
parent and rescue alike
We lost him too soon
to renal failure
a complication of SARDS
His beautiful, sad eyes dimmed
Alive
with love and loyalty to the last We miss
you, little guy
Always in our hearts Mike
& Terry Palazzo |
