Dante Do
Posted: August 10, 2007 Filed under: Apso Aficionados, FFT Lhasa Apsos Leave a commentA rescue friend penned this poem for Dante after seeing his “hairdo” photo and a yard sign I snagged off eBay.
Dante Do, Dante Don’t
Dante can but Dante won’t
Not a chicken not a goose
Not a horse and not a moose
Not an ordinary pooch …
It’s a Lhasa Apso running loose!
As Debby mentioned previously, Dante and I had the good fortune to take back-to-back Best of Breed wins in Eagle, Colorado in mid July. Given the challenges presented by Dante (a/k/a “DemonChild”) — including being excused from the ring because “somebody” was throwing a royal hissy fit on the table and having to pull him out of competition for 5 months — the wins were that much sweeter. Having friends there to share in our moment was apsolutely icing on the cake!
As a newcomer to the show scene (2 years), the experience has deepened my appreciation for the qualities and characteristics that make an Apso “an Apso” and the dedication of the breeders who have preserved this ancient land race. But for them, this unique breed would have vanished into the mists of the Himalayans decades upon decades past. How bereft our lives would be without our beloved Apsos … and the friends who share our passion.
V
Tibetan Dog Monastery
Posted: August 10, 2007 Filed under: Apso Aficionados Leave a commentThis piece, brought to my attention by Kathy, was posted on comedian/activist/feminist Margaret Cho’s Blog.
Debby on Ginny’s Black Bean Salsa
Posted: August 9, 2007 Filed under: Apso Aficionados, DRambles on Black Mountain 2 CommentsOkay…since this is the weekend to Catch Up, I’m going to break my one-new-blog-post-a-day and share, share, share! Last Saturday Ginny and Kim made a great dinner, complete with BBQ in the rain. Here’s the Black Bean Salsa recipe everyone requested:
Please take a moment…
Posted: August 2, 2007 Filed under: Apso Aficionados 4 CommentsBefore I write the essence of this post, last night I spoke with Julie. As you may know, she lives in a suburb of Minneapolis/St. Paul. Although at least one daughter travels that bridge to and from work, none of her family was on the bridge.
I’m probably breaking at least two internet etiquete rules, but sometimes right and wrong is different than ‘legal and illegal’.
Susan is a friend of mine, a fellow Apso Afficionado, a fellow breeder. She recently relocated, along with Bud, to Fort Collins to be near her grandchildren. She also wrote the moving piece “Like a pebble on a pond” which I posted a few months ago.
I met Rusty several weeks ago when Ginny, Vickie, Tammy and several others attended the dog shows in Eagle, Colorado. He is a special little dog. Although I’m not the praying kind (Rush Limbaugh would call me a godless heathen), today my thoughts and energies will be directed northward, to this young little lion dog.
Here’s what Susan posted on ApsoBreeders:
Dear All,
I am one of those lurkers and would like to come out of the shadows and ask for everyone’s prayers. Rusty, one of a litter of five we bred, will be undergoing surgery at CSU vet school tomorrow to repair a liver shunt and remove ammonium urate stones from his bladder.
He is one of those dogs that grabs your heart with one brief look into his “old soul” eyes. He has been a real trooper the past two weeks going through all kinds of tests, being stuck with needles here and there, tolerating it all with a quick kiss to the chin.
The surgery comes with a fair amount of risk – small, poor functioning liver, vascular involvement and of course he is just a little guy.
He represents another reminder of the effects of our shrinking gene pool. Whether his condition is hereditary or developmental is unknown. Yet we have to be reminded how important it is for us as breeders to work to expand our breeding programs beyond our current gene pool.
Please take a moment and say a small prayer for a little snow dog from Tibet who only asks for a chance at life.
Susan
Tess and Fleetfire Sweet Pete in the Yard
Posted: August 2, 2007 Filed under: Apso Aficionados, FFT Lhasa Apsos Leave a comment
Summertime and the livin’ is EASY!
Kunza at FleetFire Timbers 