A TAIL OF
TWO CITIES
BACK IN THE 80'S, WHICH ONLY SEEMS LIKE YESTERDAY, BUT WAS OVER
20 YEARS AGO ( GASP! ) , CHARLIE AND i BECAME INTERESTED IN THE BULL TERRIER.
CHARLIE AND i DIDN'T KNOW EACH OTHER THEN, AND IT WOULD BE MANY MORE
YEARS LATER THAT WE WOULD DISCOVER EACH OTHER & WOULD SHARE A COMMON INTEREST,
AMONGST MANY OTHERS.
mY FIRST INTRODUCTION TO THE BULL AND TERRIER BREEDS ALL STARTED WITH MY FIRST
AM STAFF, LADY, WHOM WE CALLED, BUGS, LADYBUGS. SHE WAS A SOLID RED. sHE WAS THE SWEETEST
AND SMARTEST THING ON 4 LEGS. SHE LOVED EVERYONE AND EVERYTHING. tHE KIDS WHO WERE 4 & 2
AT THE TIME, ABSOLUTELY ADORED HER.
3 YEARS LATER, ALONG CAME HER DAUGHTER, bRANDY, WHOM WE CALLED bOO. BOO WAS A SABLE.
1 YEAR LATER, AFTER BOO'S ARRIVAL, ALONG CAME bOO'S 1/2 BROTHER (SAME SIRE), tY ,
AKA DESERT STORMS WHITE KNIGHT. tY WAS MY FIRST SHOW DOG AND THUS, INTRODUCED ME TO THE WORLD
OF BLOODLINES, DOG SHOWS, HANDLING CLASSES, OBEDIENCE CLASSES AND A MALE , HAPPY GO LUCKY,
LAID BACK ATTITUDE.
WHILE DOING ALL THE RESEARCH FOR THE BLOODLINES AND THE HISTORY OF THE BREED, I CAME
ACROSS THE BULL TERRIER. WHOM I COMPLETELY FELL IN LOVE WITH.
FAST FORWARD ALMOST 20 YEARS:
LADY HAS BEEN GONE FOR 13 YRS, TRAGICALLY SHOT AND KILLED ON MY
OWN PROPERTY, BY A HUNTER WHO THOUGHT SHE WAS A DEER....
BOO IS 15YRS. OLD, STILL GOING STRONG AND ABLE TO KEEP A PUP IN LINE AND RULE THE ROOST.
TY, 14 YRS OLD IS STILL AS LAID BACK AS EVER, VERY STIFF FROM ARTHRITIS, BUT A GENTLE MARSHMALLOW.
THE FATHERS OF MY KIDS HAVE BOTH DIED TRAGICALLY.
MY OLDEST DAUGHTER ,DESIREE, WAS LEFT A QUADRIPLEGIC AS A RESULT OF A CAR ACCIDENT AT THE AGE OF 17.
DESIREE HAS GRADUATED FROM HIGH SCHOOL AND WILL BE ATTENDING COLLEGE IN THE FALL!
MY DREAM MAN , CHARLIE, HAS COME ALONG, FINALLY! I DON'T KNOW ANYTHING HE CAN'T
OR WON'T DO (FIREMAN,PARAMEDIC, ELECTRICIAN, CARPENTER, MASON, LIFEGUARD, PILOT,
COMMUNICATION MAJOR, COMPUTER MINOR, TO NAME A FEW).
AND A MUTUAL INTEREST IN THE BULL TERRIER BREED! LIFE IS GOOOOOOD!!!!! LIFE IS LOOKING UP
AND I KNOW MY BULLY IS WAITING FOR ME! READY TO SHOW ME HOW TO LIVE LIFE THROUGH LAUGHTER.
AT 3 WEEKS AND 6 WEEKS OF AGE, WE TRAVELED DOWN TO SEE THE PUPPIES.
NEVER KNOWING WHICH ONE WE EVENTUALLY WOULD END UP WITH. ON OUR LAST VISIT,
AS i WAS STANDING BY THE DOOR, i SAID, " WHO'S COMING HOME TO MAINE WITH US?"
ONE LITTLE GUY, RAN FROM AMONGST THE PILE OF PUPPIES, RAN STRAIGHT TO THE DOOR,
LOOKED UP AT ME AND BEGGED TO BE LET OUT THE DOOR.
2 WEEKS LATER, WE RECEIVED A PHONE CALL .
THEY HAD FINALLY DECIDED ON WHO WAS GOING WHERE. WITH BATED BREATH, i WAITED AND FINALLY,
WHAT SEEMED LIKE FOREVER.....SHE SAID, " THE SOLID BRINDLE BOY" i KNEW THEN THAT MY BULLY
WAS FINALLY COMING HOME........, IT WAS THE SAME PUP THAT HAD RAN HEAD LONG TO THE DOOR,
BEGGING ME TO LET HIM COME HOME TO mAINE WITH US, WEEKS BEFORE.
