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1987 American Whippet Club Whippet Annual Pages 176 through 201
L-R : Gold-Dust's Joint Venture, 1st, 6-9 Puppy: Gold-Dust's Gilti Parti, 2nd, 6-9 Puppy: Gold-Dust's Let's Parti, 4th, 6-9 Puppy: Gold-Dust's Champagne Parti At the Super Match.
TOP PRODUCING SIRES AND DAMS Compiled by Barbara Parsons TOP PRODUCING SIRES (January 1987 through December 1987 Gazettes) 9 Champions CH. DELACREME DE LA RENTA (10 total) (Ch. Saxon Shore Amber Waves x Ch. Runner's Creme De La Creme) X Ch. Gold-Dust's Limited Edition (5 total) X Ch. Oakhurst Forget-Me-Not (1 total) Ch. Alryn's Sibling Rivalry (8-87) X Ch. Rafina War Bonnet (2 total) X Ch. Saxon Shore Kandi Kane (3 total) X Ch. Whippoorwill Sonatina (1 total) Ch. Bohem Delacreme Demoiselle (11-87) 6 Champions CH. BO-BETT'S LUKE SKYWALKER CD (16 total) (Ch. Flippet's Appraxin Marshall x Ch. Appraxin Kampfer Nicole) X Ch. Anndra's Take The Money And Run (2 total) X Ch. Jet Set's Rising Star (2 total) X Ch. Misty Moor's Divine Pleasure (8 total) CH. PLUMCREEK CHASE MANHATTAN CD (21 total) (Ch. Misty Moor's Chalmondoley x Plumcreek Black Ternstone) X Ch. Morshor's Cross The Water (4 total) X Ch. Rafina Rhianda of Kamara (11 total) X Ch. Stoney Meadows Painted Lady (5 total) CH. PLUMCREEK WALK ON WATER (19 total) (Ch. Plumcreek Chimney Swift x Plumcreek September Romance) X Ch. Bitterblue's Moon Ffire (3 total) X Ch. Dunberry Arwen (1 total) X Plumcreek Park Avenue (1 total) X Ch. Stoney Meadows Painted Lady (5 total) CH. SPORTING FIELDS STRIDER (13 total) ( Ch. Sporting Fields Windjammer x Ch. Sporting Fields Oh My) X Ch. Sporting Fields Dixie Cup (3 total) X Ch. Sporting Fields Especially (3 total) X Sporting Fields Milky Way (1 total) X Ch. Sporting Fields Willow (3 total) X V Arne's Apopka Princess (1 total) 5 Champions CH. KHIVA'S SHOW STOPPER (17 total) (Ch. Misty Moor's Chalmondoley x Ch. Lady Hamilton of Khiva) X Ch. Farvel Fair Lady O'Sangaree (1 total) X Ch. Hilary McLaren of Aryal (1 total) X Misty Moor's Mazurka of Amir (4 total) X Ch. Thunderhead Gabrielle (2 total) CH. LOCAR'S DRESSED TO KILL (7 total) (Ch. Morshor's Appraxin Ariel x Ch. Locars Opal Rose) X Ch. Folquin Heart of Gold (1 total) X Ch. Roving Roadside Attraction (6 total) CH. LOCAR'S DRESSED TO KILL (Cont.) X Ch. Winterwhip Santa Barbara (3 total) CH. WHIPPLETRES RAISIN CAIN (9 total) (Ch. Fenwick of Whippoorwill x Whippoorwill Relient Raisin) X Ch. Greylocks Meloni Whippletree (2 total) X Ch. Spectre White Hot (3 total) X Ch. Whippoorwill Topaz (3 total) 4 Champions CH. BITTERBLUE'S PRAIRIE FIRE CD (5 total) (Ch. Saturn's Star Duster x Greyfriar Phoenix) X Ch. Raybar's On The Brink (4 total) X Ch. Stoney Meadows Chantal (1 total) X Whippletrees Ice Princess (2 total) CH. DELACREME AVANTE GARDE (22 total) (Ch. Sea Winds Yankee Clipper x Ch. Runner's Creme De La Creme) X Ch. Khiva's Peppermint Patty (1 total) X Itsme Made In France (3 total) X Ch. Runner's Creme De La Creme (8 total) X Ch. Snowflight Porcelana of Myne (1 total) CH. LOCAR'S ROYAL DOULTON (4 total) (Ch. Locar's Dressed To Kill x Locar's Paper Doll) X Ch. Locar's Chanel (5 total) CH. MORSHOR'S MAJESTIC DELL (7 total) (Ch. Plumcreek Walk On Water x Ch. Morshor's Royal Bid) X Ch. Heatherlane Black Eyed Susan (1 total) X Ch. Morshor's Brindle Wings (1 total) Ch. Morshor Majestic Ball O'Fire (12-87) X Ch. Morshor's Crown Jewel (2 total) X Ch. Sirhan Sithean Dulcimer (1 total) CH. ROLLING'S VIKTOR (23 total) (Ch. Fenwick of Whippoorwill x Rolling's Rosanne) X Ch. Chehalem's Spots of Ash (3 total) X Ch. Gold-Dust's Limited Edition (5 total) X Ch. Photoplay's Centerfold (2 total) CH. SAXON SHORE AMBER WAVES (12 total) ( Ch. Rolling's Viktor x Ch. Rafina Rhianda of Kamara) X Coastwind Calla Lily (1 total) X Ch. Rafina Rhianda of Kamara (11 total) X Ch. Runner's Creme De La Creme (8 total) X Ch. Spectre Chalcedony (3 total) 3 Champions CH. BO-BETT'S WILD WILLIE (7 total) (Ch. Bo-Bett's Luke Skywalker x Bo-Bett's Mighty Millie) X Ch. Bo-Bett's Tina Ballerina (2 total) X Ch. Sporting Fields Alexis (2 total) CH. FENWICK OF WHIPPOORWILL (23 total) ( Ch. Blue Fox of Whippoorwill x Ch. Whitbarrow Parsley) X Kingsway Blues In The Night (1 total) X Ch. Lyca X Rated Novel (3 total) X Sporting Fields Star Gazer II (1 total) CH. RUNNER'S HE'S THE CONTINENTAL (15 total) (Ch. Misty Moor's Royal Huntsman x Ch. Runner's Our Own Charisma) X Ch. Khiva's Something Special (3 total) X Ch. Spectre Wind Chime (3 total) CH. SHENANIGAN'S GEE WHIZ (3 total) (Ch. Shenanigan's Amber Flight x Ch. Morika's Wild Flower) X Bar'O's Double Heart (2 total) X Ch. Micsar's Shurlee Shenanigan (1 total) 2 Champions (Honorable Mention) CH. BLACK OAKS BEDAllLED (6 total) (Ch. Morshor's Blazing Finish x Ch. Hedy's Terri Blue of Montalba) CH. CARBETH IF BY CHANCE (3 total) (Ch. Hound-Hill Brattleboro CD x Carbeth Jira of Amulet) CH. HARDKNOTT MAESTRO OF BOHEM (15 total) (Novacraft Madrigal x Belinda of Hardknott) CH. MERRIMAC JASPER (2 total) ( Ch. April's No Fooling Around x Ch. Misty Moor's Oh Julie) CH. MISTY MOOR'S CHALMONDOLEY (112 total) (Ch. Morshor's Appraxin Ariel x Ch. Hill's Harvest Moon Dance) CH. PLUMCREEK JUMACO AUSTIN (2 total) (Ch. Lidemara's Moonshadow x Plumcreek Black Murr) CH. PROUD FOX OF WHIPPOORWILL (5 total) (Ch. Greenbrae Barn Dance x Jessica of Whippoorwill) CH. SHILO'S HOUDINI V HASUE (2 total) (Ch. Misty Moor's Chalmondoley x Ch. Baywood's Renaissance) CH. STONEY MEADOWS MAGNET (15 total) (Ch. Hound-Hill Constant CD x Stoney Meadows High Skies) CH. SUNNYSIDE'S DRUMMER BOY (3 total) (Ch. Laurel's Mr. Pickwick x Sunnyside's Ginger Streak) WHIPPOORWILL MOONSTONE (8 total) (Ch. Misty Moor's Thornwood Dondi x Ch. Lady Blair of Whippoorwill) CH. WHIPPOORWILL TANZANITE (3 total) (Ch. Misty Moor's Thornwood Dondi x Ch. Lady Blair of Whippoorwill) TOP PRODUCING DAMS (January 1987 Through December 1987 Gazettes) 5 Champions CH. LOCAR'S CHANEL (5 total) (Kindochaline's Cinder x Ch. Roving Roadside Attraction) By Ch. Locar's Royal Doulton (4 total) By Roving Golden Rain (4 total) CH. MISTY MOOR'S DIVINE PLEASURE (8 total) ( Ch. April's No Fooling Around x Ch. Misty Moor's Ravendune Alwyn) By Ch. Bo-Bett's Luke Skywalker (16 total) By Ch. Somerset Stop The Clock (1 total) 4 Champions CH. GOLD-DUST'S LIMITED EDITION (5 total) ( Ch. Stoney Meadows North Star x Ch. Gold Dust's Twenty-Four Karet) By Ch. Delacreme De La Renta (10 total) By Ch. Rolling's Viktor (23 total) 3 Champions CH. BITTERBLUE'S MOON FFIRE (3 total) (Ch. Timbar's Shadow Of The Moon x Greyfriar Phoenix) By Ch. Plumcreek Walk On Water (19 total) CH. SAXON SHORE KANDI KANE (3 total) ( Ch. Rolling's Viktor x Ch. Rafina Rhianda of Kamara) By Ch. Delacreme De La Renta (10 total) CH. SPECTRE CHALCEDONY (3 total) (Ch. Morshor's Appraxin Ariel x Ch. Spectre Westgate Temptress) CH. SPECTRE WIND CHIME (3 total) (Ch. Morshor's Appraxin Ariel x Ch. Spectre Westgate Temptress) CH. SPORTING FIELDS ALEXIS (2 total) ( Ch. Sporting Fields Strider x Ch. Sporting Fields Willow) CH. SPORTING FIELDS DIXIE CUP (3 total) (Ch. Marmaduke x Ch. Charter Oaks Kissimee) CH. THUNDERHEAD GABRIELLE (2 total) ( Ch. khiva's Star Performer x Ch. Thunderhead Tosca) UNICORN'S FLOGGIN' REEL (2 total)
TOP WHIPPET BREEDERS Breeders of Record as reported in January 1987 through December 1987 AKC Gazettes MR. & MRS. JAMES E. BUTT (Sporting Fields) (11 Champions) Co-Bred with CAROL R. ERNST Ch. Sporting Fields ET (8-87) ( Ch. Sporting Fields Strider x V Arne's Apopka Princess) Co-Bred with DIONNE BUTT MILLER & T. DAVID HINTSON (Raintree) Ch. Raintree's Carrington (8-87) Ch. Raintree's Caress (10-87) (Ch. Bo-Bett's Wild Willie x Ch. Sporting Fields Alexis) Co-Bred with DIONNE BUTT MILLER (Sporting Fields) ( Ch. Sporting Fields Crazy Eights x Ch. Charter Oaks Kissimee) Ch. Seaspells Sand Piper (2-87) ( Ch. Sporting Fields Strider x Sporting Fields Milky Way) Ch. Sporting Fields Saharas Echo (8-87) (Ch. Hillsdown Repique x Sporting Fields Singing Bede) Ch. Sporting Fields Contessa (10-87) ( Ch. Sporting Fields Strider x Ch. Sporting Fields Willow) Ch. Sporting Fields Bouquet (9-87) ( Ch. Sporting Fields Strider x Ch. Sporting Fields Especially) Ch. Sporting Fields Errol Flynn (10-87) (Ch. Mojave Cointreau x Sporting Fields Chantilly) Co-Bred with LESLEY POTTS Ch. Sporting Fields All Jazed Up (8-87) Ch. Sporting Fields Bet'R Looker (9-87) ( Ch. Sporting Fields Strider x Ch. Sporting Fields Dixie Cup) DIONNE BUTT MILLER (Sporting Fields) (8 Champions) Co-Bred with MR. & MRS. JAMES E. BUTT (Sporting Fields) (See Champion listings under Mr. & Mrs. James E. Butt) CAROL R. CURRY (Locar) (7 Champions) Ch. Locar's Hitchiker (4-87) (Ch. Locar's Paper Tiger x Ch. Locar's Brittania) Ch. Locar's Baccarat (11-87) (Ch. Locar's Dressed To Kill x Ch. Roving Roadside Attraction) Ch. Locar's Paper Tiger (11-87) (Roving Golden Rain x Ch. Locar's Chanel) Co-Bred with TERESA SCHREEDER Ch. Locar's Proud Land (5-87) (Ch. Locar's Royal Doulton x Ch. Locar's Chanel) CAROL A. PARKER (Bo-Bett) (7 Champions) Ch. Bo-Bett's Honey Bun (1-87) Ch. Bo-Bett's Benita Bandita (3-87) (Ch. Bo-Bett's Luke Skywalker CD x Ch. Misty Moor's Divine Pleasure) Ch. Bo-Bett's Rita Raseberry (9-87) (Ch. Bo-Bett's Wild Willie x Ch. Bo-Bett's Tina Ballerina) Ch. Bo-Bett's Snow Bunny (9-87) (Ch. Bo-Bett's Wild Tobiano x Ch. Bo-Bett's Divine Dessert) Ch. Bo-Bett's My Friend Ken (10-87) (Ch. Somerset Stop The Clock x Ch. Misty Moor's Divine Pleasure) DR. BARBARA L. HENDERSON (Whippoorwill) (6 Champions) Co-Bred with DEE BERGER (Unicorn) Ch. Whippoorwill Lava CD (10-87) ( Ch. Proud Fox of Whippoorwill x Ch. Whippoorwill Precious Gem) Co-Bred with BO BENGTSON (Bohem) & MARY DUKES (Delacreme) Ch. Bohem Delacreme Demoiselle (11-87) (Ch. Delacreme De La Renta x Ch. Whippoorwill Sonatina) Co-Bred with SUZANNE H. OLMSTED (Mikater) Ch. Mikater Whippoorwill Noel (10-87) (Ch. Whippoorwill Tanzanite x Ch. Allerei's Bolero) Co-Bred with W. E. SHAINLINE JR. Ch. Whippoorwill Mocha Meringue (12-87) (Ch. Whippoorwill Tanzanite x Ch. Drifts Token of Whippoorwill) Co-Bred with PAT TRAINO Ch. Whippoorwill Fox Brothers (2-87) ( Ch. Proud Fox of Whippoorwill x Whippoorwill Novocaine) ( Ch. Whippletres Raisin Cain x Ch. Whippoorwill Topaz) LEE & DIANNE CHRISTIANSON ( Chelsea) (5 Champions) Ch. Chelsea Coriander Windborn (1-87) ( Ch. Whippletres Raisin Cain x Ch. Spectre White Hot) (Allerei's Cabin Fever x Ch. Spectre Chalcedony) (Ch. Fenwick of Whippoorwill x Ch. Lyca X Rated Novel) BARBARA J. PARSONS (Raybar) (5 Champions) Co-Bred with BETSY N. GETZ (Aymes) (Ch. Bitterblue's Prairie Fire CD x Ch. Raybar's On The Brink) Co-Bred with NICHOLAS LEVANDOSKI (Heatherlane) (Ch. Plumcreek Chase Manhattan CD x Ch. Stoney Meadows Painted Lady) (Ch. Plumcreek Walk On Water x Ch. Stoney Meadows Painted Lady) PAUL & SUE ABRAHAM (Ringmaster) (4 Champions) (Ch. Delacreme De La Renta x Ch. Gold-Dust's Limited Edition) Co-Bred with JOAN GOLDSTEIN (Gold-Dust) ( Ch. Rolling's Viktor x Ch. Gold-Dust's Limited Edition) CAROL JUELFS (Affinity) (4 Champions) Co-Bred with CASSANDRA JUELFS (Affinity) (Ch. Affinity High Voltage x Affinity Aleea) Co-Bred with KATIE WINTERS (Winterwhip) (Ch. Locar's Dressed To Kill x Ch. Winterwhip Santa Barbara) NICHOLAS LEVANDOSKI (Heatherlane) (4 Champions) Co-Bred with CALVIN G. PERRY (Appraxin) (Ch. Morshor's Majestic Dell x Ch. Heatherlane Black Eyed Susan) Co-Bred with BARBARA J. PARSONS (Raybar) (See Champion listings under Barbara J. Parsons) CALVIN G. PERRY (Appraxin) (4 Champions) Co-Bred with CORNELIA BOSTIC (Mayhem) ( Ch. Elysian Georgia Peach x Ch. Mayhem Appraxin Solo) (Ch. Plumcreek Chase Manhattan CD x Wilbarrie Smokey Neptune CD) Co-Bred with JAMES H. HARRELL (Majic) (Ch. Rensoc's Allanon x Appraxin Majic Fancy Pants) Co-Bred with NICHOLAS LEVANDOSKI (Heatherlane) (See Champion listing under Nicholas Levandoski) TERESA SCHREEDER (4 Champions) Co-Bred with CAROL R. CURRY (Locar) (See Champion listings under Carol r. Curry) DEE BERGER (Unicorn) (3 Champions) Co-Bred with CARMEN GIPSON (Foxcroft) (Ch. Hardknott Maestro of Bohem x Unicorn's Floggin' Reel) Co-Bred with DR. BARBARA L. HENDERSON (Whippoorwill) (See Champion listing under Dr. Barbara L. Henderson) MARY DUKES (Delacreme) (3 Champions) (Ch. Saxon Shore Amber Waves x Ch. Runner's Creme De La Creme) (Ch. Delacreme Avante Garde x Ch. Runner's Creme De La Creme) Co-Bred with BO BENGTSON (Bohem) & DR. BARBARA L. HENDERSON (Whippoorwill) (See Champion listing under Dr. Barbara L. Henderson) SANDRA JONES (Snowflight) (3 Champions) ( Ch. Stoney Meadows Magnet x Ch. Snowflight's Porsche) Co-Bred with RON L. & K. MINTIE MYERS (Mynes) (Ch. Delacreme Avante Garde x Ch. Snowflight Porcelena of Myne) Co-Bred with LENNAH SNELL ( Seville) ( Ch. Locar's The Inn On The Park x Ch. Snowflight's Seville) CAROLINE E. KIRCHNER (Carbeth) (3 Champions) (Ch. Carbeth If By Chance x Ch. Carbeth On The Spot) (Ch. Hound-Hill Brattleboro CD x Carbeth Jira of Amulet) DONNA D. LYNCH & TERRY E. STRANDBERG (Hamrya) (3 Champions) (Ch. Plumcreek Walk On Water x Ch. Bitterblue's Moon Ffire) NICOLE & BARBARA G. RUPERT (Oakhurst) (3 Champions) (Ch. Delacreme De La Renta x Ch. Saxon Shore Kandi Kane) ROBERTA R. RUSS (Misty Moor) (3 Champions) Co-Bred with DIANE McINTOSH (Merrimac) (Ch. Merrimac Jasper x Ch. Misty Moor's Just Amir) Co-Bred with BETSY M. PRIOR (Amir) (Ch. Khiva's Show Stopper x Misty Moor's Mazurka of Amir) KATIE WINTERS (Winterwhip) (3 Champions) Co-Bred with CAROL JUELFS (Affinity) (See Champion listings under Carol Juelfs) 2 CHAMPIONS (HONORABLE MENTION) CAROLYNN & JENNIFER BATES (Cajen) - 1 Champion Co-Bred with MARTI BRADFORD (Martigra) RICHARD M. & SUSAN L. BERGMAN (Photoplay) ANN M. BILLUPS (Bob'n) - 1 Champion Co-Bred with JAMES F. STEENBERGEN DIANNE T. BLEECKER (Morshor) - 1 Champion Co-Bred with KHALID A. KARRIEM DIANNE BOWEN & DIANNE FRENCH ( Oxford) CORNELIA BOSTIC (Mayhem) - 2 Champions Co-Bred with CALVIN G. PERRY (Appraxin) BETSY N. GETZ (Aymes) - 2 Champions Co-Bred with BARBARA J. PARSONS (Raybar) CARMEN GIPSON (Foxcroft) - 2 Champions Co-Bred with DEE BERGER (Unicorn) JOAN GOLDSTEIN (Gold-Dust) - 1 Champion Co-Bred with BOB GOLDSTEIN (Gold-Dust) 1 Champion Co-Bred with SUE ABRAHAM (Ringmaster) JOHN & LINDA GRIEBE DVM (Shilo) T. DAVID HINTSON (Raintree) - 2 Champions Co-Bred with M/M J. E. BUTT & D. B. MILLER (Sporting Fields) LINDA JOHNSON & PATRICIA EDWARDS DVM (Barchet) NADINE JOHNSON (Rising Star) & CINDY SCOTT (Brookwood) DIANE McINTOSH (Merrimac) - 2 Champions Co-Bred with ROBERTA R. RUSS (Misty Moor) NANCY L. KENT (Braemar) - 1 Champion Co-Bred with EARL & NADINE PARKHURST ELLEN KIRLEY (Whippletree) - 1 Champion Co-Bred with DOUGLAS JORDAN DANIEL LOCKHART ( Saxon Shore) MAX MAGDER (Lorricbrook) ANN G. MARSH (Gallway) PATRICK J. PETTIT & EDWARD H. PANOUSOS (Pettit) LESLEY POTTS - 2 Champions Co-Bred with M/M J. E. BUTT (Sporting Fields) KENNETH A. & EILEEN E. STEINER (Sunnyside) PAT TRAINO - 2 Champions Co-Bred with DR. BARBARA L. HENDERSON (Whippoorwill) JANET B. VAN WORMER (Chehalem) - 1 Champion Co-Bred with JOHN ALLAN PH ILLIPS (Sealstone) M. WELCH & B. IDLEMAN (Bar'O)
(Ch. Plumcreek Chase Manhattan, CD x Ch. Rafina Rhianda of Kamara) Daphne lives with Chris and Lee House and the rest of the Bavarian Hounds in Southern California , and is co-owned with her breeder, Dan Lockhart. She became qualified for racing this fall and immediately came into her first season just before the last 6 races of the year, the Turkey Run lure course and the back to back NPR/OVAL. She'll be ready in the spring for racing and showing, too. BAVARIAN HOUNDS2390 Redlands Drive 192 Newport Beach, CA 92660
(Sonsteby's Viking Spirit x Ch. Sonsteby's The Right Stuff) Nadine lives with Chris and Lee House and the rest of the Bavarian Hounds in Southern California , and is co—owned with her breeder, Kristy Davis. We've already begun race training her — she loves the bunny and the game. We'll start showing her in the spring, maybe debuting at the National in Maryland. BAVARIAN HOUNDS
"CLUE" started 1987 fighting for his life, but with his health restored, finished the year with BOW under Ms. Thelma Brown and Ms. Grace Brewin and needs only singles to complete his championship. May 1987 saw the untimely passing of Wildfire's first lady - "Travels" - PIKOP'S WAYWARD WIND Tr a y passed her quick tongue, kneeling, and sit spins onto many of her children, of which she had eight, by two husbands - among those were: Ch. Wildfire's Bewitching Fancy
"WINDY" divided 1987 between the specials ring and the whelping box. In the ring, she had multiple breed wins and was group placing, and she handily delivered a litter sired by Wildfire's Exclusive.
"SCARLET" is one of the Windy - Clue 'pretty babies', who is co-owned WILDFIRE
"Secret" loved puppy class and captured the judges' hearts!
THANKS TO DICK, BRUCE AND THE BUTT FAMILY FOR A DREAM COME TRUE. MARILYN LaBRACHE BROWN P.O. BOX 753 DADAELIS MERCER ISLAND, WA 98040
Cluny at 5 Years
To be bred in 1988 to
WHISTLER AT 2 YEARS (CH. MISTY MOOR'S CHALMONDOLEY x CH. PENNYWORTH BETTER WATCH OUT) LITTER TO BE CO-BRED BY:
ALSO:
May 28, 1987 "Your mother has a carcinoma called linnitus plastika. There's no treatment. She has between two weeks to two months to live." May 30, 1987 "Hello, Kate? I need to farm out the dogs. Can you take Emmet?" June 1, 1987 "Claire, this is Kate. I know this is giving you another problem to think about, but my friends that I'd mentioned...they came over and fell in love with Emmet. They'd like to buy him." June 5, 1987 I turn onto Interstate 5, this highway becoming so familiar in the runs between home in Portland and the Salem hospital, this highway where the all-business attitude breaks down, where I don't have to be strong for anyone, where my mind swims with memories instead of the present. I look at Emmet beside me and see instead his mother, Sox, just leased and just bred, sitting on the sofa beside my father only two weeks before his death, with his hand, thin and shaking from his battle with lymphosarcoma, reaching over to stroke her with a puzzled look in his eye. But the question, "Did you get another dog?" was beyond his strength. I look at Emmet and see my mom, then healthy and smiling, her eyes lighting up, reaching into the whelping box to pick up a puppy for a picture. I think of those days, when she took the day shift and I took the night shift, working ourselves to exhaustion to save the litter when Sox rejected them. It was such a triumph to succeed. Maybe a little because we'd been helpless to save my dad. I look at Emmet and see instead Amos, his littermate, so happy and well-adjusted, the first puppy in the litter to go to his new home. And I think of how, tears streaming down my face, I hugged his cold, stiff body to me when I took him home to bury him in the garden after he'd slipped, like quicksilver, from his frantic owners to meet his death on a road. I think of the question I've heard so many times since: "Are you going to keep the whole litter?" And how I've never been able to give a truthful answer because of the emotional investment I have in them. As the miles slip by and the morning sun slides in the side window to touch Emmet's coat, I think of Mom, her blue eyes enormous against the white hospital sheet, saying in response to my admitted reluctance, "Emmet needs his own person, Claire. He wants to be someone's special dog. Like Reckless needed to be my dog." But I do not want my life to change. I do not want my mom to die of cancer like Dad. And although I try to be pleased about the situation, I really do not want to sell any more puppies, these puppies that Mom and I fought so hard to save. June 7, 1987 This woman, Ellen, who wants to buy my Emmet, is a tall woman with a wide, friendly smile. As she, for the first time, watches Emmet chase the lure, she exclaims in delight, "He's like a little rocket!" I can't help but smile back, because I recognize that look and remember when, many years ago, I watched Dreamer run for the first time. The puppies take after him--for them there is no death, only the wild and happy abandon of faster. For those people who will take the time for such exhibitions, it is a tonic for a weary heart. I realize that, for Emmet--and for Ellen--I must let go. June 22, 1987 Reckless, run reckless, Reckless, run reckless,
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